Rose Series postcard No. P 185, "Collins Street Melbourne" looking west from the intersection with Swanston Street, c1950. Has two trams eastbound in Collins Street and several motor cars doing a hook turn in the intersection. In the background are Frayefield Hats, Calders and Kodak signs.Yields information about the intersection of Collins and Swanston Streets c1950.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.collins st, tramways, swanston st, trams, mmtb

Set of six large gold Coat button and four small cap buttons. Has an eyelet or ring fixed to the back and stamped either "Stokes and Sons Victoria" or "Stokes and Sons Australia" 8 additional buttons added from Ron Scholten 11-6-2022.trams, tramways, buttons, mmtb, uniforms

Badge - Manufactured - brass? with stippled gold plate finish on the rear and sides with a green and gold glazed paint finish with the words "Tramways Board Traffic Officer" in gold on the front and the number "70" stamped into the badge. Has a set of two metal clips soldered onto the rear of the item. See Reg Item 1239 for other examples.trams, tramways, mmtb, badges, officers

Run Number plate - plastic envelope, two holes on the top, with a folded paper photocopied run number (temporary) possibly to replace a lost one. Printed and folded onto the rear of a tram depot information sheet. Used by South Melbourne Depot with number 33 - A33 to indicate which timetable the tram operated on.trams, tramways, mmtb, south melbourne depot, timetables

Black and white print of Z class tram No. 2 at Preston Workshops. Has the destination of West Preston Regent St with a route number "334". Photo possibly at the time around the trams entry to service on 28/6/1975. See reference.Yields information about Z class 2 around the time of its commissioning.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink "Z 2 W'shops"tramways, trams, mmtb, z class, tram 2

Black and white print of AEC Mk III No 512 in Flinders Street. with the station building behind. Has route number 246, Fishermens Bend via Ingles St. Photo taken Circa 1970 as the bus has the three number route number but is not fitted with electric turn light indicators. Comeng Body, entered service 1952/53, "Bob-Tailed" to one-man configuration in the 1962/63 conversion batch. Yields information about Flinders St buses serving Fishermens Bend.Black and White photograph - printed on plain papertramways, trams, mmtb, buses, bus 512

Report - titled "Report of the Street Works Co-ordination Committee", includes a table of contents and drawings of street cross-sections. Details the committee members, meetings, terms of reference, suggested legislation, summary of conclusions and recommendations, including previous reports and conference and typical cross sections. Dated 1966, for presentation to the then premier Mr Hamer. Looks at the co-ordination road works by authorities including the tramways.Yields information about an investigation into co-ordination of tram track and other road works.Report - approx 50 pages - side stapled, card covers, cloth side binding."KCP Designing Engineer attended some later meetings"tramways, mmtb, tram tracks, parliament, road works

Black and white copy photograph from a Real Estate Poster of a bogie tram (HTT?) turning from Riversdale Road into Camberwell Road, c1920. Has a car (Ford Model T) parked in the street and a motorcycle. Camberwell Junction, Adair Bros, Wilson Real Estate Agents. Post office on the left hand side of the photo with the tower. Has title on photograph "Camberwell Junction, with a Few Minutes' Walk of the Estate"trams, tramways, mmtb, camberwell junction, camberwell rd

Black and white photo of a side on view of Scrubber No. 8 (8W later on) operating in a street. Photo by Mark Plummer c1970. Location not known, out of focus.Has the "Mark Plummer" stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, mmtb, scrubber tram, tram 8

Black and white photo of W5 831, inbound route 48, Whitehorse Road or Mont Albert Road, passing a large cleared block of land. Tram has the destination of city. Photo by Mark Plummer late 1960's.Has the "Mark Plummer" stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, mmtb, mont albert, tram 831

Black and white photograph of S class 164 entering ??? depot c1970. Photo by Mark Plummer. Tram has the destination of Special.Has the "Mark Plummer" stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, tram 164, s class, mmtb

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers and passengers of a tram stop that trams had to be hailed or signaled to stop or to alight. Most tram stops were of this style.Demonstrates the form of tram stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne that trams had to be signaled to stop at. Phased out from the mid 1970's. Similar signs used by the SEC in Ballarat and Bendigo. Sign - Tram Stop - Hail Cars Here - rounded with flat sections on either side for fitting to a small pole, enamel finish with white background and red top and bottom stripes. Black enamel on rear.tram stop, signs, mmtb, trams, tramways

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers of a tram stop that all trams had to stop at - a compulsory stop. Style Used from early 1920's.Demonstrates the form of compulsory stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne. Phased out from the mid 1970's. Similar signs used by the SEC in Ballarat and Bendigo. Sign - Tram Stop - Cars Stop Here - rounded with flat sections on either side for fitting to a large pole, enamel finish with white background and red top and bottom stripes. Black enamel on rear.tram stop, signs, mmtb, tramways, trams

