Parking Officer’s chalk tool c1990

Registration number

1092492

Title

Parking Officer’s chalk tool

Production date

c1990

Medium

PVC pipe, chalk, adhesive tape

Dimensions (H x W x D)

three tools, 30 cm; 82 cm; 54 cm (lengths)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

City of Melbourne, Parking & Traffic, chalk tool, Parking Inspector

Summary

3 home-made chalking tools, utilising the length of a PVC tube, a 90 degree bend at one end, and a chalk piece attached to its end. Used to mark tires of parked cars. Many of the items from the Parking and Traffic Branch featured in a 2007 City Gallery exhibition ‘Walk, Talk and Chalk: Parking Officers in the City of Melbourne’.