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Photograph - ESCo or Ballarat Tramways motor bus, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), late 1920's

  • A vintage bus, labeled "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS" and "MT PLEASANT", is parked on a dirt road in front of a picket fence and a building with ornate trim. A man in a uniform stands by the driver's side of the bus, with his hand on the vehicle.

    ESCo or Ballarat Tramways motor bus

  • A vintage bus, labeled "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS" and "MT PLEASANT", is parked on a dirt road in front of a picket fence and a building with ornate trim. A man in a uniform stands by the driver's side of the bus, with his hand on the vehicle.

    ESCo or Ballarat Tramways motor bus

  • notes on rear of print

    notes on rear of print

  • A vintage bus, labeled "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS" and "MT PLEASANT", is parked on a dirt road in front of a picket fence and a building with ornate trim. A man in a uniform stands by the driver's side of the bus, with his hand on the vehicle.
  • A vintage bus, labeled "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS" and "MT PLEASANT", is parked on a dirt road in front of a picket fence and a building with ornate trim. A man in a uniform stands by the driver's side of the bus, with his hand on the vehicle.
  • notes on rear of print

Historical information

Photograph of ESCo or Ballarat Tramways motor bus, with the destination of Mt. Pleasant on the side. Driver W. Irwin? from handwritten caption by H.P. James.
See Reg item 2510 for a detail inscription of the photo details. Used on page 59 of "The Golden City and Its Tramways".
3813.1 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of the same photograph. See image i3 for the rear of the photograph.

Significance

Yields information about a vehicle the Electric Supply Co of Victoria used to provide additional services in Ballarat in the face of bus competition. See page 59 of Golden City and its Tramways for further information.

Physical description

Black and white photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear of .1, "Ballarat Tramways only bus, International in service 1925-27"

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