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Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - Crew number badge No. "1041", Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1970s
... " Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Item used by tram crews to indicate their assigned personal employee number. Used by MMTB drivers and conductors.Demonstrates a method of indicating a employee or personnel number. Badge - tram crew number badges, engraved into a layered plastic backing - black plastic with a white underlay, and fitting with a brass clip on the rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Tram ticket wallet or holder, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1970
... or holder Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Used by conductors to hold the most popular ticket blocks and enabled easier ticket handling. A larger wallet would hold all the tickets that may need to be issued.Demonstrates an item used by tram conductors in Melbourne.Tram ticket wallet or holder - heavy leather centre with two lighter leather sections on either side, sewn to provide 8 tram ticket block slots.mmtb, tramways, tickets, conductors, outfits -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "First and last trams and buses", Feb. 1948
... " Ephemera Timetable Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB ...Provides details of trams services on Sunday morning from termini, first and last services from major points, depots, for weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Gives details of all-night services and connections. Also details fares. Notes shoppers should travel between 9.30 and 4pm for comfort, Wattle Park Chalet and Family Excursion tickets.Demonstrates the provision of information about Melbourne tram services.Sheet of paper, printed both sides, folded 3 x 3 sections to give a guide to Melbourne Tram and bus Routes, with listing of routes, numbers, times of first and last trams and buses and all-night and Sunday Morning services. Dated Feb. 1948.melbourne, tram and bus services, mmtb, buses, trams, routes, timetables, all night services -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Map - Timetable, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Map and timetable of Melbourne Tram and Bus Services", March 1952
... " Ephemera Map - Timetable Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board ...Map provided information about Melbourne's tramway network in 1952. At base of map - timetable of all night trams and bus services. On rear index to routes, 1st and last services, time of Sunday am services, Latrobe St. services and photo of Wattle Park. The conversion of Bourke St to electric trams marked up. Copy 1 - has been marked for hypothetical extensions in blue pencil mainly in the northern and western suburbs. In particular note the Ballarat Road and South Road markings. Copy 2 - has been marked up for newer route numbers, following the opening of the Bourke St services and additional route numbers on the Essendon Depot lines. Demonstrates the provision of information about Melbourne tram services.Fold out map (10 sections - 2 high x 5 wide), coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, municipalities boundaries and location of major places of interest. melbourne, tram and bus services, mmtb, buses, trams, routes, timetables, all night services -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Rolling Stock Data Tramcars", 11/5/1965
... & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Provides a detailed listing of Melbourne's tram in 1965 and details of their numbers, No in service, type, capacity - seated and crush load, trucks, wheel and truck centres, tare weight, controllers, compressors and length over bumpers.Yields information about the Melbourne tram fleet in 1965.Drawing or document - A4 sheet, photocopied from a Foolscap sheet, titled "Rolling Stock Data Tramcars" dated 11/5/1965tramways, tramcars, mmtb, melbourne, data sheet, w class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Allocation of Tramcars", June 1969
... Tramways Board (MMTB) ..."MMTB Engineering Department - Workshops and Runningsheds Branch - Allocation of Tramcars June 1969", listing allocation of tramcars to various depots, workshops, storage and disposal. Gives totals for each depot and class of tram. Yields information about the allocation of Melbourne tramcarsList - two foolscap duplicated pages stapled in the top left hand corner and punch holes on the left hand side.tramways, tramcars, depot allocation, list, depots -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Point Ormond Timetable, Last Tram record, 22-10-1960
