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Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Larsen, 6/05/1940 12:00:00 AM
Negative of a photograph of a cable tram set in Queens Parade Clifton Hill, passing under the railway bridge at Clifton Hill 6-5-1940. The tram has the destination of Northcote. The bridge has an advert for Kraft Cheese. Road lowered in preparation of closure. Photo Wal Larsen In the background is the cabin for turning trams at the Clifton Hill depot or car sheds.on rear of negative in album "Getting ready for the double-decker buses at Clifton Hill. Road has been lowered on either side when cable goes rest of road will be lowered. Trailer 506 is shown. 1145am 6th May 1940 and camera settings. Photo by W. H. Larsen."trams, tramways, cable trams, queens parade, closure, clifton hill, bridges, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack collection, 3/01/1939 12:00:00 AM
Negative of a photograph of two cable tram sets waiting to shunt at the Bourke St terminus, 3-1-1939. Has trailers 237 and 379 and 262 in the photo along with the Mail Exchange, and the Sunshine Machinery Depot. One of the cars has lady passengers on the grip car.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, tram 237, tram 379, tram 262 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack collection, Sep. 1939
Negative of a photograph of a cable car set at the Lonsdale St terminus, 9/1939, trailer 523. Tram has the destination of Collingwood. In the background is the Myer store - The Myer Emporium.trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, tram 523 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Sep. 1939
Negative of a photograph of a cable car set , trailer 220 turning from Lonsdale St into Russell St on its way to Collingwood. c1939 prior to closure of the line. Has the Continental Hotel in the background.trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, russell st, tram 220 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1938
Negative of a photograph of a cable car set , trailer 593 at the Collingwood terminus in Johnston St. The grip man is sitting on his seat while the Conductor is attending to the Bundy (Cincinnati type) by the Grocery Shop. In the background is the Hotel at the corner of Clarke St. An advert for Swallows Ice Cream appears on the Grocery Shop.trams, tramways, cable trams, collingwood, johnston st, tram 593 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, late 1939 or early 1940
Negative of a photograph of a cable car set ,in Nicholson St about to cross over the junction trackwork at Gertrude St opposite the winding or power house.trams, tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, gertrude st, winding houses, trackwork, junction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, late 1939 or early 1940
Negative of a photograph of a cable car set turning from Bourke St into Spring St with Parliament house in the background. Trailer 579.trams, tramways, cable trams, parliament, bourke st, spring st, tram 579 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1914
Copy negative of an illustration of cable cars in Elizabeth St at the corner with Collins St. Has the Elizabeth St station n the view, along with Craigs and the Royal Bank. Rod Atkins advised 24/08/2020: "Dates from around 1914. taken 11.53 am in high summer. The Flinders Street Railway station looks complete but we still have all the telephone cables on poles in both Elizabeth and Collins Streets. I don't know the year they all went underground. We have two standard "Fitzroy" trams in Collins Street and one West Melbourne tram with standard eight window trailer - no bogie trailers in the photo. Some of the West Melbourne trailers were still six window cars in the 1920's. The major building in the photo is the "Royal Bank" on the South East Cnr. of Collins and Elizabeth Street. "trams, tramways, cable trams, collins st, elizabeth st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1905
Copy negative of a photograph of the Melbourne Town Hall at the intersection of Collins and Swanston St with three cable tram sets, including one in Swanston St with a second trailer or trail car. The grip car is very well loaded. c1905.trams, tramways, cable trams, mto co, swanston st, collins st, trailers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1905
Copy negative of a photograph of cable cars in Swanston, looking north from the Melbourne Town Hall, with horse drawn vehicles and bicycles. c1905.trams, tramways, cable trams, mto co, swanston st, collins st, trailers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1906
Copy negative of a photograph of cable cars in Bourke St at Swanston St with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Numerous cyclists and pedestrians. c1906.trams, tramways, cable trams, swanston st, bourke st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Notice, Tramway Board, "Special Notice - Last Cars", Jul. 1919
