Catalogue Nbr
Description
Year
Image
037.81 B/w photograph of tram labelled "Sturt St" and "Ballarat Tramways", Car Number "17", with three men. Illegible inscription on reverse with date: 30/10/43". 1943
041.81 S/T photograph of "City" tram, decorated to celebrate Australia Week. Pencilled inscription: "18/?/1957". 1957
082.79 Black & white photograph titled "Summer Car 1906 To 1930". Front of tram has "Rolfes Tea". Sign on top of tram reads: "Suttons Jazz Band". Pasted on to cardboard.  
122.79 Sepia toned photograph showing a group of gentlemen around a horse tram. Caption reads "One Of The First Horse Teams Being Prepared For Service". "Duncan & Fraser, Builders, Ballarat" on plaque at middle distance "Ballarat Tramway Co. Limited" along bottom of tram.  
123.79 Black & white photograph titled "Shifting Tram Shelter From Bottom Of Sturt Street 1933". Picture shows steam engine pulling shelter past "Wynns tea and luncheon rooms". Caption reads: "Part shifted to Sturt Street West, Part to Golden Mount Swimming Pool, Part to Lydiard Street near cemetery". 1933
127.79 Black & white photograph of horse tram number "15". Caption reads "Horse Trams 1887 to 1904".  
137.79 Sepia toned photograph of a horse tram, a group of gentlemen and the Town Hall in background. Caption reads: "Three Horse Tram 1890". 1890
137.80 B/w magazine picture features view in Sturt Street. Picture Label: "Lester's Hotel (Seward), opposite Queen's Square, Sturt Street". Typed label: 1) "Note Gardens With Iron Railings Around. (in 2 parts) And Tram Going Up North Side Of Sturt Street". 2) "Photo 1901 Ground Floor Under This Part Craig Williamson Drapers". 1901
138.79 Black & white photograph of two horse trams carrying groups of gentlemen. Caption reads: "Visit Of Melbourne Pressmen 1900". 1900
139.79 Black & white photograph of a decorated tram at night. Caption reads: "Decorated Tram Ballarat Centenary 1838 - 1938".  
139.80 B/w photo features Buck's Head Hotel with tram tracks evident at intersection of Bridge Street & Sturt. (Site now Clark Rubber Store). Typed label: "Tram Ran Off The Sturt Street Line Into The Buck's Head Hotel 1955". Line of dashes indicates trams accident route. 1955
145.79 Black & white photograph of a large shed (possibly tram depot) with a group of trams out front.  
146.79 Black & white photograph of a decorated tram titled "Eureka Centenary 3.12.54". 1954
147.79 Photograph of 'Tram With Trailor 1912'. 1912
150.79 Black & white photograph of a group of gentlemen standing by tram number "41". Caption reads: "Tram Used In Patriotic Appeal 1946". Tram named 'Victory'.  
152.79 Black & white photograph of tram marked 'Special'. Caption reads: "Style Of Trams Being Used On Several Lines 1955". 1955
160.79 Black & white photograph of a decorated tram marked 'Special' and a number of women posing alongside. Pasted on to a book cover (green) labelled "Teachers And Preachers Of Recent Times".  
161.79 Black & white photograph of tram number "24" partly inside (?) the Bucks Head Hotel. Group of onlookers standing nearby.  
206.80 B/w photo view of Ballarat Town Hall taken from diagonally opposite across Sturt Street. No electric tram lines. Mounted on black card. c.1900
226.80 Lithograph. Several pictures joined to create a wide arc view mounted on card titled "Birds Eye View Of Ballarat". Labels (typed) mark 'Sturt St' & Tunbridges. NB. Horse - drawn trams but electricity poles.  
262.81 B/w photo of a tram. Mt. Pleasant route. Depicting the Gold Centenary 1851 - 1951. 1951
342.79 Sepia toned photograph titled: "Horse Tram Employees About 1903". Employees names listed below photo. Reverse reads: "Saying goodbye to 1 horse tram in Ballarat. A photograph taken in 1906". Other inscriptions also on reverse.  
347.81 Sepia toned photo of the Final Round up of Ballarat Horse Trams before electrification, July 5th 1903 - 18 trams. 1903
369.79 B/W photograph if a group of gentlemen on a tram. Caption reads: "Mayor J.M. Barker Starts The First Electric Tram August 18th 1905".  
433.79 Souveniir postcard pasted nto cardboard with typed label. Blue design with 4 viewws re tram electrciy supply stamped "6547" & copy Label reads " Souvenir tram ticket given onthe opening day of electric trams August 18th 1905 1905
460.81 B/w photo of men raking the weeds from the lake. Tram in background No. 308. Dated 1960. 1960
478.81 Blue & white postcard with a print of the ticket issued by "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd. - Ballarat Tramways". No. 3203.  
594.79 Black and White photograph of a coach standing at the entrance of the Mechanics Institute. caption on the reverse reads "Outside Mechanics Institute which houses the Britannia Theatre where film was premiered". Reverse has a newspaper article titled "Pilgrimage crowd halts trams, cars" and is dated "Ballarat Courier Sat. May 28 '49". 1949
618.81 B/w photo features the horse drawn carriages & trams taken at the corner of Sturt Street & Grenville Street looking west towards Town Hall.