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The South Fremantle Tram at the opening of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways, 30 October 1905 [picture]
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Notes
This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest.
Publications
Published as cover of A ticket to ride by John Chalmers with description on p.19: The cover photograph shows Elias Solomon's daughter - in a white frock - near the controls. It is believed that she was his youngest daughter, Stella, who would have been eight at the time. Her father is on her left with his hand on the accelerator. The first tram for South Fremantle. The first tram to be 'launched' was for East Fremantle (photograph available online at call number 009458PD)
