Badge [82 Conductor]

Object detail

Accession number

2006.76

Maker

Stokes Badges
Auckland City Corporation Tramways

Description

Metal badge with the words "82 Conductor" inscribed on the front. The badge has 4 loops welded on the back to attach onto a uniform.

Brief History

Numbered Conductor hat badges such as this one, and similar Motorman 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

82 Conductor Inscribed
Stokes & Sons Melb. Inscribed
82 / CONDUCTOR Logo
STOKES & SONS / MELB. Maker's Mark

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

Stokes Badges et al. Badge [82 Conductor], 2006.76. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Insignia Badge, Insignia Communication Artefacts Personal Symbols Status Symbols

Production place

Melbourne Victoria Australia

Collection type

Tramways Transport

Subject auto tags

Motor vehicle Font Line Gas Automotive exterior Symbol Metal Signage Auto part Number

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Thank you for this information.

- MOTAT Curatorial Research posted 3 years ago.

Auckland City Corporation Tramways, then Auckland Transport Boards Conductor hat badge plate. Introduced 1920’s, retired early 1950s. Replaced by ATB monogram badge.

- David Cawood posted 3 years ago.

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