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"Memo to Local Managers etc - All systems"
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Memo, typed quarto sheet, titled "Memo to Local Managers etc - All systems", dated 8/2/1920, advising that:
1 - Notices to the public or employees will be signed by the Secretary.
2 - Notices to the public dealing with traffic matters will be issued by the Chief Manager.
3 - Notices to employees about internal management will signed by the system tramway manager.
Signed by W. O Strangward
Black and white photo of some 38 rolling stock workshop depot maintenance employees at Malvern tram depot. Note the two employees at the right are seated in a wheeled vehicle (horse buggy or early motor vehicle) and at the left is an overhead test vehicle with a trolley pole mechanism mounted on the top for possibly for checking the alignment of the trolley wire.
Yields information about the rollingstock maintenance staff at Malvern c1920.
Black and white print mounted onto a cardboard back with remnants of adhesive tape on the rear.
In pencil "Malvern T Depot"
tramways, malvern depot, workshops, tramcar maintenance staff
Photograph of some 94 traffic staff in front of the Kew Depot, possibly near the time of the MMTB absorption of the PMTT. The employees are wearing two different styles of uniforms (63 dark and 31 light) all with caps. Shows the roller doors at the top of the depot and the overhead trolley mechanism that allowed the doors to close and bypass the trolley wire. There are four trams behind the men - each showing a different destination - Windsor, Esplanade, Mont Albert and Burke Road.
Yields information about PMTT depot employees c1919
Black and white print mounted onto a light brown card
Under the print is a letter machine blue / white Dymo label under - "KEW DEPOT"
tramways, kew depot, personnel, uniforms, destination boxes
Photograph of the interior of X1 class No. 461 most likely soon after its completion in September 1926. Shows the seating and saloon arrangements. Photo by C J Frazer of Little Collin St. Melbourne. See item 7347 for external photographs.
Yields information about the interior of tram 461 of June 1926.
Black and white print with photographers stamp on rear.
Stamp of "C J Frazer"
tramways, new trams, x1 class, tram 461, interior
Photograph of W7 1024 decorated and illuminated for the Centenary of Kew. See March 1961 Electric Traction - "W7 1024 was decorated and illuminated for the centenary of the City of Kew, and was scheduled to run between December 4 and December 16, 1960, from Kew Depot on the Mont Albert and North Balwyn lines. Its term was extended to mid-January and it was still running in early February. It was similarly decorated for the centenary of the City of Fitzroy in 1958 (see illustration E.T. 10/60). Has the MMTB stamp amd number on the rear of the print.
Yields information about tram 1024 decorated for the centenary of the City of Kew in 1960.
Black and white print with remnants of mounting paper on rear.
tramways, city of kew, decorated trams, tram 1024, illuminated trams, w7 class, centenary celebrations
Photograph of Hawthorn Depot from Wallen Road with the second shed fitted with doors. A lady is joining W5 857 (City Route 70) at the tram stop. This stop was removed due to safety reasons. See item 7383 for a view from the yard.
Yields information about Hawthorn Depot during the 1970s.
Black and white photograph with remnants of adhesive on the rear.
tramways, hawthorn depot, wallen road, tram 857, route 70
Photograph of W2 525 by Les Kossatz as part of the Transporting Art project of 1978. For the principal pamphlet using a similar photograph featuring the first 15 tramcars see item 404.
Yields information about Les Kossatz Transporting Art tram of 1978.
Colour print with remnants of mounting paper on rear.
tramways, transporting art, w2 class, tram 525, les kossatz
Official launch photograph of W2 502 as part of the Transporting Art project of 1981. For the principal pamphlet using this photograph featuring the first 15 tramcars see item 404.
Yields information about the Rosemary Ryan tram 502 of 1981
Colour print with remnants of mounting paper on rear.
tramways, transporting art, w2 class, tram 502, rosemary ryan
Official launch photograph of W2 336 as part of the Transporting Art project of 1978. For the principal pamphlet using this photograph featuring the first 15 tramcars see item 404.
