Historical information

Set of 12 photos by Hugh Ballment, unless noted otherwise of MTA, MMTB trams, Moomba or works:
HBM058 - MMTB W5 797, on Route 15, 1950s, Cameron Street Brunswick, Note the tram depot warning sign.
HBM059 - MMTB, Former Sydney Tram 138s, 15/08/1959, Preston Workshops, Conversion to MMTB scrubber No 10, photo Keith Kings. Note the step boards and life guards loose under the tram.
HBM060 - MMTB, 9/03/1959, Albert Street, East Melbourne. A Cable tram set on Myer Moomba float. Photo Keith Kings
HBM061 - MTA, W6 982, Route 55, March 1987, Royal Park, ComEng train in the background.
HBM062 - MTA, W6 982, Route 55, March 1987, Royal Park, ComEng train in the background
HBM063 - MTA, W6 982, Route 55, March 1987, Royal Park, ComEng train in the background
HBM064 - MTA, W2 510 on Route 7, March 1987, Swanston Street at Flinders Street. Young and Jacksons Hotel, along with many adverts
HBM065 - MT&O /MMTB body of bogie cable tram trailer No 478, 7/02/1959, in an Elsternwick backyard. Photo Keith Kings
HBM066 - MMTB, W5 739 and SW6 935, late 1950s, Elizabeth Street at Lonsdale Street, with Michaels Chemist in the background. in the foreground are the former cable tram tracks rounding into Lonsdale Street.
HBM067 - MMTB, Tram 54 (unlikely to be its correct number. Myer was fifty-four years old in 1959 since it had opened its first store in Bendigo in 1905), 9/03/1959, Albert Street, East Melbourne, Cable tram set on Myer Moomba float 1959. Photo Keith Kings
HBM068 - MMTB, W2 379, 1960s, Coldblo Road, Malvern Depot, Portable substation in the street.
HBM069 - MMTB, Tram 54, (See note on image HBM067) 9/03/1959, Albert Street crossing Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, Cable car set on Myer Moomba float. Note there is West Preston W2 delayed by the passing parade. The number "45" on the front of the dummy is the float number in the parade.

Significance

Yields information about Melbourne tram operations, from the 1950s to the 1980s photos of Melbourne tramways.

Physical description

Kodachrome plastic and cardboard mounts, with notes - set of 12