Significance

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt St and Drummond St and its use by trams in the period before the closure of the SEC system. Shows the Southern Cross Hotel.

Physical description

Set of five Black and White photographs of trams near the intersection of Sturt St and Drummond St South, Hospital Corner. All have the Southern Cross Hotel in the background



.1 - No. 31 crosses Drummond St, Gardens via Sturt St West, with two Johnnie Walker Roof adverts.

.2 - No. 40 turns from Drummond St South en route to Lydiard St North, while another bogie car waits. Both trams have an electric cooking roof advert.

.3 - No. 17 crosses Sturt St with two bogie trams in the view - appears to have been taken before .2. Note the passengers getting off the tram on the south side.

.4 - No. 21 turning into Drummond St south, with destination of Sebastopol. Tram has an electric cooking roof advert.

.5 - No. 33 crosses Sturt St from Sebastopol while another tram waits at the Sturt St stop.



Photo by Charles Craig - during 1971.