Historical information

Rose Series postcard No. P 589, titled "St Kilda Road Melbourne", with Y1 class tram 613 outbound with the destination of Toorak and W2 class tram 300, in bound in St Kilda Road, taken at the intersection with City Road. Has another W2 in the distance and a private bus along with two horse-drawn vehicles. Tram 300 was fitted with route number boxes in November1933. To the left is the Edmund Fitz Gibbon Memorial in its original location and in the top of the photo is the tram overhead into City Road.

Significance

Details a scene at the intersection of City Road and St Kilda Road c1935. Very rare to see the Y1 class tram operational in a photo.

Physical description

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

Inscriptions & markings

In pencil on rear: "M&MTB, Y` 613 southbound to Camberwell? and "W2 300 approaching Princes Bridge (City), photo taken about 1930"