Physical description

Black and white photograph of a lightly loaded cable car set, trailer 415, eastbound in Bourke St, nearing Russell St. Set has destination of Nicholson St. The Conductor and Gripman are both on the grip car - "gossiping". In the background are signs for Sharpe's store, Parers Hotel, Lewis's and Normans.



On the underside of the photograph written in black ink "Cable Tram in Bourke St Jan 1937"



Noelle Jones - 24/5/2021



It is no later than 1946, as Maples purchased the Love & Lewis business (194-6 Bourke St) in that year (the business was being sold by the executors of the owner).



Note also that Parer's (not Parkers) Hotel, at 200 Bourke Street, was established in the 1880s by the Parer Brothers, originally from Spain. The most famous member of the family was Damien Parer, the WWII photographer. The building was demolished in 1960, and is the site of the Midcity Arcade.



Sharpes bought the property on the left (202-4 Bourke St) in 1954, after being tenants for 20 years.



Normans Corner Stores opened in 1932.