Photograph - TMSV tour for tram 27, 1,000,000 miles, The Courier Ballarat, 29/06/1968

Historical information

Black and white photograph of a group of the passengers on No. 27 during the celebration of the tram reaching 1,000,000 (million) miles in Ballarat. Glenys George, Brian Weedon, John Fitzsimons, Graeme Turnball, Paul Nicholson, Barry George and Kevin Clark. Photo by the Ballarat Courier. Date of Photo. 29/6/1968, taken during the TMSV Tour of that date. See item 9940 for the actual newspaper clipping.

Significance

Yields information about the No. 27 that was thought to have reached 1000,000 miles in Ballarat during 1968 - actually found out later to be an error - was about 900,000 miles. Decorated for an event to celebrate the occasion.

Physical description

Black and White photograph with The Courier stamp on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in black ink "Ballarat Courier, Press Photograph, Copyright"

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