Physical description

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 43 at corner of Sturt St and Lydiard St, on the curved track into Lydiard St. North with both poles down, front truck derailed. A policeman is walking at the back of the tram - controlling traffic. The road surface is wet. Has the Ballarat Post Office in the background. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North.



Photo taken mid to late 1960's. Tramcar has a SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" roof advertisement.



The slide could be a copy slide, given the nature of the colour and the additional number WP410. Photographer could be Bill Pearce (WP).





Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes.

Inscriptions & markings

"BAS 53 in pencil