Historical information

Photograph shows 23 men standing and sitting in rows facing the camera with the brick wall and barred window of the Brunswick car house (depot) administration building behind. Three men are dressed in suits, ties and hats and the remaining 20 are in full tramway (MTOC or interim Tramway Board) uniform with caps, some wearing the large pins used by conductors. As the MTOC only provided full uniforms to its traffic staff from 1901, the photograph can be dated between 1901 and the early 1920s, when the new Tramways Board (M&MTB) supplied a different uniform and cap. Two of the men in suits are the line manager and revenue clerk. There are many similar staff photos from this era which suggests they were initiated by MTOC.

Significance

Yields information about Brunswick cable tram employees

Physical description

Black and white photograph glued to paper with note below.

Inscriptions & markings

Note reads: "Brunswick cabletram Depot" then lists the names and duties of 10 of the 23 men pictured, which includes a line manager, revenue clerk, gripmen, conductors and car washer.