Physical description

Copy negative of an illustration of cable cars in Elizabeth St at the corner with Collins St. Has the Elizabeth St station n the view, along with Craigs and the Royal Bank.



Rod Atkins advised 24/08/2020:



"Dates from around 1914. taken 11.53 am in high summer.

The Flinders Street Railway station looks complete but we still have all the telephone cables on poles in both Elizabeth and Collins Streets. I don't know the year they all went underground.

We have two standard "Fitzroy" trams in Collins Street and one West Melbourne tram with standard eight window trailer - no bogie trailers in the photo. Some of the West Melbourne trailers were still six window cars in the 1920's.

The major building in the photo is the "Royal Bank" on the South East Cnr. of Collins and Elizabeth Street. "