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Photograph - Postcard copy, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co, "Bridge St Ballarat Victoria", c1922

  • A bustling street scene in Ballarat, Victoria. Ornate Victorian-era buildings with awnings line both sides of Bridge Street. A tram, labeled "VICEROY", travels down the center of the street. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible, suggesting a commercial area.

    "Bridge St Ballarat Victoria"

  • Notes on rear of print.

    Notes on rear of print.

  • A bustling street scene in Ballarat, Victoria. Ornate Victorian-era buildings with awnings line both sides of Bridge Street. A tram, labeled "VICEROY", travels down the center of the street. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible, suggesting a commercial area.
  • Notes on rear of print.

Historical information

Photograph of a postcard - titled "Bridge St Ballarat Victoria, with an ESCo tram in Bridge St. Tram has a Viceroy Tea advertisement on the front panel. The junction between Main and Victoria St lines at Stones Corner is in the foreground. Has a number of horse carts in the photograph. Note the single trolley wire on the Victoria St line and double on the Mt Pleasant line. Photo about 1922 on the rear of the postcard. Card produced by Valentines & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd - Real Photo Series M 3111. See rear of card for company location details.
For rear of postcard - see image i2.

Significance

Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene in Bridge St looking east from Stones Corner and trolley wire arrangements.

Physical description

Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.

Inscriptions & markings

On the rear in pencil, "Old type in 1922"

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