Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975

Physical description

Black & White photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales consisting of two postcards showing cable trams in Elizabeth Street, looking north from the Flinders Street Railway station clock tower and Lonsdale Street, looking west from Swanston Street.
The first photograph shows a bogie trailer being shunted at the bottom of Elizabeth Street. This photo is dated between 1933 and 1935 based on the construction of the building next door to Hosies Hotel in 1933 and the closure of the cable lines in 1935.
The second photograph has a Collingwood bond cable tram waiting to cross the Swanston Street. The new Myer Emporiun Lonsdale store dominates the south side of Lonsdale Street completed in 1927. In the distance is the dome of Law Courts in William Street together with a West Melbourne bound cable tram at Queen Street. Note the Traffic Lights on the right and on the opposite corner, Myerson Tailored Suits is on the corner of "Coreglia House" completed in 1926. This photo dates between 1929 and 1933.

See 7-9 Elizabeth St - see https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.com-participate.files/8215/9494/3548/PROPERTY_103166_7TO9_ELIZABETH_ST.pdf - accessed 7-5-2022

Inscriptions & markings

Has "TMSV 332 Flinders St Melbourne 3000" stamp on the rear.

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