Motorman Badge [232]
Maker and role
Stokes Badges, Maker
Auckland City Corporation Tramways, Commissioned by
Production date
1903-1923
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Object detail
Accession number
2006.70
Production period
Description
Metal badge with the inscription "232 Motorman" on the front. At the back are 4 loops to attach the badge to the uniform.
Brief History
Numbered Motorman badges such as this one, and similar Conductor hat badges, were introduced when A.E. Ford became the General Manager of the Auckland City Corporation Tramways. They were intended to allow identification of tram crews for Inspectors and passenger complaints. They were in use from the 1920s through until the early 1950s.
Marks
232 MOTORMAN Inscribed
Stokes & Sons Melb. Inscribed
232 MOTORMAN Logo
STOKES & SONS / MELB. Maker's Mark
Stokes & Sons Melb. Inscribed
232 MOTORMAN Logo
STOKES & SONS / MELB. Maker's Mark
Collection
Credit Line
Stokes Badges et al. 1903-1923. Motorman Badge [232], 2006.70. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Public comments
Thank you for this information
- MOTAT Curatorial Research posted 3 years ago.
These plate Motorman and Conductor badges were introduced when A.E. Ford became the General Manager of the Auckland City Corporation Tramways to easily identify crews for Inspectors and passenger complaints. They were in use from the 1920s through until the early 1950s when replaced by the ATB monogram as team crews converted to buses.
- T posted 3 years ago.