Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Nov. 1956

Significance

Yields information about Ballarat's bogie trams, Pleasant St and Sturt St and possibly tram services during the Olympics.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of No. 34 outbound in Sturt St at Pleasant St, with the destination Sturt St West. Appears to be a very crowded tram with a man on the running board. Has St Peters Anglican Church in the background. On the tramway pole adjacent to the tram is a "One Way Traffic" and an "Olympics Rings" sign, indicating the photo could have been taken c1956, possibly during the Olympics themselves.



Photographer unknown - could be Wal Jack.



Based on Wal's notes for the events, could be 24/11/1956 - see Reg Item 5565.

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