Yields information about the Mike Brown Transporting Art tram of 1978.
Colour print with remnants of mounting paper on rear.
tramways, transporting art, w2 class, tram 336, mike brown
Melbourne tram ticket - 3d printed on pink paper with a Bushells coffee advert on the rear, featuring a lady holding a cup and saucer. Bushells advertised on many products.
Demonstrates various a 3d ticket used by the MMTB.
Ticket - pink paper with black printing No. 767867
tramways, mmtb, tickets, bushells
Copy photograph (based on the photo corners on the right-hand side) of a cable set outside the Rathdowne St or North Carlton line, car house. Trailer No. 57, lettered "St Kilda Beach and North Carlton" Has the grip man and conductor standing in their positions. The photo shows the construction of the car house.
Yields information about the Rathdowne St car house and a cable set on the North Carlton line.
Black and white copy photograph, plain back.
tramways, cable trams, tram 57, north carlton, rathdowne st
Official launch photograph of W2 243 painted by Mirka Mora as part of the Transporting Art project of 1978. For the principal pamphlet using this photograph featuring the first 15 tramcars see item 404. See also items 1642 and 7374 for associated newspaper cuttings about the tram and its artist.
Yields information about the Mirka Mora's Transporting Art tram of 1978.
Colour print with remnants of mounting paper on rear.
tramways, transporting art, w2 class, tram 243, mirka mora
Copy photograph of a postcard featuring Victorian Railways Tram No. 2 at Elwood Depot. Based on the photo on page 6 of The Brighton Electric Line by Leon Marshall Wood, it is one of the original fleet which destroyed by the depot fire on 7/3/1907. See item 1351. Has the driver and possibly a conductor on the platform. Shows both destinations of St Kilda and Brighton.
Yields information about the first VR tram No. 2 at Elwood Depot
Black and white copy photograph of a postcard with remnants of adhesive tape on the rear.
tramways, vr trams, elwood depot, st kilda brighton, tram 2
Photograph shows a former Melbourne cable tram dummy or grip car placed on the ground without its wheels and in use as a shelter, near the Eaglehawk tram terminus, Feb. 1941. Photo by Ken Train.
Demonstrates the use of former Melbourne cable tram dummy or grip cars as a low cost shelter.
Photograph - black and white with typed notes on rear.
9/2 4I. Old cable tram dummy, near Eaglehawk tram terminus, Bendigo." Ken Magor stamp with "per K Train".
cable trams, grip car, dummy, shelters, eaglehawk, bendigo
Set of documents for the reconstruction of tram track in St Kilda Road between Inkerman and Carlisle Streets St Kilda April and May 2024. During the works, the route 3 tram, running as a 3a, used the North West curves of the Grand Union at Balaclava junction at designated times. These curves are seldom used. Published by both VicRoads and Yarra Trams.
Yields information about the April-May 2024 trackworks in St Kilda Road.
Set of two A4 landscape documents - 9 pages.
trackwork, tramways, st kilda road, balaclava junction, route 3
The postcard shows W2 543 with a Glen Iris destination, passing the Melbourne Town Hall in Swanston St at the Safety Zone with passengers boarding. Has several motor vehicles in view is an Ezywalkin advert on a building. The tram entered service on 17/11/1928 and was fitted with route number boxes during Feb. 1930, which dates the photo to c1929. The card was published by Valentine Publishing Co., printed in Great Britain as a Real Photograph.
Yields information about Swanston St c1929.
Black and White postcard, Divided back, unused.
In pencil "$6-00"
tramways, swanston st, w2 class, glen iris, tram 543
Document prepared to provide the concepts for separation of traffic along St Kilda Road and Brighton Road using safety bars, and reserved sections of roadway between Princes Bridge and Glen Huntly Road. Dated May 1979. Has an introduction, and notes the widening of St Kilda Road south of Cochrane St and its impact. Has colour photo of Z89 in Nicholson St where the Safety bars had been installed to separate traffic, installation of Safety Zones, photos of Gothenburg, Amsterdam, and Hanover showing traffic separation, graphs showing tram passenger movement in the am peak and road usage. Looks extensively at the Domain Interchange at Park and Domain Road and the suggested layout - which was implemented in Nov. 1986. Includes a photo of a very long line of trams northbound at this intersection which has undergone many changes location, to become during 2025 the entry to Anzac station. Six drawings show the proposed separation of traffic between Alexandra Ave and Glen Huntly Road
Demonstrates a planning document to separate road traffic from trams along St Kilda Road.
