Significance

Yields information about the tramcars and the street scenes at particular locations an dhow the tramway fitted with its streetscape at the time and important buildings. Also shows how the overhead was structured.

Physical description

Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published Monday, 6/9/1971, titled "Tram makes farewell trip" - photo of No. 43, near dusk on Mt. Pleasant route turning from Main St into Barkly St, with Ballarat fire station in background. - photo taken Sunday Sept. 5, 1971. Has a Milk bar on the right hand side of the photograph advertising Escort cigarettes, The Age and Peters Ice Cream. Good image of the overhead structure arrangements.



See Reg Items 2907 for the actual newspaper cuttings.



Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's.



See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited.", "100Y" in black ink and "92 AR Rpt" in felt pen.