Used as a souvenir ticket and postcard on the opening day of the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria (ESCo), Ballarat tramways on 18 August 1905, Has been punched for the Mount Pleasant and Orphanage - Grenville St section. Collected by David Budge - 1879 - 1974, son of William and Mary Budge of Trevor St Ballarat, who worked for the Victorian Railways as a blacksmith residing in Walnut St Carnegie. Demonstrates a souvenir item for the opening of the electric tramways in Ballarat in the form of a postcard, which could be sent to others as a souvenir of the new tram system in Ballarat. Has a strong association with the collector.Postcard - size Souvenir Tram ticket, printed using blue ink on one side with fare, photos of power station, engine room, boiler room and a tram & No.2341 stamped on edge. On reverse side is space for stamp, address etc., - with line & "postcard' etc., printed in red ink. See item 608 for other examples.esco, opening, tramways, ballarat, tickets, postcards, david budge

First part page is a very brief history of Humme and Iser, Timber Merchants. Also mentions when Mr. Humme and Mr. Iser died and their ages. The next two pages list the residence of Diamond Hill in 1955 and in the 1920's. Also no. Residence in 1981. 5. Notes are typed with additional information handwritten.document, names of bendigo pioneers, diamond hill, humme and iser and diamond hill residence, mr humme, mr iser, james bush, mrs elizabeth bush, mrs ellen day, mrs nellie eddy, mrs dorothy guild, james holiday, mrs rebecca hoching, david h richards, james riley, miss sophie rowe, mrs gertrude rushmeyer, mrs augusta weseloh, (post mistress), mary andrews, mrs crawford, bill rowe, sophy rowe, miss le clare, zephyr deason (mrs peter mulqueen), leaflet deason (mrs ruth mulqueen), mrs & miss mable budge ?, sidstrip ?, teasedale ?, andy brookfield, ? brookfield, schrunck, dempster, miss rose herbel (mrs luke murphy), dean. herman, andy erwin, mrs augusta wescloh (postmistress), roy shilling