The MMTB Timetable details the trips from Elsternwick or Point Ormond for each day of the week. The sheet records the time of the last tram, 1036pm, driver G Loft No. 2480, and the tram as X2 677 on 22-10-1960. The donor advised that the MMTB following the practice adopted for the Bourke St changeover in 1940, the MMTB chose to pull the tram service before the last advertised trip for the day. Those present to ride the last started early and rode up and down for quite a few runs, then, on one arrival at Elsternwick Station, the Inspector (known as grasshoppers or Braids) on board instructed the driver to keep going and we rode through to GH Depot without paying another fare. They noted a half-cab bus, destination 'Clifton Hill', lurking ready to take up the running. The donor reported (and as you will see from the endorsements on the timetable) “I circled the time of the last run and got the signature and badge number of the driver. The rubber-stamp impressions were also applied to souvenir tickets (3d).” Yields information about the Point Ormond Service prior to its closure and records details of the last tram service.Foolscap Gestetner duplicated sheet, dated 29/1/1960Marked to show the last tram on 22-10-1960, time, tramcar and driver's name and number.tramways, timetables, tram 677, point ormond, closure, last tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Headwear - Hatband, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "VTFA", 1940s
... " Headwear Hatband Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Hat band worn by officials and team members when representing the Association at interstate matches. Two types - see item 6947 for an interwoven letter type as worn in item 6946 at the 1948 Sydney carnival. Most likely made by the MMTB Uniform clothing shop at Hawthorn.Yields information about the insignia worn by the VFTA.Navy blue cotton band with metal clips at either end with the letters "V F T A" machine sewn with a white backing strip on the rear.tramways, sports, football, vftc, hatbands, uniforms -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Headwear - Hatband, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "VTFA", 1940s
... Hatband Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Hat band worn by officials and team members when representing the Association at interstate matches. Two types - see item 6946 for a separate letter type. This combined letter or interwoven into a symbol was worn in item 6946 at the 1948 Sydney carnival. Most likely made by the MMTB Uniform clothing shop at Hawthorn.Yields information about the insignia worn by the VFTA.Navy blue cotton band with the letters "V F T A" interwoven or combined into a symbol, machine sewn with a white backing strip on the rear.tramways, sports, football, vftc, hatbands, uniforms -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 6 sheets of "Schoolboy Howler" tram tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1930s
... Howler" tram tickets Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board ...The MMTB printed advertising on the back of tram tickets or these "Schoolboy Howlers" along with promoting the advertising on the back of tickets using the phase "Melbourne trams and buses carry 1,000,000 passengers a day" Ticket values are 1d , 2d, 2d City Section, 3d, 4d and 6d. The collection comprises over 60 different howlers of the times. Produced during the late 1930s and early 1940s.Demonstrates the use of the rear of Melbourne tram tickets for advertising.Set of over 60 Schoolboy howler Melbourne tram tickets sorted primarily by value and type.tramways, mmtb, tickets, schoolboy howlers, advertising -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 8 dual currency tram tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 2/1966
... tickets Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...When Australia changed from imperial currency to decimal currency on 14/2/1966, a well-planned operation of conversion took place. This involved changing public transport tickets as well, especially those where a printed value was shown. The MMTB printed dual currency tickets as part of the process. This set of tickets show the value in both imperial and decimal currency 1 schilling or 1/- = 10 cents, 2 schillings or 2/- = 20c, and 2 schillings and 6 pence or 2/6 = 25 cents.Demonstrates dual currency tickets used at the time of decimal conversion in Australia.Set of 8 dual currency MMTB tram tickets - flimsy - papertramways, mmtb, tickets, decimal conversion, dual currency -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 8 tram transfer or check tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920s and 1930s
... & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Passengers could often transfer from one service to another - eg changing from a tram to a bus, without having to pay a second fare. A transfer ticket would be issued on request and this along with the original fare ticket would be shown to the conductor or bus driver at the time of transfer. Check tickets would be issued by a conductor to record that the person had shown a periodical eg scholars ticket. This enabled passenger counting as well. Conditions of travel on the rear. 1 - Elizabeth / Flinders St transfer - Nos 047241 and 143201 2 - cable to/from electric - green - 325472 and 819119 3 - cable to/from electric - red - 984529 4 - Scholar's Concession check - black - 075000 and 168393 5 - Special concession check ticket - black - 999538 with a Bushell's coffee advertisement on rear.Demonstrates various transfer tickets used by the MMTB.Set of 8 tram transfer or check tickets - flimsy - paper,tramways, mmtb, tickets, transfers, check ticks, scholar's tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Scholar's Concession Ticket - 3rd term, 1959
... & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Ticket allowed Scholars or school children to travel on MMTB trams/buses to attend schools at a concession rate. This one was used on buses. Inside gives issue details - issued to a person in Kew to attend University High School, five sections, for use to 18/12/1959, from Earl St to Lygon St via Princes St and Johnston St. Cost 50/- Ticket No. 1242.Demonstrates a Scholar's ticket to allow a student to travel from Kew to Lygon St.Blue clothed backed paper ticket, printed as a MMTB "Scholar's Concession Ticket", for 3rd Term. Gives condition of use on the outside cover. Details filled in of the person's name address etc.mmtb, tickets, schools, scholar's tickets, school tickets, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Certificate, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Certificate of Service", 14/11/1958
... Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Certificates of service were provided to MMTB employees when they left the job. Gives the name of the person and their dates of work. This Certificate has been issued to Kevin F Tierney, who worked initially as a University Student conductor during the summer holidays, then as a conductor or a driver during two following years. His traffic number was 6337.Demonstrates the use of a form to provide a person's employment record. References were not provided.Photocopy of a preprinted certificate - A4 Details typed of the person's name and dates of service.mmtb, tramways, certificates, drives, conductors, forms, training, employees, kevin tierney -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 20 pre-decimal or imperial tram tickets - reverse price block, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)
... & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Set of tickets - late 1940s early 1950s. All numbers in black 1 - 1d - blue - No. 135902 - with Bushell's coffee advert on rear. 2 - 2d - green - 721954 - with Bushell's coffee advert on rear. 3 - 3d - orange - 383181 - with Bushell's coffee advert on rear. 4 - 4d - black - 569287 and 343601, both with schoolboy howlers on rear. 5 - 5d - mauve - 450822 - with Bushell's coffee advert on rear. 6 - 8d - purple - 319145 & 909015 - both with Stamina Trousers advert on rear. 7 - 9d - black - 241492 and 232188 - both with Stamina Trousers advert on rear 8 - 10d - blue - 142295 and 372421 - both with Stamina Trousers advert on rear. 9 - 11d - green - 008109 and 189952 - both with Stamina Trousers advert on rear. 10 - 1/- orange on off white paper - 545180 & 979835 - both with Stamina Trousers advert on rear. 11 - 1/- red with deep red price printing, 462142 with Stamina Trousers advert on rear. 12 - 1/1 - green 153467, 153878 and 906375 - all with Stamina Trousers advert on rear.Demonstrates tickets used by the MMTB with the price in reverse printing.Set of 20 tram/bus tickets - paper flimsy - various colours and denominations. All prices are printed in reverse, some with advertising on the rear.tramways, tickets, mmtb, bushells, stamina trousers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 19 + 1 pre-decimal or imperial tram tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)
