Significance

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.

Physical description

Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount.
.1 - R. Williams (Motorman) and Danny Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West.
.2 - view of No. 113 Victoria St - now Ardenlee B&B.
.3 - Sunshine Biscuit Factory
.4 - Mack's Hotel
.5 - Stones Corner - intersection of Victoria and Mt Pleasant routes
.6 - Crossing Grenville St
.7 - No. 30 at the City terminus, Lydiard St with Racey's and the SEC office in the background.
.8 - as for .5, but looking east with the Caltex service station in the background.
.9 - No. 30 at the Victoria St terminus.
Slide mount date August 1971.
Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.