Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Victorian Railways, c1940

Significance

Yields information about the lower end of Sturt St from the Grenville St intersection show a mid 1940's view - shows types of vehicles, shops and streetscape.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of Sturt St. in the mid 1940's looking from the top of a building in Grenville St. towards the West. Has a number of parked vehicles in kerbs, two people riding horses, a Vacuum Oil Co. truck in the bottom right hand corner and an SEC tram travelling west, just past the City Loop points.



Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 4/2000 at 02-02-06.



Colour postcard of same photograph see Reg Item 2981 and another print see Reg Item 4284.



Copy 2 - added 30/7/2007, ex Alan Bradley collection of photographs, to depot 5/2007.



State Library of Victoria has negative, VR Collection, Series 2716, Photo Number 842961.



See also Reg Item 8329 for a better print. Which shows more detail.

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