Photograph - Original Malvern Depot Traffic Office, the 'All-Red' Dominion Manners Photo Co, 17 May 1910

Historical information

Photograph shows the new Traffic Office at Malvern Depot two weeks before its official opoening. At the top of the building in large permanent letters are the words "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Office". Several men in tramways uniforms and suits stand around the front doorway and a small wagon and workman are located at the side of the building.

Significance

Yields information about beginnings of Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust

Physical description

Sepia tinted photograph stuck on thick card with note at bottom and on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

Note at bottom of photograph reads: "Malvern 17.5.10 The Future City"
Note on rear in stamp ink reads: "Geo Wall & Co Post Card Experts 131 Chapel Street St Kilda Victoria Aust. Photographed by the 'All-Red' Dominion Manners Photo Co to show the progress and development of this newly developed dominion. Geo Wall & Co Post Card Experts 224 Upper Willis Street, Wellington NZ"

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