Melbourne Tram Museum
Album - Photo Album, Brian Weedon, Tramway photos, 1970 to 1980's
Photo Album - green card slip case containing heavy grey card covers front and rear, front protective page and 12 photo pages with adhesive surface and clear plastic sheet cover - on cardboard sheet bound by a heavy white comb binder marked "Photo Album" on the front inside cover.
Each page has scanned to a pdf file.
Page 1 - newspaper cutting and two photos of Ballarat No. 27 completing 1,000,000 miles.
Item from "A Place in the Sun" written by Keith Dunstan.
Photo of tram 27 by the Ballarat Courier. Date of Photo. 29/6/1968, taken prior to the TMSV Tour of that date.
Black and white photograph of a group of the passengers on No. 27 during the celebration of the tram reaching 1,000,000 (million) miles in Ballarat. Glenys George, Brian Weedon, John Fitzsimons, Graeme Turnball, Paul Nicholson, Barry George and Kevin Clark.
Page 2 - black and white photograph of Geelong Nos 2, 8, 4, 1 and another 4 wheel tramcar and a open cab motor bus photographed within the interior of Geelong depot, prior to 1924. From notes provided by David O'Neill, 12/2003, advises that bus driver is either Bill Hamaling or Charles Stafford. Gentlemen next to No. 8 could be Vic Phipps.
Page 3 - Black and White photograph of Geelong No. 7 - c1912, soon after opening with driver, conductor and passengers. Shows the magnetic brake shoe.
Page 4 - Black and White photograph of Geelong Cross bench tram No. 11 in Corio Tce, now Brougham St outside Marks Hotel. Tram has the destination of Newtown.
Page 5 - Black and White photograph - T 180, showing "Pyrotechnic Fty" possibly on No. 9 Road at Malvern Depot
Page 6 - Black and White photograph of L 105 prior to any modifications - see also Reg Item 2498 for another print.
- ditto - interior view show off centre seats in the drop centre.
Page 7 - Black and White photographs of W308 and W1 419 - - see also Reg Item 3422 for another print.
Page 8 - Black and White photograph of W3 665
Page 9 - Black and White photograph of W4 670 - - see also Reg Item 3154 for another print.
- ditto Interior view.
Page 10 - Black and White photograph of SW6 850 with the dash canopy lighting - as built.
- ditto Interior view - - see also Reg Item 674 and 3426 for another prints.
Page 11 - not used.
Page 12 - Black and White photographs of Y469 and X2 674 (This tram was later renumbered 680 - see page 30 of Destination City 5th Edition). - - see also Reg Item 3161 an d 3427 respectively for another prints.
Page 13 - Black and White photographs of Y1 611 and an interior view - - see also Reg Item 3160 for another print.
Page 14 - Set of 6 colour prints of Bendigo 28 decorated as the 1968 Myer Christmas tram, Birney 23 and 29.
Page 15 - Set of 4 colour prints of Bendigo 3, 17, 6 and 17,
Page 16 - Colour print of traffic and trams on Princes Bridge with Batman Ave terminus in the view.
- Postcard of Swanston St looking south just north of Lonsdale St with W2 432 and another W2.
See 3558.1 for a loose copy of the postcard - NuColorVue No. BP 1060-1 - titled on rear "A view towards the Shrine during peak traffic" Has signs advertising Penfolds Wines, Ansett-ANA, State Savings Bank and Foys.
Page 17 - Set of two colour postcards - W2 405 and another tram southbound in St Kilda Road with the Prince Henry hospital in the background and Bourke St with W7 1026 and other trams in the view.
Page 18 - Set of two photographs of W2's in Collins St at Spring St, with No. 512 in the view.
Page 19 - View looking across the Gardens with two W2 class trams in Macarthur St.
- W2 637 at corner of Collins and Exhibition St - see also Reg Item 1999 for another print.
Page 20 - set of three colour photographs
- W2 303 in bound on St Kilda Road, destination City, Route 4D, see also Reg Item 324
- W7 965 turning from Queens Road into St Kilda Road at St Kilda Junction.
- W4 671 at South Melbourne Depot.
Page 21 - not used
Page 22 - MMTB Bus 702 Mark VI MMTB Freighter body and W7 1035
Page 23 - not used
Page 24 - SEC coal locomotive 108 at night.
Most photographs are MMTB Official.
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