Functional Object - Printer Photograph Plate Block, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), 1969

Historical information

Photo used in the block is showing No. 21 decorated for the 1969 Begonia Festival. Most likely taken at the tram depot.

Significance

Demonstrates how printing was undertaken c1969 by the use of printers zinc sheet blocks and the illustration of a decorated Ballarat Tram

Physical description

Printer photograph plate block - wood block with a zinc metal place used for printing in a magazine or block.
See Reg Item 3749 for a similar photograph.

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