... on rear. Demonstrates tickets used by the MMTB Tramways tickets ...Set of tickets - 1940s All numbers in black 1 - 1d - pale green - 003159- Stamina trousers advert on rear. 2 - 2d - pale green part faded - 625747 - with Ball & Welch advert on rear 3 - 2d City Section - 076958 - with City Section in red, and a Bushell's Coffee advert on rear 4 - 2d City Section - green, 444876 - with City Section in red & Stamina trousers advert on rear. 5 - 3d - orange - 604982 with a Bushell's Tea advert on rear 6 - 4d - fawn - 149010 & 717508 - one with a Roger David Advert and NSW Mont de Piete - deposit and investment co. 7 - 4d - fawn City Section - 338554 and 790608 - with City Section in red & Stamina trousers advert on rear. 8 - 5d - red & purple - 560387 & 967660 - Stamina trousers advert on rear. 9 - 5d - City Section - red with red print 089663 - Stamina trousers advert on rear. 10 - 6d - set of 3 - different size number and different size paper - 518108, 538561 and 0088467. All off white paper with oranage print - two with Stamina adverts and the 3rd with a Royal Victoroa Institute for the blind. 11 - 7d - green print on off-white paper - 802374 - Stamina trousers advert on rear. 12 - 7d - orange 811920 - Stamina trousers advert on rear. 13 - 8d - purple on off white paper 410187, with Bushells coffee advert 14 - 9d - off white paper - 391972 - no advert on rear. 15 - 1/- brown 036485 - small size, not advert on rear.Demonstrates tickets used by the MMTB Set of 19 + 1 tram/bus tickets - paper flimsy - various colours and denominations, with advertising on the rear.tramways, tickets, mmtb, bushells, stamina trousers, roger david, ball & welch -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "M&MTB - Omnibus Services - Sections & Fares", 1966
... Tramways Board (MMTB) Standard Commercial Printers ...Provides details of fares for each section, and location of sections for all bus routes. Notes prepayment of fares, children fares, and passengers' luggage including All-night services. Dated 1966, following the introduction of decimal currency. Yields information about bus routes, sections and fares in 1966.Poster, paper mounted or glued to cardboard sheet for use in buses - titled "M&MTB - Omnibus Services - Sections & Fares"public transport, buses, fares, mmtb, posters, routes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - MMTB Buses - set of 13, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1971 to 1973
... of 13 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Not all services had been allocated a route number at the time. 1 - Garden City - Port Melbourne - City - routes 201, 202 - August 1972 2 - Williamstown Road - Footscray - Ballarat Rd - Route 223, Feb. 1972 3 - Deer Park, Sunshine Park, Sunshine, Footscray - City - routes 217, 219, 220, 229, 231 and 218 - Feb. 1972 4 - Deer Park West, Sunshine Park, Sunshine, Footscray - City - July 1973 5 - Fishermen's Bend - City - routes 233, 235 and 237 - March 1972 6 - Clifton Hill - Esternwick - Point Ormond - routes 246, 247 and 248 - August 1972 7 - Latrobe Uni - Northland - West Heidelberg - City - routes 256, 251, 253, 254, 252 and 255 August 1972 8 - East Kew, Box Hill, Doncaster, Shoppingtown - routes 284, 285 and 270 - July 1972 9 - Box Hill, Mitcham, East Doncaster, Ringwood - routes 287, 286, 288, 282, 283, and 272 - July 1972 10 - Box Hill - North Blackburn, route 290, printed on white paper - Sep. 1971 11 - Box Hill - Doncaster, Shoppingtown, Heidelberg, Templestowe, Serpells Rd and Lower Templestowe - routes 293, 296, 297, 271 - July 1972 12 Deer Park, Sunshine Park, Sunshine, Footscray - City - routes 217, 219, 220, 229, 231 and 218 - Saturdays and Sundays, printed on green paper - Feb. 1972 13 - Fishermans Bend - City - routes 233, 235 and 237 - June 1973 Yields information about MMTB Bus services during the 1970s. Set of twelve MMTB Bus timetables - multifolded printed on yellow paper, unless noted otherwise. timetable, mmtb, buses, port melbourne, garden city, williamstown rd, footscray, ballarat rd, sunshine, deer park, fisherman's bend, clifton hill, esternwick, point ormond, la trobe university, northland, west heidelberg, east kew, box hill, doncaster, shoppingtown, mitcham, ringwood, blackburn, templestowe, lower templestowe, fishermans bend -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - MMTB Buses - set of 9, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1976 to 1978
... Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Not all services had been allocated a route number at the time. 1 - Garden City - Port Melbourne - City - routes 201 and 202 - Jan. 1977 2 - Bulleen - North Kew City - Routes 203, 204, 205, 206, 208 and 209 - Feb. 1977 3 - Deer Park West - Sunshine - Footscray - City - routes 215, 216, 217, 219. 218, 220, 231 with a Saturdays and Sundays timetable sheet printed on green paper - Aug. 1977 4 - La Trobe University - Northland - West Heidelberg - City - routes 256, 251, 253, 254, 252, 255 - Sept. 1978 5- Warrandyte - Park Orchards - Ringwood - routes 273, 274, 275 - June 1976 6 - Warrandyte - Donvale - Templestowe - Shoppingtown - City - routes 276, 277, 278, 294, 278, 280, 299, 268 - July 1976 7 - Box Hill - Mitcham, East Doncaster, Ringwood - routes 287, 286, 288, 282, 283, 272 - June 1976 8 - Box Hill - North Blackburn - route 290 - June 1976 9 - Box Hill - Heidelberg, East Doncaster, Shopping town - routes 291, 297, 296, 293, 271 and 269 - Sept. 1976Yields information about MMTB Bus services during the mid 1970s. Set of nine MMTB Bus timetables - multifolded printed on yellow paper, unless noted otherwise. timetable, mmtb, buses, port melbourne, garden city, deer park, fisherman's bend, west heidelberg, box hill, doncaster, shoppingtown, mitcham, ringwood, blackburn, templestowe, lower templestowe -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - MMTB Notice - Eastern Freeway service, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 12/1979
... service. Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Notice to Passengers about the introduction of buses to and from La Trobe University running via the Eastern Freeway from the city via West Heidelberg and Northland from 3/12/1979. Gives information on services, times, stops, and conditions of travel and running times.Yields information about MMTB Bus services that used the Eastern Freeway to La Trobe university.A4 photocopy sheet folded into 8timetable, buses, public transport, eastern freeway, la trobe university -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - MMTB trams - set of 7, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1972
... - MMTB trams - set of 7 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board ...Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, timing points, with a description of the route and a map. 1 - West Preston - Northcote - City - routes 9, 10, 11 - Feb. 1972 2 - North Coburg with connecting bus to Fawkner and Gowrie - Upfield on Sundays route 19, 20 and 18 - March 1972 3 - North Balwyn Burwood - City - routes 48, 40, 41, 37, 74, 75, 76, 28 - Feb. 1972 4 - West Coburg - Domain Road and West Coburg City on Sundays - routes 55, 56 and 68 - March 1972 5 - West Maribyrnong - City - (bus routes on Sunday only) - routes 57, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - Feb. 1972 6 - Essendon Aerodrome - City - route 49, 49, 52 and 51 - March 1972 7 - Footscray - Moonee Ponds - bus route on Saturday afternoons and Sundays - route 82 Feb. 1972Yields information about MMTB tram services during 1972Set of seven MMTB tram timetables - multifolded printed on yellow or green paper.timetable, mmtb, route 10, route 9, route 11, route 19, route 18, route 20, route 48, route 40, route 41, route 37, route 74, route 75, route 76, route 28, route 55, route 56, route 68, route 57, route 54, route 60, route 58, route 50, route 59, route 49, route 52, route 51, route 82 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - MMTB trams - set of 8, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1976
... Timetables - MMTB trams - set of 8 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways ...Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, and timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Not all services had been allocated a route number at the time. 1 - East Brighton - City and via William St - routes 64, 65, 62 and 61 - July 1976 2 - Malvern (Burke Rd) to City and via Wiliam St - routes 5 and 35 - Oct. 1976 3 - Carnegie - City and via William St - routes 67, 37, and 66 - July 1976 4 - Wattle Parke - City and Camberwell depot - routes 70, 71 and 76 - Sept. 1976 5 - Kew - Cotham Road to St Kilda Beach - route 69 - August 1976 6 - East Preston - via Bourke or La Trobe, and East Brunswick - routes 88, 14, 89. 90, 96, 95, and 97 - Feb. 1976 7 - Toorak - City and via William St - routes 8 and 38 - August 1976 8 - St Kilda Beach and South Melbourne Beach and via William St - routes 15, 16, 53, 55, 1, 2 and 4 - Sept. 1976 Yields information about MMTB tram services during the 1970s. Set of 8 MMTB tram timetables - multifolded printed on yellow paper.timetable, mmtb, wattle park, east brighton, malvern, carnegie, kew, east brunswick, toorak, st kilda beach, south melbourne beach, route 64, route 65, route 62, route 61, roure 5, route 35, route 67, route 37, route 66, route 70, route 71, route 76, route 69, route 88, route 96, route 8, route 38, route 15, route 1, route 2, route 55, route 53 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetables - MMTB trams - set of 5, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1977 and 1979
