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Postcard - SECV Ballarat 23 decorated for 1938 state celebrations, Mar. 1938

  • A vintage, color-tinted photograph shows a tramcar decorated extensively with pink flowers, moving down a street.

    SECV Ballarat 23 decorated for 1938 state celebrations

  • Notes on rear of the postcard

    Notes on rear of the postcard

  • A vintage, color-tinted photograph shows a tramcar decorated extensively with pink flowers, moving down a street.

    SECV Ballarat 23 decorated for 1938 state celebrations

  • A vintage, color-tinted photograph shows a tramcar decorated extensively with pink flowers, moving down a street.
  • Notes on rear of the postcard
  • A vintage, color-tinted photograph shows a tramcar decorated extensively with pink flowers, moving down a street.

Historical information

Image of a postcard featuring the 1938 Floral Tram, coloured postcard at the Sturt St City stop, March 1938. Tram decorated with waxed flowers. For the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district in 1938.
No details of who made the postcard, has space for correspondence, address and a stamp. Tram used was ex-Adelaide No. 69, with its destination box remaining in position. It became the second Ballarat 23.
See image i2 for rear of photograph.

Significance

Yields information about Ballarat 's 23, then 69, ex Adelaide when decorated for the 1938 state celebrations.

Physical description

Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.

Inscriptions & markings

In pencil on rear of the postcard - "Ballarat electric tramcar / Ballarat Centenary March 1938".

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