Significance

Yields information about the City Centre of Ballarat, Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the mid 1900's, just after electrification, the people, vehicles, streetscape and styles of clothing.

Physical description

Black and White copy photograph of a publication photograph of the city centre of Sturt St and Lydiard St Ballarat, c1907, following electrification of the tramway. shows an electric tram hauling a horse trailer, with many people, well dressed crossing the street, following an event. A number of horse drawn vehicles in the view, along with the Town Hall, Snows, the medium strip, the National Mutual building. Also show the telegraph/telephone wires coming into the building.