Photograph showing department stores and Prahran Town Hall clock tower in the distance. The street is busy with several horse drawn vehicles, a Carlton bound cable tram and many pedestrians walking under the verandahs. No motor vehicles are in sight. Yields information about Chapel Street, Prahran Black and white photograph with note on front and postcard markings on rear.Note on front reads: "Chapel Street, Prahran" horse drawn vehicles, cable trams, carlton, department stores, prahran town hall clock tower, pedestrians, verandahs

Postcard looks south along Chapel St from near Commercial Rd, showing some of the department stores and the Prahran Town Hall clock tower. A cable tram, horse drawn vehicles and a few pedestrians are also show. Yields information about Chapel StA hand coloured postcard with glitter glued to buildings along with date and location. On rear are postcard markings, stamp, recipient's address and brief hand written personal message. Printed on front 'Chapel St Prahran' and handwritten '3.4.06' and brief best wishes. On rear: 'Post Card' , stamp and post mark for Windsor 1921 and address in Hobart.cable trams, horse drawn carriages, pedestrians, commercial rd, chapel st, department stores, prahran town hall clock tower

Photograph looks north along Glenferrie Road towards High Street and the Malvern Town Hall clock tower, where a large number of people are gathered across the intersection. A single truck tramcar number 5 travels towards the High Street intersection along the double track tramway on Glenferrie Road as a few pedestrians walk along the footpath. The photographer is located just north of the new Prahran and Malvern Tramway Trust depot that opened in May 1910. No motor vehicles are in sight. Letters and postcards were the primary form of communication between people before the telephone; postcards were frequently used to send a short note to another person who lived in the same city. There were two mail deliveries on weekdays and one on Saturdays.Yields information about the use of postcards for short messages Black and white photograph with note on front and postcard message and stamp on rear.Note on front reads: "Glenferrie Road, Malvern" Written in ink on rear: "Miss G Martin, The Bend, Dandenong, Malvern Will be home by two thirty train Eve"pedestrians, glenferrie road, high street, malvern town hall clock tower, tramcar number 5, prahran and malvern tramway trust depot, postcards