Notice, half foolscap sheet, titled "Special Notice - Last Cars" - giving times for the last cable cars from the city and suburban terminus - at about 7pm. A coal shortage due to strike action was the reason behind this. Issued by the Tramway Board. See Page 4 of The Argus 17/7/1919, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4715364# accessed 29/12/2019.trams, tramways, tramway board, strike, cable trams, last tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Pamphlet - Illustration/s, Tramway Board, "Souvenir of peace, 1914-1919", Jul. 1919
Produced to celebrate the end of the First World War. Folds out to reveal coloured illustration with caption: Decorated dummy and car which, electrically illuminated, traversed the Melbourne cable tramways in celebration of peace, on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, the 14th and 15th July, 1919. Second copy has a note regarding the trams - dummy 482 and trailer 510. Has the images of the King George V, Field Marshall Foch, Lloyd George, King of Italy, and President Wilson on one side. Has the printer's details in the bottom right hand corner of the last sheet. See reg Item 4256 for the associated timetable sheets.Demonstrates a pamphlet by the Tramway Board as a souvenir of the end of the First World War.Pamphlet or illustration or card - folded titled "Souvenir of peace, 1914-1919",On rear of copy 2 "Mr A E Twentyman recalls that the dummy was No.. 482 and trailer was No. 510"trams, tramways, tramway board, world war 1, cable trams, celebrations, peace tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Tramway Board, "Decorated Illuminated Peace Car", Jul. 1919
Set of two timetables, both printed on duplicated foolscap sheets for the decorated Peace tram, July 1919. .1 - timetable for the 14/7/1919 and 15/7/1919 - gives time and routes arrangements. .2 - ditto for 21/7 and 22/7 - 2 copies held. See reg Item 4255 for the associated illustration of the car.trams, tramways, tramway board, world war 1, cable trams, celebrations, timetables, peace tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Special Notice - Last Cars", 13/01/1920 12:00:00 AM
Memorandum - dated 13/1/1920, issued by the MMTB advising that a bonus will be issued similar to cable tram gripmen and conductors (see Reg Item 4247) to all employees. Signed by W Strangward as Acting General Manager using a rubber stamp.trams, tramways, tramway board, mmtb, wages, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instructions, Tramway Board, "Rules and Instructions for Gripmen and Conductors re Electric Lighting of cars and dummies", "Edison Car lighting system - rules for the guidance of employees", 1/03/1919 12:00:00 AM
Set of two instructions, duplicated foolscap sheets. Both signed by H. A Wilcox, General Manager. .1 - "Rules and Instructions for Gripmen and Conductors re Electric Lighting of cars and dummies", notes care for lamps, battery leads, failure, electric shock (7 volts) and cautions. Two sheets, Two copies held. Dated 1/3/19. .2 - "Edison Car lighting system - rules for the guidance of employees" - 4 sheets with brass pin in top left hand corner, giving details of connecting the batteries for charging, charging, battery car, methodology of using the rheostat, cleaning, jumper cables, reports, faults and contact electrical foreman Mr. T Dawe. Not dated.trams, tramways, lights, cable trams, batterymen, equipment -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Royal Automobile club of Victoria (RACv), shunting of cars at the Richmond car house or depot, Nov. 1921
Letters - carbon copy on quarto paper between the RACV (16/11/1921) and response from the MMTB (23/11/1921), regarding shunting of cars at the Richmond car house or depot. The RACV requested flag men like that at the Toorak corner and Lonsdale St. The MMTB said No, flag men and provided at the two locations to regulate cars. Letter from the Chas J H Hodges, Secretary of the RACV.trams, tramways, racv, cable trams, lonsdale st, toorak, richmond, depots -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Tramway Board, "Return of fuel & Oil used at ...... Power House during the Month of November 1918", Nov. 1918
Set of reports for the "Return of fuel & Oil used at ...... Power House during the Month of November 1918", listing the amount and value of fuels, lubricants, bearing oil, road pulley lubricants, rope oil and rope tar for various cars houses. Prepared on a pre-printed form. Also lists the length of ropes and the average amounts per mile of rope. Form No.374, 7/17 Gives details for the following Power houses. Richmond Fitzroy Brunswick Johnston St North Carlton St Kilda Esplanade Prahran North Melbourne South Melbournetrams, tramways, cable trams, reports, winding houses, power house, richmond, fitzroy, brunswick, johnston st, north carlton, st kilda, esplanade, prahran, north melbourne, south melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Electric cars and Northcote Cable cars", 26/11/1923 12:00:00 AM
