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Photograph - Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1, Tramway Board, 7/1919

  • Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1

    Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1

  • Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1 - block mounted version

    Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1 - block mounted version

  • Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1
  • Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1 - block mounted version

Historical information

The National Library notes in its collection - Decorated dummy and car which, electrically illuminated, traversed the Melbourne cable tramways in celebration of peace, on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, the 14th and 15th July, 1919. Has a illustrated card published by the Tramway Board 1919. Five men on the tram in full uniform of the time. Based on the background - billboards and a church, the photo was taken at Prahran. Same handwriting on the image as 6170 and 7485

Significance

Yields information about the cable tram set decorated to celebrate Peace after World War 1

Physical description

3692 - Black and white photograph of a decorated cable tram set, celebrating the peace after World War 1, soon after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
3692.1 - block mounted version - with the caption "Mr. Potter early Brunswick Gripman in front of Dummy".

Inscriptions & markings

Has Department of Infrastructure copyright stamp on rear and number "H243" in ink on rear and "1-14"

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