Physical description

Series of four Black and White Photographs cable trams in Melbourne at the Bridge Road terminus or city during the mid 1920's/



.1 - Bridge road terminus with the car house or depot on the left hand side with the destination of Spencer St.

.2 - Gripman possibly checking his watch with a depot worker? stepping off the tram.

.3 - family stepping off the tram with cable trailer 368 in the view - Elizabeth St, near Flinders St? See Brian Weedon's notes re the photo and the trailer.

.4 - As for .1 - with an X marked above the lady and a very large motor car passing.



Printed on Kodak Paper.



Adam Chandler advised by email 5/8/2020:

" note there's a destination box fitted to the grip - from memory, these started to be used from the mid-1920s with the dummy and trailer repaints into the brown colour?



That also looks to be either a 1925 or 26 Buick - the "moustache" shape at the top of the front radiator grille and the distinctly angled lower sash of the windscreen are further hints. Given the Richmond line closed in 1927 for conversion I'd say some time between 1924 and 29 June 1927."



Also see image i5.pdf for further notes regarding the photographs and the Bridge Road tram depot building - use the original pdf file to read.



Image i6, has had the "X" removed - done by Darren Hutchesson.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink in each print, "Cable car Melbourne" and "286 Anzac Hy/Marion Rd Adelaide SA, collection of late Don Schultz"