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Street scene [PRG 733/508] • Photograph

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Summary

Street scene. According to a researcher, this view is of the terminus of the Glen Osmond horse tram line, operated by the Parkside Tramway Company (see inscription on the rocker panel of the tramcar), and looks into the front gate of Birksgate, sometime home of Sir Thomas Elder and later his nephew Tom Elder Barr Smith and in turn, his son, Sir Tom Barr-Smith. The "Big Gum Tree" is on the left, though it was demolished in road-widening in the 1970s amid some controversy. The horse tram line was extended to Glen Osmond in March 1884, and the condition of the tram and its lack of a top-cover suggests the picture was taken soon afterwards.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.3 x 21.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Photographer

Smith, W. S

Subject

Trams -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

23/11/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

17,631 x 13,421 pixels (236.6 MP)

Size

473.27 MB

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