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Photograph - ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2, Wal Jack, c1910

  • ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2

    ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2

  • ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2 - rear with notes

    ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2 - rear with notes

  • ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2
  • ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2 - rear with notes

Historical information

Photo of ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, with the Post Office, along with the Summerscales offices, Robbie Burns statue, Vita Studio, and George Payne Jewellers in the background. The conductor on the rear of No. 2 is holding the trolley rope, while the driver of No. 20 is watching the road closely. The conductor of the tram is reboarding or about to alight. No. 20 has the destination of Gardens via Convent. Other trams are in the background. Wal has dated the photograph about 1909. Note the point frog or pan in the overhead above No. 20 and in particular notes the type of destination box and that the tram is going to the Gardens via the Convent. See item 5132 for a copy negative and digital image.

Significance

Yields information about the use of ESCo trams c1910 and the overhead.

Physical description

Black and white print on Kodak paper with notes on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

See rear image.

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