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Photograph, Menzies Hotel and the Goldsborough & Mort Woolstore with a cable tram crossing William Street in Bourke Street, c1937

  • Menzies Hotel and the Goldsborough & Mort Woolstore with a cable tram crossing William Street in Bourke Street.

    Menzies Hotel and the Goldsborough & Mort Woolstore with a cable tram crossing William Street in Bourke Street.

Historical information

The photograph shows a cable tram in Bourke St, crossing over the electric tram track in William Street. The Menzies Hotel 1867 (see reference) is in the background, along with the Goldborough Mort Woolstore building 1862 on the opposite corner. Also in the photo are the Melbourne Centenary "Lollypop" street decorations of 1934. The photo appears to be taken from the roof of the Shell Building in William Street.

Significance

Yields information about the Menzies Hotel and the intersection of Bourke and William St.

Physical description

Photograph, black and white, plain paper

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