Newspaper Clipping - from possibly The Herald newspaper, of the test tram in Collins St Melbourne. The photo is of the trial run that day, 7/12/1929. The line formally opened on Sunday 8/12/1929 - reported in The Argus - see http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4055395/475869 - accessed 2/11/2016. Photo of the tram crossing Collins and Swanston Streets. Tramcar number indistinct - could be 352. See Reg Item 1808 for the first tram photos.trams, tramways, collins st, opening, conversion, trials, tram 352?, w2 class, swanston st

Item about the closure of the West Melbourne cable line that evening. Date of closure 20/7/1935 - refer: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/567718 with a photograph - accessed 2/11/2016. Has photographs supplied by H. Home of the last horse-drawn bus on Clifton Hill to Collingwood service and a first cable tram on the Clifton Hill line. Mr. Home was the driver of the last bus and a shunter and timekeeper on the Clifton Hill line. See Reg Item 3706 for a large photo of the horse bus.Yields information about the closure of the West Melbourne cable tram line.Newspaper Clipping - from The Sun newspaper - 20/7/1935.trams, tramways, closure, west melbourne, clifton hill, horse buses, tram 352?

Newspaper Clipping - from The Age Saturday 11/8/1973, titled "Last run for cableman Ron" about the retirement of MMTB driver Ron Houghton from the tramways. Has a photo of him and his wife Merle on the front of a tram. Ron was the driver of the last Bourke St cable tram in 1940 - has a photo of him on the last tram. Notes Ron joined the MMTB in 1940. Quotes Depot Master Harry O'Neill about Ron's performance. Photo by Percy Spiden.trams, tramways, drivers, retirements, cable trams, bourke st, last tram, tram 352?

Set of two Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell dated undated, possibly March 1960, of: .1 - SW6 926 (City route 64) inbound St Kilda Road, with another tram behind outbound. The Shrine of Remembrance Gardens are on the left. .2 - W2 359 (Moreland Route 15), ditto.trams, tramways, st kilda road, route 64, sw6 class, w2 class, tram 926, tram 352, route 15

Rose Series postcard No. P 3506 titled "Looking across Princes Bridge to the City, Melbourne", with W2 class 352, in bound to the City. In the background is St Pauls Cathedral, Princes Bridge Station, and Yields information Princes Bridge and the city skyline, Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, trams, w2 class, tram 352, princes bridge, st kilda road, st paul's cathedral

MMTB paper ticket, 1/5 printed on light yellow paper, Ac 949283, used on tram W2, 352, Run H1, 1208 City to Prahran, last day of Hawthorn Depot. The depot closed on 13 Feb. 1965. Incorporated within the item is a note written by the donor about the ticket.On rear in ink "W2, 352, Run H1, 1208 City to Prahran, last day of Hawthorn Depot".trams, tramways, tickets, hawthorn depot, mmtb, last day, closure

Has a strong association with the day of the official opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway in 1975 and with Graeme Breydon.Set of three paper tickets issued on the day of the official opening the Ballarat Tourist Tramway - 1/2/1975 and over stamped as such. .1 - 5c - Ticket No. A004407 - See Reg Item No. 2100 .2 - 10c - A010012 - - see Reg Item 1720 .3 - 20c - A005001 - see Reg item 1785 For the stamp used See Reg Item 352. Collected by Graeme Breydon at the time of the opening - see History of Object.trams, tramways, btps, opening day, tickets

Has a strong association with the day of the official opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway in 1975 and with Mrs. L ButlerSet of three paper tickets used by the BTPS at the time of the official opening of the Museum Tramway on 1/2/1975. All have been over stamped with the Opening stamp (See Reg Item 352 ) and punched. .1 - 5c - No. 4808 .2 - 10c - No. 10204 .3 - 20c - No. 5203 See Also Reg Item 4776 for other tickets and 352 for the stamp.trams, tramways, tickets, btps, opening

Illustration of a Melbourne Motor Omnibus Co Ltd. Bus, No. 21, possibly at Spring St, on a bus route that operated via Bourke, Spencer and Collins St. Has the destination of Spencer St. The conductor is in a uniform. The bus operated by F. Leslie Bruford, of 352 Collins St. The bus has adverts for Hoyts Olympia and Abbotsford Ale. The buses ran in competition with the tram services. The illustration is part of an Order for the Book, Victoria Illustrated, published during 1984.trams, tramways, buses, collins st, bourke st, competition, tram 21