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Image of Workmen cleaning transit bus, Seattle, May 16, 1963
2000.107.190.09.01
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Workmen cleaning transit bus, Seattle, May 16, 1963

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In this image, two transit workers clean the first of 100 new diesel buses while it is sitting on a Great Northern Railway flatcar. The new buses were intended to help improve Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit) service to Seattle's north end neighborhoods.

Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.190.09.01
Date: 1963
Creator(s): Harris, Ken, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.190.09.01, photo by Ken Harris
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Government and Public Services, Transportation

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