Newspaper Clipping - from The Sun? 18/11/1935? about the first electric tram in Elizabeth St - shows tram 744 running as Special at the Flinders St terminus with the station in the background. Notes the tram was carrying tramways official on a trial run and that regular services commenced yesterday afternoon. Timeline books show it was opened on 17/11/1935, a Sunday. See Reg Item 1816 about the closure of Elizabeth St for conversion.trams, tramways, elizabeth st, opening, flinders st station, conversion, tram 744

Set of 2 Interior photographs of Kew Tram depot with mainly W class trams and A 258. Trams include SW5s 815, 744, W5 821 and A 258. A 258 entered service during 1985. Photo most likely late 1980s. Photographer unknown.Yields information about Kew tram depot at night and the cars in service at the time.Set of 2 Black and white photographstramways, kew depot, interior, sw5 class, a class, tram 821, tram 744, tram 815, w5 class, trams, tram 258

Colour print of Kew Tram depot c1985 with A 238, SW5 744, W2 387? with an 92.3 EOM FM advert and three other A class trams in the background.trams, tramways, kew depot, a class, tram 238, tram 744, tram 387?, sw5 class, w2 class

Set of 13 photographs of Melbourne tram operations during April 1977 1 - Z21 in Smith St, Fitzroy, inbound with a CBC bank and Georges Pharmacy in the background 2 - Z30 - ditto, with the Albion Hotel, in the background 3 - Z32 - inbound descending the High St hill, Northcote, with a Yellow Cab depot and the city skyline 4 - Z60 - inbound route 88 in High St with a church in the background 5 - W2 421, St Kilda Road route 3 with the Shrine of Remembrance in the background 6 - W2 335, St Kilda Road, route 6 with the BP building in the background 7 - W2 270 ditto, outbound with St Paul's and the Gas & Fuel buildings in the background 8 - W2 ditto - route 6 Glen Iris - along with a tram at Princes Bridge terminus, and a Clark Rubber sign 9 - W2 382 - route 6, Glen Iris - ditto. Tram has adverts for Park Drive, Heinz, and Tolleys brandy 10 - W2 585 ditto - route 5 Burke Road. 11 - W5 744 outbound in Royal Parade, route 19 North Coburg 12 - W2 578 Burwood terminus - route 74. Has a Don small goods van. Has adverts for Fanta, Allan Lewis Dulux paints, Pacific Film Service, and B F Wood supermarketYields information about the operations of various trams on the Melbourne system April 1977.Kodak cardboard mount slides - set of 12Have photographer's reference number written on the slide.tramways, z class, smith st, tram 21, tram 30, tram 32, tram 60, high st, northcote, st kilda road, w2 class, w5 class, tram 421, tram 335, tram 382, tram 585, tram 744, tram 578, burwood

Newspaper Clipping - from The Herald 30/9/1935, about the operation of Elizabeth St by buses titled "Elizabeth Street without Trams Today". Has a photo of two buses at Bourke St looking south. Timeline gives the closure of the cable line as 29/9/1935. See Reg Item 1812 about the re-opening of Elizabeth St for electric trams. Newspaper not known at the time of cataloguing could be The Herald, as it mentions "today" in the photo caption.trams, tramways, elizabeth st, cable trams, closure, flinders st station, conversion, buses, tram 744

Black and white photo of 2 trams. Inscriptions on reverse: Written in blue ink (10). Stamped in purple ink L. B. Manny collection Photo. No. 744(written in blue ink). Pencil line under the word Manny.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts from the Post Office, looking towards Ballarat Town Hall, c1910. In foreground of photograph is a ESCo tram, without windscreens hauling a horse tram (east bound) and on the other side of Sturt St. a single ESCo tram. Many people walking the street. On top of photograph is the words "Town Hall and Sturt Street, Balla", the rest of the words having been cropped out. The trailer is one of the seven window horse trams. Taken from a postcard. 744 copy 1 - for No. 12 display board - made by colour copy process and laminated - 3/99. 744.1 - - Copy negative of a black and white photograph from Ray Pearson Collection, taken by Dave Macartney in 1975c - used in above item. 744.2 - as above, print made for Horse Tram history funding submission. Additional copies added 6/1/2009, ex Reg item 4267. See Reg Item 6247 for the original postcard - Valentines and Sons. btm744i1 - scan from the Original print in the Ray Pearson Album and images updated 30/5/2020/Ray Pearson's captions included in the scanned images.trams, tramways, sturt st, esco, town hall, horse trams