Negative - Cable car 593 at Collingwood terminus, Wal Larsen, c1939

Historical information

Photograph of a cable car set , trailer No. 593 at the Collingwood terminus in Johnston Street at Clarke Street. The grip man is sitting on his seat while the Conductor is attending to the Bundy (Cincinnati type) clock by the Grocery Shop. In the background is the Study Park Hotel at the corner of Clarke Street. An advertisement for Swallows Ice Cream appears on the Grocery Shop. Photo Wal Larsen. Print undated, probably at the time of the closure of the Collingwood line in 1939.

Significance

Yields information about the Collingwood cable tram terminus.

Physical description

Negative and black and white print with notes on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "593 outside Collingwood depot, Johnston St, Collingwood, photo Wal Larsen" and number "168" in top right hand corner.

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