Significance

Demonstrates and yields information about the ESCo tickets of 1906, shows the variety of tickets and passes used.

Physical description

Framed - wooden surround, glass, set of 26 actual tickets and two sketches of passes, timber backing board with the title "Ballarat Tramways - Sample tickets", dated 1906. Sets out the various tickets used by ESCo at the time and most likely used as a training aid for new conductors on both the electric and horse trams.



Not to be displayed in light or hung up, that is display with care as fading is likely.



See history of the object for details of the frame etc.



Image i1 - as received from the City of Ballarat

i2 - as repaired by by Kosnar's Picture framing.

i3 - close up on the writing on the rear of the backing sheet

i4 - detailed (1200dpi) image of the tickets. - 26.6 M

i5 - image of the rear as received

i6 - ditto - 600 dpi (Suitable for e-mail) - 7.2Mb



See Reg Item 1846 for the newspaper clipping of Les Denmead handing the framed set of tickets to the City of Ballarat on 21/9/1971.



Tickets comprise:

Electric Tram



Top Row:

2d - white - letter H - strip ticket requiring a trip ticket of the same value to be issued.

1 1/2d - white letter D - strip ticket requiring a trip ticket of the same value to be issued.

3d - off white, number 000,021 - Cash Adult - Up

2d - off white, number 000011 - Cash Adult - Up



2nd row

2d - check ticket - light red paper - number 000,011 - Up

1 1/2d - off white paper, number 000,011 - Up

3d - off white, number 000,021 - Cash Adult - Down

2d - off white, number 000011 - Cash Adult - Down



3rd row

2d - check ticket - off white paper - number 000,021 - Down

1 1/2d - check ticket - off white paper - number 000,021 - Down

1d - off white - number 000009 cash - child Up ticket

2d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Up ticket



4th row

Employees only ticket - yellow, strip ticket

School ticket - off white strip ticket - No. 6

1d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Down ticket

2d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Down ticket



5th row

Drawing of Employees Bronze Medallion

Drawing of pass issued to City Councillors and Officers of the Company

Parcel ticket - No. 1 - 3d - to be attached to the parcel

Parcel ticket - No. 1 - 3d - issued to the sender



Horse Tram tickets



1st row

4d - off white paper - 36050

3d - white paper - 79701

2d - off white paper - 46401



2nd row

1 1/2d - off white - 81901

1d - off white - 99933

two 1 1/2 strip ticket - red

two 4d daily return ticket - blue paper strip ticket



3rd row

Monthly School ticket



Sheet dated 6-9-06 with the initials SHS.

Inscriptions & markings

"on the inside of the frame object was "Restored (?) and framed by Keith Russell Anderson, SEC Ballarat 26 Aug.1966"