[New Zealand's last tram no. 252 on the corner of Thorndon Quay and Mulgrave Street]

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-2017-9

Maker

Graham Stewart

Production period

1960s

Description

Showing the tram accompanied by crowds as it passes the Wellington Corporation Tramways building. Tram has been decorated. One sign on the side of the tram reads "Old Faithful" and the destination sign reads "N.Z.'S last tram to Newtown tram barns".

Marks

"Agfa" -printed on verso of the photographic paper. Printed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photographic print : black and white ; 11.5 x 16 cm

Credit Line

Graham Stewart. 02 May 1964. [New Zealand's last tram no. 252 on the corner of Thorndon Quay and Mulgrave Street], PHO-2017-9. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Production place

Wellington City
Wellington District
Wellington
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Wellington New Zealand Trams <C> Wellington region New Zealand Buildings

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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Name/Title: Tram [No.252 ('Fiducia' type)] Maker: Wellington City Corporation Tramways Department, The British Thomson-Houston Company Limited Production date: 1940 Accession number: 1964.113 See full details

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