Historical information

Rose Series postcard No. P 4693, titled "Bourke Street Looking West, Melbourne". Photo taken from the north side of Bourke St between Swanston St and Russell St. Has a number of double decker and single deck buses in the view. A W2 class tram is waiting on the south side of Bourke Street in Swanston Street. Photo late 1940s. The former cable tram tracks remain in the street. the Foys Department store is on the right.

Significance

Yields information about the eastern end of Bourke St in the late 1940s.

Physical description

Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.