Significance
Yields information about Sturt St Ballarat during the late 1940's and the appearance of the trams at the time of the photograph.
Physical description
Photo of Sturt St. looking North East from Town Hall with tram 32 westbound. Tunbridge store (now demolished in photo), Murray Views Photo No. 29, noted on rear with handwritten note on rear. Has two punch holes on top margin.
Assumed from notes, taken between late 1947 and 1948.
Notes on Photograph of tram 32 passing Town Hall, in Sturt St., westbound
Tramcar - has one colour side panels, which were applied to the trams between 1946 and 5/1950. (Car history cards may define the date 32 was painted - see record 5543/ ) Between 1935 and 1946, trams were painted with cream rocker panels and green under the windows as tram 27 is currently painted.
From discussions with Kevin Monkhouse (MFBB) on 27.11.95, the car crossing Armstrong St from North to South is a Ford Roadster, of the 1935 era. Other cars in the street are also pre-war cars. No Holdens' are easily apparent.
From this, the date of the photograph taken is assumed to be post 1946, but before 1948. Reg Item 5543, gives the date of painting of the tram to all green as September 1947.
Warren Doubleday 27.11.95 and updated on 14/9/2013.
See also Reg Item 5313 for a narrower view of this photo. Wal Jack in item 5313 has dated it as 1948 - note added 23/3/2012.
see attached notes.
Inscriptions & markings
On rear in ink "29 - Sturt St. Looking East from Doveton St. (WJ)"