... - set of 5 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, and timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Not all services had been allocated a route number at the time. 1 - West Maribyrnong - City - routes 57, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - Oct. 1979 2 - West Maribyrnong - City - routes 57, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - Feb. 1977 3 - East Malvern (Darling Rd) City - route 3 - Feb. 1977 4 - Glen Iris - City and via William St - routes 6, 36 and 7 - Jan. 1977 5 - Wattle Park - City - routes 70, 71 and 76 - Nov. 1979Yields information about MMTB tram services during the 1970s. Set of 5 MMTB tram timetables - multifolded printed on yellow paper.timetable, mmtb, west maribyrnong, east malvern, glen iris, route 57, route 54, route 60, route 58, route 50, route 3, route 6, route 36, route 7, wattle park, route 70, route 71, route 76 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB Transfer ticket, early 1920's
... Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Ticket - 2 1/2d, MMTB black printing on light brown paper with the value in green ink. A transfer ticket matched with Reg Item 5522. Has a "Victoria Bitter" print on the rear. Ticket No. R799195 Advice from Dean Filgate 7/1/2020 for this item and 5522: "very interesting tickets (why can't I find gems like these when I haunt old bookshops ?) and even better - a matched transfer pair ! The transfer is (I think) from the original McCaskey Systems printing for the "great fare revision" of March 1921, when most fares rose by ½d (or 1d on Sundays & Public Holidays), and is on the wider paper stock of those issues. The 2½d is from a later printing on narrower (but still "long") paper stock, but retains the black + coloured (value) ink on white paper scheme. The original issues had McCaskey's imprint and the value repeated on the back. They are a very nice pair. At some stage in the early/mid-1920s coloured paper tickets were again produced alongside the white-paper issues, before totally replacing them. Some of the colours were also altered. Sands & McDougall cornered the ticket-printing market about this time, blitzing all opposition with a press that produced 57 tickets at once - compared to everyone else's 2-at-a-time presses (Geoff Dean has more information on this). The "horizontal" format (similar to Sydney) was trialled in the late 1920s, and deemed a failure. The number of sections, their direction, and the use of Up/Down or In/Out varied over the years - I have put together a 'chronology' in order of issue, but unfortunately cannot assign dates of issue (yet ? ). 2nd email of 10/1/2021 Yes - keep those two tickets paired together (most people don't ); the only other matched transfer pair that I have seen was in Travis Jeffrey's collection. The 2½d ticket is a mid-1920s printing (from Sands & McDougall, so I am led to believe), the design being re-worked from their previous batch that had this value in red. There may have been another slight revision before the next design - of horizontal (Sydney-type) tickets - were issued. It would appear that horizontal format had already been used by the cable trams well before the electric trams, and that this "next horizontal issue" was used for both cable and electric trams. What I neglected to say before, was that this is an Electric System issue - as denoted by the "E.S." at the top: the alternate heading was "CABLE TRAMWAYS". Most enthusiasts mistake those initials to mean "Eastern System": demonstrably it is not, because there were "E.S." tickets issued specifically for use at Coburg and Essendon depots only (mostly return fares, with the destinations marked on the ticket).trams, tramways, tickets, mmtb, transfer tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB Transfer ticket, early 1920's
