Historical information

Photograph shows a large crowd of formally dressed adults and children standing on open ground in front of a leafless tree and two long (maximum traction) tramcars. The location is the new tram Burwood tram terminus in Norwood Road (later Toorak Road) at Boundary Road (later Warrigal Road). The caption's reference to East Burwood is incorrect - an error possibly made by the writer of the caption who glued the photo and caption to the blue paper. East Burwood was the name of the line between 1978 and 2005.

In 1916 the new Burwood line beyond Camberwell Junction was mostly single track with many passing loops. The service proved to be so popular that the Hawthorn Tramways Trust's 10 maximum traction cars were quickly supplemented by 4 similar trams purchased from the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust.

Significance

Yields information about the opening of the Burwood line

Physical description

Black and white photograph glued to blue paper with note below.

Inscriptions & markings

Note reads: "A grand occasion to celebrate the opening of the East [sic] Burwood line"