About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0425
  • TitleNew super bus for borough
  • SummaryCaption: "New super bus for borough--This giant of the pavement is in daily trial service on the 3d Ave. line. It seats 58 instead of the 40 accommodated by the other new buses now in service and has a novel arrangement by which the rear set of wheels turns in the opposite direction from the front set so it can get around sharp corners with ease. ..."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1947; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Buses: General