Historical information

Photograph shows busy cable tram with destination Clifton Hill stationary outside the Northcote car and engine houses. High street is lined with shop verandahs and busy with pedestrians, early model motor cars and horse drawn carts.

Significance

Yields information about cable trams on High Street, Northcote and Thornbury

Physical description

Black and white photograph with note below and on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed below photograph: "High Street Looking North Thornbury Real Photo Series M 138". On rear in ink: "Melbourne, High St, Northcote, north over car. Martin St, with cable tram outside Car Barn. before 1920. K S Kings Collection No. 5-A.517"