Mack Model CL Buses Loading Passengers at a Downtown Intersection, Toledo, Ohio, 1935
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As cities grew, buses became an important part of the urban public transportation system. They could reach people and places between streetcar lines. This photo depicts a bustling downtown Toledo. Buses load passengers at a busy corner in front of a department store. Meanwhile, well-dressed pedestrians wait for a policeman to move the STOP/GO sign in the middle of intersection.
As cities grew, buses became an important part of the urban public transportation system. They could reach people and places between streetcar lines. This photo depicts a bustling downtown Toledo. Buses load passengers at a busy corner in front of a department store. Meanwhile, well-dressed pedestrians wait for a policeman to move the STOP/GO sign in the middle of intersection.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
January 1935
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.1747.M.971
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.125 in
Width: 8 in
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