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Bus Card Game

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Women playing cards on a bus ride.
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Mobile X-ray Machine

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: School bus interior with a mobile x-ray machine. A male technician stands by while another man stands in front of the diagnostic unit.
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Safety Patrol Boys

Date: 05 19 1937
Description: Harry Stiles and Converse Hettinger, two school safety patrol boys from Portage, Wisconsin, on their way to a national safety patrol conclave in Washington...
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Damaged Greyhound Bus

Date: 03 20 1934
Description: Damaged Northland Greyhound bus No. 695, left front view, in garage at 102 South Brearly Street.
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Manhattan International Motor Truck Service Station

Date: 12 03 1934
Description: Mechanics at work on trucks in the shop department of a Manhattan International motor truck service station. One of the trucks is a Greyhound bus.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. During Bus Ride

Date: 12 21 1956
Description: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. riding a bus with white Methodist minister Glenn Smiley during the Montgomery bus integration struggle. The man seated in fro...
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Madison City Bus

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Interior view looking toward the back of a Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. Above the windows are advertising posters.
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Interior of International Motor Coach

Date: 01 02 1925
Description: The interior of an International motor coach, or bus, showing leather seats and a spacious center aisle. The bus was built on a model 52 or model 53 chassi...
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Interior of an International Bus

Date: 1922
Description: The interior, looking forward, of an International Harvester bus, or motor coach. The interior features large windows, corner-handled seats and a wide cent...
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International Scout Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A International Scout truck on display in a showroom. A man is standing behind the truck, which is displayed in front of large windows which look out onto ...
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Bus Interior

Date: 09 14 1936
Description: Interior view of an International bus looking towards the rear. Business advertisements line the spaces above the windows.
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Robert Garvey, Bus Driver

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Portrait of Robert P. Garvey, a bus driver for the Madison Bus Company, seated behind the steering wheel.
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Interior of an International Model F Bus

Date: 1916
Description: Interior of an International Model F or 31 truck equipped as a bus. Seating consists of one center aisle with two rows of cushioned seats along the sides o...
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School Bus Driver

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "School bus driver Aaron Henning waits patiently for his passengers."
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Interior of a Picayune-Style Bus

Date: 1938
Description: Interior of an International bus with Picayune body. There are four long, bench-style seats, which appear to be made from leather (?). There is one seat fo...
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Hicks School Bus-Seating Plan-B

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view from front of "seating plan B" for an International bus with a Hicks body. There are four rows of bench-style seats running lengthwise front ...
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Hicks School Bus-Seating Plan-A

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view from front of "seating plan A" for an International bus with a Hicks body. Two bench-style rows run along under the windows facing the center...
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Hicks School Bus-Seating Plan-C

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view from front of "seating plan C" for an International bus with a Hicks body. Two rows of seats face the front of the bus.
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National Civil Defense Week

Date: 08 27 1956
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen points out one of the civil defense decals which are being placed on all Madison buses. The decals state that the buses are pledged fo...
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Travelers' Aid Helps Young Man

Date: 04 1960
Description: When this young man arrived in Madison for a spring vacation visit and no one met him at the bus station, Travelers' Aid stepped in to help. Travelers' Aid...

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