Photograph - AETA Tour - opening of Bourke St - tram 980, K McCarthy, 25/6/1955

Historical information

The photograph shows MMTB tram 980 with W7 1001 behind at the Bourke St terminus at Spencer St on the AETA Tour - 25/6/1955. Photo by Ken McCarthy. A single-deck MMTB bus is waiting to run a Nicholson St service. In the background are Carlyon's Hotel, Spencer St Station, and the Mail Exchange building. The tram has an AETA Special car sign and a "Solve Traffic Congestion Move People not vehicles".

Significance

Yields information about the AETA Tour using the new Bourke St line prior to its formal opening.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink "47 K.McC"

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