Historical information

Colour prints showing some of the trams used on the last day of local Footscray services.

1 - X1 459 - picking up a passenger in Ballarat Road - has a service station in the background and the Footscray Hospital
2 - X1 459 and another X2 in Leeds St Footscray.
3 - X1 467, and another X1 and X2 677 at Footscray Tram depot for the AETA tour. (Reference provides information that X2 468 was the second car)
4 - X2 468 with the destination of Williamstown Road.
5 - X2 677 and two X1s at Footscray Station in Leeds St. - on the AETA tour.
6 - X2 678 turning from Ballarat Road into Droop St showing the "Ballarat Road" destination. Note Kinnears Rope works building behind the tram.

Significance

Yields information about the AETA tour to mark the closure of the Footscray local system.

Physical description

Set of six Colour print on Kodak Royal paper.

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