David,
The building at 275-279 Swanston St (SW corner with Lonsdale) is listed in
1974 Sands & McDougalls directory as National Bank of Australasia.
According to Google Street View the building still exists as Maccas.

Alex C

On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 8:45:32 PM UTC+10:30, 1040melbtram wrote:
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> Very curious about that bank mostly hidden from view. By any chance your

> shutter didn't go off accidentally and show more of that building?

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> On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 at 09:45, Andrew Cook d3...@...

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>> Hi all,

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>> The unidentified advertising tram (1974) shown in Rod Smith's happy snap

>> is *SW6 935*. Here's a happy snap of it in Swanston Street at Lonsdale

>> Street,

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> cheers and best wishes,

> David in Avenel.au

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