Comb bound document titled "Separation of Trams and Motor Traffic - St Kilda Road and Brighton Road" - 12 sheets + card covers, some full colour pages with some sheets folded.
tramways, st kilda road, traffic control, domain interchange, domain road, reserved track
Postcards with one photograph, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right, top to bottom: 1 - Parliament House and Treasury Melbourne 2 - Bourke St Melbourne from near Queen St looking east - has glitter added to the card surface. 3 - Spring St Melbourne 4 - Flinders Stand the Custom House Melbourne - part of the paper missing where a stamp has been removed. 5 - Cable tram set in a Parade, on a float, at the corner of Spring and Bourke Sts - early 1950s 6 - Elizabeth St Melbourne - looking south from Bourke St.
Demonstrates a set of 6 postcards featuring Melbourne cable trams.
Set of 5 mounted cable tram postcards and one photograph onto light weight board
tramways, spring st, bourke st, flinders st, cable trams, parades, elizabeth st
Postcards, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right, top to bottom: 1 - Town Hall Melbourne - damaged paper 2 - General view of Collins Street Melbourne - from Spring St looking west 3 - Central Railway Station, Melbourne - the principal building is complete though the roof along Swanston St over the other platforms is yet to be completed. 4 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking west from Swanston St - has the Wertheim and Roberts Stores in the view along with the post office. 5 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking east from Swanston St with Morells Orient Hotel and the Royal Mail Hotel on the two corners 6 - Melbourne from St Kilda Road.
Demonstrates a set of 6 postcards featuring Melbourne cable trams.
Set of 6 cable tram postcards mounted on to light weight board
tramways, flinders st station, swanston st, bourke st, collins st, st kilda road
Photograph shows the front of the MMTB Head Office, at 616 Little Collins St. Has Savoy Hotel, next door in the view. The MMTB built the building in 1937. It was occupied by the MMTB and then The Met until 1989. It was sold in 1994 and converted into apartments. See item 3658 for a set of floor plans.
Yields information about the MMTB Head Office building and its architecture.
Colour photograph, with remnants of adhesive tape on rear
tramways, 616 little collins st, head office, mmtb, alan monsborough, the met
Photograph shows the front of the Hawthorn tram depot after its closure as a running depot. Doors have been added to the front of the second shed or roads 5 to 7. Photo by an unknown photographer, early 1970s. The depot was closed Feb. 1965 but continued to be used to store trams and as a training depot. See item 7398 for a view from Wallen Road.
Yields information about Hawthorn Tram Depot.
Black and White photograph, with remnants of adhesive on rear.
tramways, hawthorn tram depot
Photograph shows the interior of W4 class, tram 671 at a depot. Possibly a MMTB Official photograph showing the seating layout and the interior finishes. Has internal adverts for Frank Mason for advertising on tramcars, Wrigley's chewing gum, No-dusta furniture polish and small advert for possibly a lottery of 100,000 pounds prize. The tram is now part of the Ballarat Tramway Museum operational collection.
Yields information about the interior of tram 671.
Black and White photograph, with a piece of card glued to the rear.
tramcars, w4 class, tram 671, advertisements
Coloured postcard of the view from Little Collins St looking north along Elizabeth St. Has a northbound cable tram and several horse-drawn wagons in the view. In the view are the GPO, Newing's Artists materials, Royal Arcade, and Turner's bicycles. The letter is dated 8/12 from an Eck in Toorak addressed to Doris Ettelson in Ballarat. The stamp used was introduced in 1913 by the Commonwealth Government as the first National stamp - see reference. Card published by C T Melbourne.