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers of a tram stop that all trams had to stop at - a compulsory stop. Style Used from early 1920's.Demonstrates the form of compulsory stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne. An early style before the use of enameled signs. Sign - Tram Stop - "Tram Stops Here" - formed from a painted type of fibre board with an aluminium angle and flat riveted in four locations with three screw holes on the side.tram stop, signs, mmtb, trams, tramways

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers and passengers of a tram stop that trams had to be hailed or signaled to stop or to alight. Demonstrates the form of tram stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne that trams had to be signaled to stop at. An early style before the use of enameled signs. Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here" - formed from a painted type of fibre board with an aluminium angle and flat riveted in four locations with three screw holes on the side.tram stop, signs, mmtb, tramways, trams

Bell used by the conductor or passengers to signal to the driver - stop, proceed or an emergency stop. N&C - Demonstrates a conductors communication or signal bell made for use on tramcars.Brass Conductor Communication Bell, or signal bell, consisting of cast frame, bell, striker, bell pull part, sheet metal domed section that is secured to the underside of the bell with one nut to secure the bell to the frame and two rivets securing for the bell pull part. Has at both ends, six screw holes that were used to secure the bell to the roof. Note the difference in the casting detail between the two ends of the bell.trams, tramways, conductors, bells, mmtb

Bell used by the conductor or passengers to signal to the driver - stop, proceed or an emergency stop. TB PatternDemonstrates a conductors communication or signal bell made for use on tramcars.Brass Conductor Communication Bell, or signal bell, consisting of cast frame, bell, striker, bell pull part, one nut to secure the bell to the frame and two rivets securing for the bell pull part. Has at both ends, multiple screw holes that were used to secure the bell to the roof. Has at one end the initials "TB" cast in - "Tramway Board". trams, tramways, conductors, bells, mmtb

Group of four colour postcard size photographs taken on 8/11/1997 of the visit of the Vintage Car Club to Ballarat. 764.1 - Horse tram No. 1 and rear of ex MMTB Mark III bus, No. 592 on depot area. 764.2 - as for 764.1 764.3 - from access road in front of shed, showing bus No. 592, Tower Truck, Horse tram and No. 26. 764.4 - Tram No. 26 with Travis Jeffrey and John Phillips.On rear of each photo in ink "8.11.97"btm, vintage car club, tram depot, mark iii bus no. 592, tram 1, 26

Negative No. N309 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of the MMTB's oldest tower wagon at the time, Albion No 8 in Queens Parade, Clifton Hill as part of the work for the introduction of the service from Bourke St to Northcote on 19/6/1955. See details on Reg. Item 1588. Photo taken 19/6/1955. Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 21/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st., queens parade, tower truck, tram tower wagon

Negative No. N337 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of MMTB works car No. 7, bogie tank car for flushing rail grooves crossing Swanston St. in Bourke St., heading west with Foy and Gibsons building in the background. Photo taken Friday 24/6/1955. Alongside No. 7 is a Spencer St. bus Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 22/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st, swanston st., work trams, tram 7

Yields information about a Ballarat bogie tram prior to its sale to the SEC Ballarat and its appearance at the time.Digital image of MMTB No. 42 stored at Coburg Depot with route number boxes, prior to sale to the SEC, became Ballarat 39. See photo Reg item 5327. Note the white bumper strips. Behind the tram is an ex Hawthorn bogie tram and T class 179. Photo provided by Mal Rowe 29/1/2016 by e-mail - who thought it came from the collection of the Sydney Tramway Museum. trams, tramways, coburg, sale of trams, stored trams

Typed letter on foolscap paper from John Radcliffe to Wal Jack dated 2-2-1959. Contents includes a visit to Doug Colquhoun, destination blinds, photo of 282, St Kilda site, MMTB and the VR cars, SEC and L class cars, Ballarat 21, MTT Tickets, dismantling of the Adelaide tramway system, traffic congestion, and MTT Magazine "Amongst Ourselves" - See Reg Item 5086.trams, tramways, adelaide, ballarat, trolley buses, melbourne

Black and white photograph of the front of MMTB Hawthorn Depot, June 1948 after the front of the sheds had been rebuilt and the brickwork removed. See image i2 for the rear of the photograph giving details. Notes the "T"shape reflector on the apron of the SW5 tram and that they were a wartime measure, being removed in the late 1940's and by 1951. Keith Kings photograph No. B(k)(8) Printed on Kodak Xralife paper.trams, tramways, hawthorn tram depot, depots

Manuscript - 3 foolscap typed - 1st page a title page, titled "North Melbourne electric Tramway and Lighting Company", written by Peter Duckett. Not dated, possibly late 1940's. Outlines the history of the formation of the company, the routes, track construction, depot, power house, car barn, rolling stock, tramcars, overhead and take over by the MMTB - "what is now one of the worlds finest electric tramway undertakings."trams, tramways, nmetl, essendon, keilor rd, saltwater river, track construction, essendon depot, power station

