Physical description

Slide - set of 4 - 35mm - Kodachrome cardboard mounts.



.1 - Tram 808 at the Spencer St stop at the corner of Bourke St with Spencer St Station in the background. Note the route and destination - at the time when North Balwyn and Burwood Routes were combined on Sundays am and evening - and passengers changed at Hawthorn Bridge. Route 74. Has a Fosters Lager advertisement.

.2 - As above, tram approaching the stop with the Spencer St station car park in the background.

.3 - tram 1005 leaving the Bourke St terminus, taken after .4

.4 - tram 1005 at the Bourke St terminus with tram 838 crossing in the background, has the Station building, Carlyon's Hotel and the Tramways Building. Note the Bundy clock, tram stop signage and safety zone. Route 96. The grey box by the Bundy Clock is thought to be a correspondence box for the satchels that were transported between the depots and head office.





Photographed by Vic Solomons June 1970 (based on date stamped on slide)