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Negative - SECV Ballarat 21 with "Buy Australian" panels, Wal Jack, 15/09/1953

  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.

    Ballarat 21 with "Buy Australian" panels

  • Notes on rear of print.

    Notes on rear of print.

  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.

    Ballarat 21 with "Buy Australian" panels

  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.

    Ballarat 21 with "Buy Australian" panels - negative

  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.
  • Notes on rear of print.
  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.
  • A vintage tram decorated with a "Buy Australian" banner, drives past a billboard advertising the 1953 Royal Melbourne Show.

Historical information

Photograph of Ballarat 21 with "Buy Australian" panels on the side of the tramcar, 15-9-1953, in Barkly St, Ballarat East. Has an advert board for the Royal Melbourne Show in the background.
See also Reg Item 7869 for another photo of No. 21.
See image i2 for rear of photograph.
See image i2 for rear of photograph.
See image i3 for hi res scan of print.
See image i4 for hi res scan of negative

Significance

Yields information about a Buy Australian campaign in the mid 1950's and how poster panels were affixed to tramcars.

Physical description

Negative and Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 21 with "Made in Australia" week posters, Barkly St, Ballarat East". In top right hand corner is Wal Jack stamp with negative number "T165" written in.

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