[Wellington Fiducia tram no. 257 on Lambton Quay]

Object detail

Accession number

05-2197

Maker

Unknown Photographer

Description

Tram 257 at Lambton (Railway) terminal; "Newton Park Zoo" destination; Shell advertisements for "Methyl Benzine" and "Power in Petrol Supershell's got it" on end, side and roof; Wellington City Transport bus parked in front of tram (right); trolley buses are partly visible (left); wooden Government Building in background. Artefact Accession No. 1964.114

Marks

MOTAT's Feducia (sic) tram 257 in her last days of service, Wellington April 1964 Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 13 x 18 cm

Credit Line

Unknown Photographer. Apr 1964. [Wellington Fiducia tram no. 257 on Lambton Quay], 05-2197. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Wellington
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Wellington City Corporation Tramways Fiducia (Tram) Wellington (New Zealand) Central Business Districts Wellington New Zealand Trams

Collection type

Institutional Archives Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Train Vehicle Window Sky Motor vehicle Rolling stock Electricity Mode of transport Track Overhead power line

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Tram [No.257 ('Fiducia' type)]; Wellington City Corporation Tramways Department; The British Thomson-Houston Company Limited; 1950

Name/Title: Tram [No.257 ('Fiducia' type)] Maker: Wellington City Corporation Tramways Department, The British Thomson-Houston Company Limited Production date: 1950 Accession number: 1964.114 See full details

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