Photograph - MMTB Thornycroft Williamstown bus with crew, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1926

Historical information

The photo shows an MMTB Bus with a crew, the destination of Williamstown Railway Station, and three passengers. Item 7712, A descriptive history of MMTB Buses 1923 - 1983, records that the Williamstown - Newport bus opened 17/4/1926 and closed 31/12/1930. Photo taken at a railway station - overhead masts in the rear. Fishmark in the background

Significance

Yields information about the buses used on the Williamstown Station service during the 1920s.

Physical description

Black and white print mounted onto brown cardboard

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "H498"

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