Description
This postcard features a Greyhound bus from 1931. It highlights the typical cross-country bus of the Depression-era 1930s. The bus is displayed at the National Museum of Transport.
Front Text (verbatim):
GREYHOUND LINES
AMERICA
1931
Back Text (verbatim):
GREYHOUND BUS NO. 1931
Model BK Mack parlor coach. This is the typical cross-country bus of the Depression-era 1930's. The bus features a six-cylinder 110 h.p. gasoline engine, scaled down railroad marker lamps for brake lights, air horn, imitation railroad observation car rear face, hot water heater, mohair seats stuffed with horse hair, individual vanity mirrors, bullet-style air-fluid front shock absorbers and a roof baggage rack.
A display at the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT
St. Louis, Missouri 63122