... Ticket/s Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...See notes for further information from Dean Filgate.Ticket - MMTB red printing on light brown paper, with the number in black ink. A transfer ticket matched with Reg Item 5521, listing the various points of transfer between electric and cable trams. Has a "Victoria Bitter" print on the rear. Ticket number A777443.trams, tramways, tickets, mmtb, transfer tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Album - Photo Album, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Construction of depots and workshops, mid 1920's
... and workshops Album Photo Album Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board ...Photo Album - brown manila card sheets as covers, containing 20 blue card sheets trimmed with white binding tape and held by two brass clips, containing the following photographs: South Melbourne depot - substation, construction, steelwork, inspection pits, offices, girders. overhead stores Preston Workshops - body shop, timber sheds, machine shop, steelwork, crane runways Sydney Harbour bridge steelwork. Three loose photos. For individual photo images of each page see: \dbtext\hawthtramcoll\photo collections\htd5526 - KC Painter Material /Early MMTB Depots-album images KCP01 to KCP20 KCP01_MMTB-depot-construction_cover.jpg KCP02_SouthMelbourne-1.jpg KCP03_SouthMelbourne-2.jpg KCP04_SouthMelbourne-3.jpg KCP05_SouthMelbourne-4.jpg KCP06_SouthMelbourne-5.jpg KCP07_PrestonWorkshops-1.jpg KCP08_PrestonWorkshops-2.jpg KCP09_PrestonWorkshops-3.jpg KCP10_PrestonWorkshops-4.jpg KCP11_PrestonWorkshops-5.jpg KCP12_PrestonWorkshops-6.jpg KCP13_PrestonWorkshops-7.jpg KCP14_PrestonWorkshops-8.jpg KCP15_PrestonWorkshops-9.jpg KCP15_PrestonWorkshops-10.jpg KCP16_Kew-extensions-1.jpg KCP17_Kew-extensions-2.jpg KCP18_OverheadDepot_SouthMelbourne.jpg KCP19_WaterTower_SouthMelbourne.jpg KCP20_SydneyHarbour-Unknown.jpgLetter "MMTB", "R T Alsop"? and "7" in ink on front cover as well as list of the photographs.trams, tramways, photo album, south melbourne depot, preston workshops, kew depot, sydney, substation, construction, buildings -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Strap hanger, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1950's
... Strap hanger Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Strap hanger - Bakelite formed or moulded handle with a sewn leather strap for use in tramcars in order people could hang on. Was placed around a round timber rod. The Bakelite piece was later replaced by a moulded plastic component.trams, tramways, tramcars, passengers, equipment, interiors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Running Timetable and Locations of Recording Clocks", 1973
... Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Set of timetable information sheets titled "Running Timetable and Locations of Recording Clocks" for various tram routes - signed R. C. Drummond Traffic Manager. Gives running times for sections during various parts of the day, early am, am peak, mid period, pm peak, weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and evening and the location of Bundy Clocks. .1 - Prahran or St Kilda Beach - North Richmond - August 1973 .2 - ditto .3 - Mont Albert - City - Oct. 1973 .4 - North Balway - Oct. 1973trams, tramways, timetables, schedules, bundy clock, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Tramcar component, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Bell cord - for a grip car bell, c1920?
... component Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...A souvenir from one of the last trams to Port Melbourne. Both the South Melbourne and Port Melbourne cable lines closed on this date. The South Melbourne line was converted to electric traction; the Port Melbourne line was replaced by a bus service. See item 7595 for another bell cord from the same event.Has a close association with the closure of the Port Melbourne cable tram line.Bell cord - for a grip car bell - consisting of a wooden turned handle fitted with a screw at the bottom, a length of sash cord and a cast iron end to which the rope has been glued or fastened into and a hook that went on the underside of the bell itself. On the wooden handle is a label - "Cable tram cord taken from the last tram to run in Port Melbourne"trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, gripmen, bell, port melbourne, last tram, closure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Tramcar component, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Bell - conductors - cast brass, c1920?
... Tramcar component Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Bell - conductors - cast brass circular with a square hole in the centre, polished on one side and rough cast on the inside. Part of a conductors bell.trams, tramways, bell, conductors, tramcars, equipment