Yields information about Elizabeth St c1910
Colour postcard, divided back used with a 1d Commonwealth of Australia stamp.
See image for the handwritten note and a purchase price of $7 in pencil.
tramways, cable trams, elizabeth st, gpo, postage stamps
A postcard showing a scene looking west from Russell St along Collins St. Has some 7 cable trams, horse-drawn carts, and motor vehicles in view. In the view is Scotts Church, the Athenium, and the Town Hall. In the bottom left-hand corner of the card is "Printed for Commonwealth Immigration Office by Rose Stereograph Co. Vic."
Demonstrates a card printed to promote Australian Immigration to Melbourne, possibly post the first world war.
Black and White postcard, Divided back.
In pencil in the bottom right hand corner "Government publicity issue in England $12"
tramways, collins st, cable trams, immigration
Coloured postcard of the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston, and Collins Sts. Has three cable car sets in the view, one with two trailers southbound in Swanston St. In the bottom right-hand corner can be seen a shelter and signalman for the control of the intersection. The card was printed in Germany.
Yields information about the Melbourne Town Hall and a signal box.
Colour postcard, divided back unused. Has number "09 871" in bottom right hand corner.
tramways, collins st, swanston st, signalmen, trailers, cable trams, melbourne town hall
Photograph of a ballast trailer at Preston Workshops. See page 82 of Destination City 5th Edition for details of the trailers. The wheelset or truck is a Brill 74T type. Would appear that there are some concrete weights loaded onto the vehicle.
Yields information about the MMTB ballast trailers or wagons.
Black and white photograph on Ilford paper
tramways, brill 74t, ballast wagons
The photograph shows a section of remnant track at the intersection of Bourke and Spencer Sts that remained until it was removed on 25/8/1987 when connecting curves were installed at Bourke and Spencer Streets, forming a double track triangular junction, in preparation for the conversion of the St Kilda and Port Melbourne railway lines to 'light rail'. This necessitated the removal of the last few metres of cable car track in Melbourne, which had been left in situ at the former Bourke Street terminus as a reminder of bygone days. Shows two inspection pits in the short section of the cable slot. Photo possibly before 1962 when Spencer St station was rebuilt. Photographer unknown.
Yields information of last section of visible cable tram track in the city area.
Black and white photograph on Ilford paper
tramways, cable trams, track work, bourke st, spencer st, cable track
Shows X class tram 217 at Hawthorn Depot with a bow collector or pantograph. Tram has the destination of "Bridge" (Bridge Road).
Yields information about X 217 when it was fitted with a bow collector and Hawthorn Depot.
Black and white photograph notes on rear
In ink by Keith Kings: - X217 Hawthorn depot about 1925, courtesy of Mr Stephenson Preston Workshops", has Rev L Marshall Wood stamp and K S Kings stamp - with number S-A 111.
tramways, tramcars, tram 217, hawthorn depot, bow collector, x class
Form used to record for each day the allocation of crew by table number, of the drivers and conductors.
Demonstrates a MMTB form that recorded the drivers and conductors allocation for each day.
Form - ruled - blue and red liines on a large folio sheet with two punched holes on the top.
tramways, crews, driver, conductor, table cards
Article written by Kate Herbert of the Herald Sun about Mirka Mora's angel tram, W2 243 part of the 1978 Transporting Art project, and the other associated artists, the sale of them, their painting, and demise including the Peter Corrigan tram - Mother Knows. Includes a photo of the front of the tram in Mt Eliza by Norm Oorloof.
Yields information about Mirka Mora Transporting Art tram
Newspaper part - page 50 from the Herald Sun 26/3/2000.
transporting art, tram 243, w2 class, mirka mora
"W Class tram diver training written test" - six pages in an Yes / No or multiple choice or provide a detailed answer format with marks shown for each of 38 question. Dated 16/3/1997
Yields information about the exam question asked as part of the written test for W class tram drivers.
Document - 6 A4 pages, was stapled in top left hand corner.
melbourne, tramways, w class trams, training, exams, testing
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