Historical information

Photograph of J class tram No. 66, in Burke Road, Camberwell with the destination of Camberwell, route 12. Has the driver standing in the doorway and the conductor on the ground. See also item 7808 for another photo of the tram. Photo from the Hugh Ballment collection. In the background is an auction house and an advert on a shop front for Capstan cigarettes. The tram was built by Meadowbank for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, and taken over by the MMTB in 1920 and sold to MESCo in 1928, becoming Geelong 25 and later Geelong 28.

Significance

Yields information about Melbourne tram 66 which later became Geelong 25.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with notes on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink "Early 1920s" and Hugh Ballment Collection stamp.