Historical information

Rose Series postcard No. P 10445, titled "Collins Street looking west, Melbourne" looking west from mid-block between Swanston and Russell Streets. Has six W2 class trams in view, all carrying the wartime strip under the driver's windows and white bumper bars. In the far background can be seen chimney stacks of the gas works.

Significance

Yields information about Collins Street in the early 1940s.

Physical description

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