Functional object - Tramways Toilet Key, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c.1940s

Historical information

Used for locking/unlocking toilets presumably maintained by the MMTB and carried by MMTB staff.

Significance

An object in common use of an organization that has ceased to exist since 1983, with its actual creation date as early as the 1940s.

Physical description

Small metallic key (presumably associated with the MMTB) for locking/unlocking toilets. One side of the key has the inscription "TRAMWAYS."

Inscriptions & markings

"TRAMWAYS"

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