Photograph - Black and white - Fake - Melbourne & District Steam tram

Historical information

Photograph of a Rowan steam car with a combined vertical boiler unit which has been lettered "Melbourne & District Tramways", possibly to sell to a rail or tramway promoter - Photoshopped. Actual unit is of German origin, though the boiler unit is different to that used in the illustration. Collected by H H Matthews

Significance

Yields information about sales promotion photograph

Physical description

Black and white photograph on paper.

Inscriptions & markings

Has H H Mathews stamp on rear and No. 1015

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