Vintage opisometer used for measuring distances on maps. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record..1) Circular chromed metal instrument with handle. Calibrated dial with black markings and hand on a white background. Reverse face has unit conversion details in black text on white background. Each face is covered with a convex glass lens. On the opposite end to the handle is a small wheel with milled edge. As it turns, the hand on the front dial turns to measure distance. .2) Rigid plastic rectangular storage case in two parts. Base is yellow, top is clear..1) Printed on front dial: 'INCHES, MADE IN FRANCE'. Printed on back dial: 'Unit conversion details'. Stamped on metal near wheel: 'DEPOSE, H(logo)B'. .2) Stamped on clear cover: 'CURVIMETRE, MAP MEASURER, H(logo)B, MADE IN FRANCE'.map, map measure, equipment, opisometer, kevin john herdman

Rose Series postcard No. P 10532 titled "Bourke Street Melbourne", looking west from near Swanston Street. Has two cable trams in the far distance. The new Myer Emporium building dominates the north side. Buckey and Nunn's along with the GPO are visible. A building construction hut is visible on the top of the Melba and Brittania Theatres veranda on the left. The conversion of this theater occurred in 1938.Yields information about Bourke Street c1938Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, rose series

This photograph shows the work of excavating cable tram tracks and tunnels in preparation for the installation of an electric tramway. The track in the centre of the roadway is fenced off, one track is still intact while the other has been completely removed. Workmen are shown on the tracks while replacement buses, and motor and horse drawn vehicles travel along the sides of the roadway. The road is lined with shops and commercial premises into the distance but is not named. It may be High Street, St Kilda or Bridge Road, Richmond in 1926 or 1927 respectively. Being a copy of a newspaper photograph, clarity is poor. Yields information about the conversion of cable trams to electric trams Black and white photograph glued to cardboard with no note. excavating cable tram tracks, electric tramway, replacement buses, high street st kilda, bridge road richmond, 1926, 1927

Photograph looking south along St Kilda Road from near Commercial Road with several cable trams in the far distance. On the left hand side are two workmen looking at the camera standing by a freshly excavated hole. Similar excavations can be seen along the gutter on the east side of the road. These are possibly for the new tramway overhead poles as part of the cable tram conversion project? Shows the rocks, known as "dragon teeth," around the plantation corners.Yields information about St Kilda Road, early 1920s.Black and white photograph mounted onto a recycled board. Second copy of the St Kilda Road photo held which has pencil notes on the rear.mmtb, cable trams, st kilda road, conversion

Photograph - shows a view along Lonsdale St looking East with the ICI building in the far distance. Photo taken from near Elizabeth St and has one worker with some toolboxes and oxy-acetylene in the view. The cable tram track has been exposed and in the process of being dismantled or removed. This work was done c1960, when the MMTB determined that they no longer needed the routes for possible conversion to electric trams. The work to removed them was normally given to the relevant Council with the MMTB paying for it.Yields information about the removal of cable tram track in Lonsdale St Melbourne.Colour photograph with a plain back.melbourne, lonsdale st, cable trams, track removal