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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: THE LAST TRAM, ROKEBY ROAD

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1958

Overview

Black and white photograph taken looking up Rokeby Road and features the last tram making its way down Rokeby Road towards Hay Street. The sides of the road are thronged with onlookers and people can be seen on the upper level of a building at the extreme right of the photograph. A tape stretches across the road to be burst by the approaching tram. Some of the shop signs can be clearly read. These are: Georges Delicatessen - Coca Cola; Jones' Shoe Store; Chemists; Timewells.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.364

Item type

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

280 mm

Height or length

190 mm

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Statement of significance

Local history - photograph of last tram to run in Subiaco

Subiaco Museum

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