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Photograph - Track laying Flinders & Spencer Streets, 1927

  • Group portrait of men in vintage work clothes, posing outdoors on a tiered, possibly concrete structure, with a streetscape of buildings in the background.

    Group of workers

  • Newspaper clipping showing a historical electric tramcar, labeled "New Era Begins," with text about its inaugural run from Spencer Street to Flinders Street.

    Newpspaper cutting

  • Group portrait of men in vintage work clothes, posing outdoors on a tiered, possibly concrete structure, with a streetscape of buildings in the background.
  • Newspaper clipping showing a historical electric tramcar, labeled "New Era Begins," with text about its inaugural run from Spencer Street to Flinders Street.

Historical information

The photograph shows a group of 16 men working on track construction. There is a cross over the person in top right-hand corner. At the rear is a newspaper clipping with a photo of Q class 195, with the person who is not wearing a coat identified as the donor's Dad. See item 1826 for a detailed description of the cutting. Cutting dated 14/7/1927

Significance

Yields information about the construction or conversion of Flinders and Spencer Sts to electric trams in 1927.

Physical description

Photograph and newspaper clipping mounted onto a heavy brown card sheet with an inscription on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

"First electric tram run in Flinders St (Dad coatless)" and date "14-7-27"

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