Postcard - shows Elizabeth St looking south from Little Bourke St with a W5 class tram, 742, route 20, City along with a cable tram set in Bourke St with many pedestrians and motor vehicles in the view. In the view are Allan W Taylor motor accessories store, the GPO, London Stores, Wittner shoes and the Flinders St station.Yields information about Elizabeth St at the GPO during the late 1930s.Postcard - divided back, unused, printed by KodakHas '$2" in pencil on the rear.tramways, cable trams, elizabeth st, bourke st, w5 class, tram 742

Rose Series postcard No. P 4016 titled "Elizabeth Street & Flinders St Station, Melbourne", showing W5 class trams 742 and 737, both on route 18 in Elizabeth St looking south from Bourke Street. It is a very busy and congested scene with motor and horse-drawn trucks, cars, cyclist and pedestrians. Note the man in a peaked cap in the bottom right-hand corner - a Chauffeur? There is advertisement for "War Saving Certificates" on the balcony of London Stores. Other retailers in Elizabeth Street are Brash's music and Wittner Shoes. The new Royal Bank building is visible on the corner south east corner of Collins Street. Yields information about a busy scene in Elizabeth Street Melbourne in the 1940's .Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear. Two copies held.Second copy has the K. J Magor stamp on the rear.tramways, trams, elizabeth st, tram 742, tram 737, w5 class, world war ii, route 18

Digital image of newspaper clipping titled: “'Historic' Melbourne trams to call Launceston home”, by Jessica Willard Newspaper article with pictures of two Melbourne trams numbers 742 and 770 being loaded and transported from Newport Railway Workshop to Launceston. Initially they will be put into storage until consultation with local council and community groups. Plans include transforming the trams into indoor seating areas in Riverbend Park. The trams will travel on the Spirit of Tasmania More than 1500 applications were received through the expression of interest process, which was mostly for W-Class trams retired from Victoria's railway and tram network over the past 30 years. VicTrack is in the process of allocating all retired trams from Newport and is expected to take two years.trams, tramways, w class, w5 class, sw5 class, newport workshops, launceston, tram 742, tram 770

Black and white photograph of tram 25s. Oil drums to left and car in background left. Inscriptions on reverse: written in blue ink(11). Stamped in blue l. b. Manny Collection Photo. No. 742(in blue ink).person, individual, basil miller