Catholic Youth Rally at Xavier College Sunday 20th October 1946 1 - Letter from FW Lomard to MMTB advising of event and requesting permission to display advertising material on trams. Letter dated 27 September 1946. 2 - Memo from JM Harry, District Traffic Supt SS, to Mr Kazoletti, Malvern Depot advising of service details and tram requirements. Memo dated 15 October 1946."Mr Harry for information and attention. WR 30/9/46" written in top left corner in black ink. "Catholic Youth Rally Xavier College - Sun 20/10/46" written in blue pencil. Various pencil notations on letter and memo in black pencil.trams, tramways, events, festival, catholic church, cotham rd, malvern depot

.1 - Letter - A4 sheet typed from Euan Sutherland of Dominion Plastic Industries to Len Millar of the TMSV regarding the supply of Envelon 442 roof materials and thinners. Dated 13/7/1984. .2 - Pamphlet - folded A3 full colour, promoting Envelon, "Liquid Envelope" Has examples of its us including puffing billy carriages and MMTB tram 246 along with company details and contacts.trams, tramways, tramcars, maintenance, materials, tmsv, tram 246

Cardboard, punched out, folding model tram - Melbourne Z class tram No. 5, has specification details on the base. Showing route 96. Probably produced by the Ministry of Transport mid 1970's. See also Reg Items 381 and 382 for a MMTB bus and a VicRail Silver Train. Two further examples found in cabinets added 14-11-2015 and added to the folder - both are complete sheets of card.trams, tramways, models, z class

Set of three transport posters issued by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, in 1985 featuring trams, trains and buses. See also Reg Item 151 for a laminated version of the tramways poster. .1 - Poster titled "Tramways 1885 - 1985" featuring drawings of cable tram set with a bogie trailer (472), horse drawn tram black and white drawings of A, F, J and S class trams, though the last one printed with a Z. SW6 940, horse, U 205, W2 348, Z 223 and A 233. Has two Metropolitan Transit Authority tram tickets and an Inner Travel Card, with the MTA logo in the bottom right hand corner. .2 - Poster titled "Railways 1854 - 1985", featuring drawings of the first train for Hobsons Bay Railway Company, various trains, staff drawings, Tait, Harris, Hitachi and Comeng trains with a first class all lines tick, Collingwood Edmondson and a Metro and Travel cards. Has part of the suburban train map. .3 - Poster titled "Buses 1925 - 19856", featuring drawings of 1925 MMTB Tilling Stevens, Munitions, Thornycroft, Leyland, double deck buses, AEC Regal Mk 3, Mk 6, 1975 Leyland, 1977 Volvo and MAN buses, along with a Day Tripper and other travel card tickets.trams, tramways, posters, melbourne, mmtb, mta, tram & bus services, buses, railways, tilling stevens, thornycroft, leyland, aec, volvo, man

The box used by SEC Ballarat and Bendigo tram crews for holding their ticket outfits and making returns to the Revenue Clerks. Fitted with a padlock - see Reg. Item 3673. .Issued to a crew member with Traffic No. 62 - Roy Courtney. Each crew member was issued with a series of tins, A, B, and C which allowed for the various days and weekends to enable Revenue Clerks to accept returns and restock the tins with new tickets etc. Known to crews as "Two bottle boxes" - could fit two bottles of ale into them. The actual manufacturer is not known - could have been SEC workshops. See item 8917 for an MMTB tin.Has a strong association with tram crews and the ticket / revenue collection system. Tram crews used them to contain their tickets and to undertake their returns. Also used to "hide" bottles of ale., Has a strong association with tram crews and the ticket / revenue collection system. Tram crews used them to contain their tickets and to undertake their returns. Also used to "hide" bottles of ale.Metal box formed from four sheets of metal, spot welded together with a formed lid, hinged to box and fitted with a hasp and staple. Box painted black and lettered "62A". trams, tramways, crews, tickets, revenue journal

Photographs of H class car 60 at the Kew Depot c1920's. .1 - Tram painted in MMTB chocolate and cream colour scheme. Side elevation photo with depot buildings in background. Taken prior to modification of roofs at end of cars to building in destination box. Tram of same class at SEC No. 18. Tram E45 can be seen in the shed. .2 - Front elevation photo with depot buildings in background. Has old style destination box on roof, showing "DEEPDENE" and a route number box above the headlight. Both photos Print and photograph by Sutcliffe of Cromwell buildings 366a Bourke St. Melbourne.Yields information about H class tram No. 60 and Kew DepotSet of two Photograph, Black and White, In ink on the rear: .1 - "M&MTB H-60, Kew Depot `1920's (E45 in shed)" and the photographers stamp. .2 - ditto. KSK print number SA938 and 939.trams, tramways, h class, kew depot, deepdene, e class, tram 60, tram 45