.1 - handwritten notes - small sheet giving notes on the agreement with Mr Westcott and a letter dated 20/11/1923 from Mr Westcott to Mr Strangward giving his estimate of commission for the sale of adverting on tramcars and tickets. .2 - Report - single foolscap sheet titled "Electric cars and Northcote Cable cars", looking at the commission Mr. Westcott earns from the sale of advertising on tramcars and on the back of tickets it appears. Gives current position, Mr Strangward's and Mr Westcott's estimate based on the number of electric cars in service. Gives a recommendation as to future arrangements. Initialled "WOS 26/11/23". Also notes a Mr King at the top of the sheet.trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, advertisements -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Tramway Board, "Proposed Flying City Shunt", 11/09/1917 12:00:00 AM
Report - hand made on very thin paper, almost rice paper, 3 pages + cover note of 2/11/1921 to Mr. Wilcox, General Manager from Mr. C. W. Young and W. A. Savage, Assist Traffic Manager titled "Proposed Flying City Shunt". Report suggests that improved shunting arrangements are needed at Collins and Spencer St due to increased traffic. Notes cars can be shunted in abnormal conditions in 40 seconds. Normal shunting was 60secs it appears. Report gives details of the costs and the shunting times taken to turn cable sets around. The cover note of 2/11/1921, re-submits the report to Mr Dix from a person (can read the signature) from the Fitzroy Power House. Last page was scanned separately as a jpg file. Dated 11/9/1917Has been stamped "Copy" in two places.trams, tramways, cable trams, track, collins st, shunting -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, Lindsay Brack, Oct. 1938
Black and white photograph of a Spencer St bound cable car in Bourke St, Oct. 1938. Note the run number on the front of the tram. A series of 13 images from the original photo and orientations were provided with the donation. See image i3. Image has the Buckley and Nunn, Foys, Leviathan, Coles stores in the background, along with Parliament House and St Patrick's Cathedral See notes for the dating of the photograph and the person who took the photograph and its method.trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, The Met, "Matinees - Vol 1, No. 9 December 1985", Dec. 1985
Magazine - 20 A4 pages centre stapled - titled "MetLines - Vol 1, No. 9 December 1985", staff newspaper of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Has a number of "Santa Claus" on the front cover. Contains an article on page 8, "Keeping tram lines clean" and "Scrubber Cars" - featuring Frank Reale-Key posing in front of Scrubber 8W. Also has a photo of scrubber No. 11. Gives a background to the cars, when they are used, operated by Civil Branch. Gives hours of use and crews. Another item is "Tram centenary celebrations a success" - Event and cavalcade of trams on 11/11/1985, celebrating the commencement of the cable car services in Melbourne. Notes the unveiling of a plaque by Mr Roper, assisted by Keith Kings of the TMSV. Other items tramway related are the celebration - 70th marriage celebration of Harry Heaton who worked at Preston, Glenhuntly depot cricket team and on the rear cover a photo of Norm Maddock at the Picnic function at Wattle Park. On page 3 is a follow up to a question on a MTOC conductor with the large safety pins of the era. Not all pages scanned.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, the met, conductors, track, mto co, centenary, cable trams, cavalcade, tram 8, tram 11 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Boyce Pizzey Strategic, Convergence Design, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, "Melbourne's Trams and Tramways - Statement of Heritage Significance", May. 2000
Digital image of two reports and a letter - 41 A4 pages Report - titled "Melbourne's Trams and Tramways - Statement of Heritage Significance", Working Paper 1.1, dated May 2000, by Convergence Design Pty Ltd and Boyce Pizzey Strategic - Page 3 is missing - looks at the development of Melbourne's trams, the element of significance, the tramway system as an entity, Social and cultural influencers, the technological development, including tram design. The two page statement notes the tramway system as an evolving entity and technology. And included document is "A Brief History of Melbourne's Trams and tramways", considers the history of the tramway system, cable cars, W class cars, buses, WW2, postwar developments, Robert Risson and a heritage assessment. There is reference to maps and attachments, but these have not be included other than the sources. A letter dated 6 June 2000 from COTMA (written by Craig Tooke, Executive Officer) to Mr. E Keys of Booz-Allen & Hamilton provides comments on the draft and corrections. .1 - hard copy of the Brief History.trams, tramways, history, significance, mmtb, melbourne, tramways, transport, buses, closure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, Jan. 1937
