Historical information
Photograph of 36 female administrative staff of the cable tram company (MT&OC), taken in an upper room of the company's head office at 669-675 Bourke Street, Melbourne. From the company's beginning, very few females were employed. The rapid growth in female employees may have coincided with the introduction of typewriters into Melbourne offices after 1900.
Significance
Yields information about administration of MT&OC
Physical description
Sepia toned black and white photograph glued to cardboard with staff names on rear
Inscriptions & markings
Female Staff, Head Office about 1914, MT&O Co. (Only five of the 36 women shown are named. No occupations included.)
