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Slide - Ballarat Christmas tram 21 outside Myer, Theo Dunstan, Nov. 1968

  • A decorated Christmas tram, in front of a large building with a prominent sign that reads "It's Christmas at MYER'S". The tram features festive decorations. People, including children, are visible on the footpath. The tram is numbered 21.

    Ballarat Christmas tram 21 outside Myer

Historical information

Photograph of No. 21 decorated as the Myer Christmas tram for 1968 offloading a large number of Children outside Myers Store, Sturt St. Has Town Hall in background. Note that this offloading was on the "wrong side", driver standing in front of traffic and another person standing by the door supervising. Tram has been decorated as a "show boat" with a paddle wheel, waves and the side windows covered to resemble port holes. Destination box has been covered with the words "To Myers". Tram has a roof advertisement "Myers for Everything under the tree". Theme: Santa's Showboat.

Significance

Yields information about the 1978 Christmas Trams and taking children to Myer to see Santa.

Physical description

35mm slide, square format mounted in a "Kodak " cardboard slide mount with Kodak logos and printing

Inscriptions & markings

Has date of "May 69" and "3" stamped onto the slide.

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