Black and white photograph of a lightly loaded cable car set, trailer 415, eastbound in Bourke St, nearing Russell St. Set has destination of Nicholson St. The Conductor and Gripman are both on the grip car - "gossiping". In the background are signs for Sharpe's store, Parers Hotel, Lewis's and Normans. On the underside of the photograph written in black ink "Cable Tram in Bourke St Jan 1937" Noelle Jones - 24/5/2021 It is no later than 1946, as Maples purchased the Love & Lewis business (194-6 Bourke St) in that year (the business was being sold by the executors of the owner). Note also that Parer's (not Parkers) Hotel, at 200 Bourke Street, was established in the 1880s by the Parer Brothers, originally from Spain. The most famous member of the family was Damien Parer, the WWII photographer. The building was demolished in 1960, and is the site of the Midcity Arcade. Sharpes bought the property on the left (202-4 Bourke St) in 1954, after being tenants for 20 years. Normans Corner Stores opened in 1932.trams, tramways, bourke st, nicholson st, cable trams, crews, tram 415 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, c1920
Black and white photograph of a street scene in Flinders St outbound cable tram set - Flinders St station in the background? - Telephoto photograph with a motor car (Model T Ford) in the foreground. In the background is a horse drawn cab (Hansom?) The cable trailer car is one of the fully imported Stevenson ones. Herald Photo c1913?On rear is "Herald" and "Copied 14/2/83" in bottom corners and image dimensions.trams, tramways, flinders st, motor vehicles, cable trams, horse drawn vehicle -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, c1890
Black and white photograph of a cable car set, c1890 at the Bridge Road Richmond line terminus with the Bridge Road Hotel in the background. Has a group of 10 cable tram employees in uniform standing alongside the tram, lettered and detailed decoration on the trailer - No. 18 "Not to be reproduced with permission from the National Library of Australia".On rear in ink "Tram car Melbourne" and a label "Not to be reproduced with permission from the National Library of Australia"trams, tramways, richmond, bridge road, crews, mto co, cable trams, tram 18 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, 1908
Black and white photograph of a cable car set, c1908, of a well loaded grip car on the Richmond - Spencer St line, with an auxiliary board "Direct to Football Match" Has a paper boy standing in front of the tram, Would appear that the conductor is at the front of the tram, collecting fares. Has the caption "Off to the Essendon v South Melbourne Match - Saturday's Football Essendon V South Melbourne at East Melbourne and Fitzroy v St Kilda at Fitzroy"in ink in the corners "Australasian" and "2008" and photograph measurements for printing.trams, tramways, richmond, football, sports, papers, cable trams, conductors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, c1910
Black and white photograph of Swanston St looking south from Little Collins St with the Town Hall in the view. Has a number of cable cars, horse drawn vehicles and motor vehicles in the view. In the view are shops for Rayners Ladies Drapers and a shop "Marlborough"Has "Brimson" on the rear in ink.trams, tramways, cable trams, town hall, swanston st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, Rose Stereograph Co, "Bourke Street Melbourne", late 1930's or 1940
Bourke St from just east of Swanston St looking west with two cable sets (trailer 457) in the view along with many motor cars, including a number doing hook turns. In the photo are the Leviathan, London, Buckley and Nunn and Myer stores, Helmers Showrooms. Rose Series Postcard - P4765/ see Charles Craig series for original postcard - CC81Yields information about Bourke StBlack and white photograph of a Rose Stereograph postcard.Has "51260" on the rear in ink.trams, tramways, cable trams, swanston st, bourke st, tram 457 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Photocopy, cable car set at the Victoria St terminus, c1900
Black and white photograph photocopy onto an A4 sheet of a cable car set at the Victoria St terminus, with a conductor, Gripman and Inspector standing for the photograph. The terminus refreshment rooms are on the left hand side. This photograph has been published.trams, tramways, victoria st, cable trams