Historical information
Photograph of tram 53, shows the Victorian Railways colour scheme, the oil lamp that was provided on VR trams on the St Kilda to Brighton, Electric Street Railway. The tram is shunting at the depot or waiting to run to St Kilda Railway Station possibly after the closure of section south of the depot. Photographer not recorded.
Significance
Yields information about the location, the streetscape and the trams in use at the time.
Physical description
Black and white photograph of Victorian Railways tram 53 outside Elwood Depot in St Kilda St, possibly in the late 1950s.
Subjects
References
- Destination City - 5th Edition - Cross, Budd and Wilson
