Significance
Yields information about the use of a Museum tramcar for tours in Melbourne during 1989 and has a strong association with one of the people who arranged and drove the tours. Also has a strong association with the Transporting Art project in Melbourne.
Physical description
Photo Album - NCL - consisting of heavy card brown cover with gold blocking and the word "PHOTOS" in gold with 8 black card board leaves, each covered in a plastic sheet or transparent film that covers the photos and bound together with screws.
Assembled by Ron Scholten and others for the record of the 1989 visit to Melbourne by BTM tramcar W3 661 arranged by Yapper Tours - Ron Scholten, Peter Bardho and Bob and Monica Campbell.
Page 1 - Ron Scholten and Peter Bardho
W3 661 - as No. 44 at the BTM depot
Three photos at Camberwell Depot
Page 2
6 views of 661 at Bundoora terminus and on the "hump" by Preston workshops.
Transporting Art - tram launch tickets - trams 1 to 4
Page 3
6 views of 661 at Malvern Depot, and termini that Malvern depot services.
MMTB and SEC 8c/10d ticket. (possibly a tour ticket - see Reg Item 8369)
Page 4
6 views of 661 - Carnegie, St Kilda, Footscray
Transporting Art - tram launch tickets - trams 5 to 7
Page 5
6 photos of 661 - Albert Park, Brunswick, Thornbury? with 676, 612.
Transporting Art - tram launch tickets - tram 8
Page 5
6 photos of 661 - Domain Interchange, Essendon, South Melbourne depots and South Melbourne loop.
Transporting Art - tram launch tickets - tram 9.
Page 6
4 photos of 661 - Essendon, airport, Essendon depot.
Transporting Art - tram launch tickets - trams 10,11, and 13.
page 7
Yapper Tours - advertising the tours circular with photos by John Belot.
Tickets - MMTB, SEC, reproductions of some tickets, 2 hour scratch ticket, zone 1 daily.
Page 8
Night photo of B1 2001 and Souvenir Ticket for Melbourne St Kilda - light rail opening 20-21, November 1987.
FOHTD collection Reg Item 560 has copies of tickets issued for trams 1 to 17.
