Sign - Pay As You Enter Sign, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Pay As You Enter", c1935

Significance

Demonstrates the signage used on the trams to indicate to passengers when the trams were operating as a one-man tram. Yields information about the construction of the sign and paintwork.

Physical description

Pay As You Enter sign once fitted to side of SEC tramcar by door - with pins, - Sign writing gold leaf, black shading, green background paint. See original catalogue sheet for more details including sketch. See photo in use on No. 14 in an accident with a Ford Truck when in SEC early colour scheme. Has actual paint used at the time.



See photo of No. 14 and a collision with a Ford Truck.



To be kept in light controlled area

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