Historical information

Set of fourty colour prints by Brendon Carter
1 - W2 444, Elgin St Carlton - Transporting Art - 15-10-1986
2 - W2 607. Grantham St West Brunswick - 17-10-1986
3 - W2 453 and W6 976 - Swanston St - 17-10-1986
4 - W2 453 ditto
5 - ditto, turning into Victoria St
6 - SW5 619 and W2 453 - Victoria and Swanston Sts
7 - W2 471 Swanston St
8 - W2 478 Swanston St
9 - W2 478 Swanston St
10 - W2 431 in Collins at Swanston St
11 - ditto
12 - W7s 1033, 1030, W2 243 and W6 972 Gisborne and Victoria Streets
13 - W2 436 - ditto
14 - SW2 432 and SW5 782 St Kilda Road
15 - W2 605 ditto
16 - W2 629 La Trobe St
17 - W2 629 and 644 La Trobe St
18 - W2 647 La Trobe St
19 - W2 547 Swanston St
20 - W2 441 - William and La Trobe Sts
21 - W2 1275 - corner of Park St and Domain Road
22 - W2 478 and SW5 730 - Swanston St at Flinders St.
23 - SW5 730 and W2 644 - ditto - 31-10-1986
24 - W2 547 at Flinders St Station - 31-10-1986
25 - W2 456 Swanston St - 14-11-1986
26 - W2 456 Domain & Park - 14-11-1986
27 - W2 456 ditto
28 - W2 458 and SW5 783 - William St - 14-11-1986
29 - W2 650 - West Preston terminus - 21-11-1986
30 - ditto - Gilbert Road
31 - ditto
32 - W2 431 - St Georges Road
33 - W2 431 - Miller St by Preston workshops
34 - ditto
35 - Miller St - the hump
36 - W2 646 at Preston Depot
37 - W2 646 at Dundas St at the start of the hump
38 - ditto on top with bridge works underway.
39 - W2 426 Hawthorn Bridge
40 - SW2 478 and SW5 833 - Camberwell terminus.

Significance

Yields information about Melbourne Trams in 1986 when many W2s were still running.

Physical description

Album - 10 heavy card sheets with plastic sheets over each, white plastic ring bound, covered with a large photograph of Alf Twentyman's cable cars at Northcote. (see item 3086 for original unused version), with 40 colour prints, two per page and a listing or index of each print.

Inscriptions & markings

Each print separately listed.