Historical information

Rose Series postcard No. P 1701 titled "Elizabeth Street from Lonsdale Street Melbourne". Has a number of cable trams in the view, the closest one being a Brunswick tram. There is a policeman on point duty. In the view are signs for G A Grano Mantle manufacturers, Smiths Pawnbroker, State Savings Bank, one horse-drawn cart, and motor vehicles. On the west side footpath under an awning is a "Keep to the left" for pedestrians. Flinders St Railway Station can be seen in the far distance. The Brunswick cable tram line was closed Sept. 1935.

Significance

Yields information about Elizabeth St, c1930

Physical description

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

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in pencil "KM-M-076" and a Ken Magor stamp.