Negative - Geelong tram 36 Mercer St, Laurie Gallop, early 1956

Historical information

Photo shows Geelong tram 36 outbound to North in Mercer St at Ginn St. In the background is a shop selling Franklins Lemon Swish, a four & Twenty Pie shop, Toppa Ice cream, a Coca Cola truck, a Hotel advertising Richmond Lager, three parked buses and a shop advertising hot pies. On the pole is a tram stop with a metal "CARS STOP HERE" sign. On the left-hand side of the photograph a surveyor can be seen at work.

Significance

Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.

Physical description

Black and white Negative - 120 size

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