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Postcard - Bridport St Albert Park - Cable tram

  • An early 20th-century street scene with a cable tram on Bridport Street, Albert Park, Victoria, featuring buildings on either side of the road including "Albert Park Grammar School" and "Toms' Business College" on the right, and a "J. BOGAN CHEMIST" sign on the left.

    Bridport St Albert Park - Cable tram

  • An early 20th-century street scene with a cable tram on Bridport Street, Albert Park, Victoria, featuring buildings on either side of the road including "Albert Park Grammar School" and "Toms' Business College" on the right, and a "J. BOGAN CHEMIST" sign on the left.

    Bridport St Albert Park - Cable tram

  • An early 20th-century street scene with a cable tram on Bridport Street, Albert Park, Victoria, featuring buildings on either side of the road including "Albert Park Grammar School" and "Toms' Business College" on the right, and a "J. BOGAN CHEMIST" sign on the left.
  • An early 20th-century street scene with a cable tram on Bridport Street, Albert Park, Victoria, featuring buildings on either side of the road including "Albert Park Grammar School" and "Toms' Business College" on the right, and a "J. BOGAN CHEMIST" sign on the left.

Historical information

The photograph shows a cable tram in Bridport St Albert Park with the destination of South Melbourne at the corner of Montague St. In the background are the level crossing with the gates closed, J Bolday? Chemist, and London House, advertising Toms's business college, Albert Park Grammar school. London A Marshall Hotel with an Abbot's lager sign. In front of this building is a drinking fountain or a memorial. Second copy has the title "Rose Series P.3409 Bridport Street, Albert Park Vic"

Significance

Yields information about cable trams in Bridport St Albert Park.

Physical description

Black and White Photograph postcard format with note on rear. Two copies held.

Inscriptions & markings

In pencil on the rear "Bridport St Albert Park"

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