Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Now I'm Satisfied
- A Barrel Of Laughs
- "Direct From European Triumphs"
- 10th Avenue bridge
- Now it's water under the bridge
- Millers and sawyers
- Two Saints walk into a bar ...
- Building ... what?
- Wondered Where Her Life Went
- Psst ... don't turn around
- Somebody
- Moonlight Elevator
- Next Frame Please
- A Spindly Affair
- No! Don't Throw It!
- 25 miles?!
- Who reads 'Fort Loudoun Dam Safety News'?
- Someone is Missing from the Photo
- What we immediately notice today
- Like a cartoon
- Fifth & 43rd
- Sweet Sixteen
- And your little dog too
- Line in the sand
- Love the kicks
- Flor-Sham
- Hotfoot it to the mall
- Spotless
- Across the Circle
- The mighty LINN
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
Bus Stop: 1943
September 1943. "A Greyhound bus that has been stopped at a filling station to get water between Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh." Medium format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
A smoking gun
Couldn't help notice he's pouring gas into a bus while smoking a cigarette. Hmmmmm. A disaster just waiting to happen.
[Hmmm. Did you READ THE CAPTION? That's water, not gas. (And what bus company or filling station would ever use a garden watering can for fueling?) - Dave]
AS I SAID earlier, yes, I missed the word 'water'. Reading it again, I thought it was gas. My mistake.
A Raymond Loewy beauty
The bus in question is "Yellow Coach" model 743 or 719 (not enough of the photo to tell which). This bus was a real ground-breaker in terms of design.
The Yellow 719 "Super Coach" was the first truly modern interstate bus. Designed by Ray Loewy, this bus was a totally new concept in that it was the first to have a raised passenger deck with a large luggage space underneath between the axles. All modern interstate buses still have that same design. The 719 (gasoline-powered) was made from 1936 and the similar 743 (diesel powered, with air conditioning) came along in 1937. Yellow made both models until around 1939.
A restored Yellow 743 coach may be seen here:
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Site © 2023 Shorpy Inc.
On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5