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Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here"

Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here"

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Historical information

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers and passengers of a tram stop that trams had to be hailed or signaled to stop or to alight.

Significance

Demonstrates the form of tram stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne that trams had to be signaled to stop at. An early style before the use of enameled signs.

Physical description

Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here" - formed from a painted type of fibre board with an aluminium angle and flat riveted in four locations with three screw holes on the side.

Subjects

Identifier

6085

Production methods

Painted, assembled

Materials

paint, fibre board, aluminium

Measurements

Length: 280 millimetres, Depth: 30 millimetres, Height: 535 millimetres

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https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/61cd726bc63e2f9dd723ab81

Accessed 19 April 2024

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Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here"

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