Physical description

Set of 13 transparencies taken on 28/4/1971 on PAKON mounts.

1168.1 - No. 21 at City terminus - taken from North side of street. Has Boer War statue on right side and National Mutual building in the background.

1168.2 - No. 34 with destination "Sebastopol" in Sturt St., outside Town Hall, with National Mutual building in background.

1168.3 - No. 18 at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts with National Mutual building and Craigs Hotel in background.

1168.4 - 18 at intersection of Sturt and Dawson St.

1168.5 - No. 30 at intersection of Armstrong St and Sturt St. with Fletcher Jones building in background.

1168.6 - No. 14 at City Terminus, showing destination of "Victoria St." with Town Hall in the background.

1168.7 - No. 11 bound for Mt Pleasant, opposite Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St. Has a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front dash panel and an unknown roof advertisement.

1168.8 - No. 21 at bottom of Sturt St. approaching the Grenville St. junction, with Dickins Food Store and the Spot Cafe in the background. Tram has destination of "Victoria St". and a roof advertisement for a cigarette? company.

1168.9 - No. 26 and three other trams in City Loop, looking west along Sturt St., just after a heavy hail storm.

1168.10 - No. 21 at the intersection of Sturt St and Dawson St. with Golden City Hotel and the Ritzy Cafe in the background. Can see the Dawson St. crossover track, just after a heavy hail storm.

1168.11 - No. 21 and three other trams at City Loop looking east along the south side of Sturt St. See also image 1168i1a - cleaned up and edited by Peter Waugh April 2024 - used in the April 2024 issue of Fares Please.

1168.12 - No. 14 entering the South side of Sturt St. from Bridge St. with Dickins Store in the background and the Grenville St. shelter alongside the tram.

1168.13 - No. 37 at Sturt and Dawson St., eastbound, showing "Lydiard St. Nth" Has SEC roof advertisement on the side of the tram.

Inscriptions & markings

1168.1 -"Sturt & Lydiard Sts"

1168.2 - "Town Hall"

1168.3 - "Sturt St & Dawson Sts"

1168.4 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts"

1168.5 - "Sturt St."

1168.6 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts"

1168.7 - "Sturt St."

1168.8 - "Bridge St."

1168.9 - "City Loop"

1168.10 -"Dawson & Sturt Sts."

1168.11 - "City Loop"

1168.12 - "Bridge St."



All have date stamp of "28 Apr 1971" in purple ink on base. All blue ink unless otherwise noted.