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Greyhound bus, world's 1st motor coach sleeper, parked next to Ford Tri-motor transport; 10 named corporate executives stand before bus. Chicago – Vintage Print

Greyhound bus, world's 1st motor coach sleeper, parked next to Ford Tri-motor transport; 10 named corporate executives stand before bus. Chicago, 1929 Oct. 26. — historic photograph
Greyhound bus, world's 1st motor coach sleeper, parked next to Ford Tri-motor transport; 10 named corporate executives stand before bus. Chicago, 1929 Oct. 26.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of Greyhound bus, world's 1st motor coach sleeper, parked next to Ford Tri-motor transport; 10 named corporate executives stand before bus. Chicago brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A Greyhound coach, described on its caption card as the world's first motor coach sleeper, stands beside a Ford Tri-motor airliner in this scene. Ten men stand in front of the bus, and the card places the gathering in Chicago on October 26, 1929, though those details are unverified. That date fell two days after Black Thursday, the stock market drop that opened the crash, yet intercity bus and air travel were expanding fast. Together, the bus and the trimotor show how quickly road and air transport were becoming part of American travel.

Created / published1929 Oct. 26.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,274 × 1,800 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122227

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