Book, Berry Anderson Co, "Panoramic Views , The Garden City, of Ballarat & District", c1920s

Physical description

Thirty two pages on gloss white paper plus brown covers, centre stapled, titled ""Panoramic Views , The Garden City, of Ballarat & District" in Gold printing. On rear has name of printers "Berry and Anderson Co Subtitle on page 1, "The Garden City being a series of 40 magnificent Panoramic Views of Ballarat and District, with special descriptive article, "Ballarat Revisited". On page 1, comprises a list of photos and a photo of Sturt St. looking east with an electric tram hauling a trailer. Pages 2 and 3 comprise the article. Most small photos are recycled postcard photos, dating from around the time of horse trams, through to the 1920, featuring the Arch of Victory, A number of photos of buildings such as Orphan Asylum, or Orphanage, Eureka Stockade, Lake Wendouree, Gardens, Ballarat and District Hospital, The Gardens and Reservoirs or Lakes.



Many of the street scenes in Sturt St, feature tram in the City area - see the 11 image files including some close detail scans or horse trams turning from Sturt St to Lydiard St while one horse tram is coming up the hill on the same side of Sturt St. Features both electric and some horse trams. Many photos have marks or ID marks in bottom corners - "PS x Co" and "H.J.S" See email from Alan Bradley - in worksheet file re notes on photos.



Purchased on eBay from Pametna McGuire of Mt Eliza on 17/1/200 for $30.55 + postage. See worksheet file for details.



For image i5, see also Reg Item 5907 for a postcard view.



PDF scan version added 21/5/2019 - see image btm3278i.pdf



See email from Alan Bradley of 9/4/06 re notes on the photographs.

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