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Children From The Wines Field Summer Playground Program Board A Bus Headed To The Detroit Zoo, August 1953

Children From The Wines Field Summer Playground Program Board A Bus Headed To The Detroit Zoo, August 1953 image
Year:
1953
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 6, 1953
Caption:
Happy and excited, these children from Wines Field playground are off for the Detroit Zoo today. The zoo trip was planned as a special event for the final week of the city's supervised playground program. Group leaders boarding the bus are Jack Gallon (left) and Mrs. Arthur Basel.

Brian Diez Leaves Slauson By Bus On The Last Day Of School, June 2000 Photographer: Alan Warren

Brian Diez Leaves Slauson By Bus On The Last Day Of School, June 2000 image
Year:
2000
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 2000
Caption:
OH HAPPY DAY - Brian Diez, a sixth-grader at Slauson Middle School, sticks his head out of the school bus window to signal to his friends on the last day of school. The Ann Arbor school had a field day to celebrate the end of the school year on Friday.

Foggy Morning At South Main & Washington Streets, December 1946

Foggy Morning At South Main & Washington Streets, December 1946 image
Year:
1946
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 6, 1946
Caption:
WAYFARERS GROPE THROUGH FOG: A fog crept in over Ann Arbor in the early hours of this morning and lay heavily over the city until almost noon. Motorists, as shown in the above picture taken at S. Main and Washington Sts., turned on their headlights to cut through the gray blanket. Before noon, however, the mists had lifted and the day had become bright.

Trailways Bus Involved In An Accident On Jackson Road, September 1948

Trailways Bus Involved In An Accident On Jackson Road, September 1948 image
Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 4, 1948
Caption:
BUS-CAR CRASH INJURES ONE: This Trailway bus bears the marks of its impact with the rear of a passenger car on US-12 five miles west of Ann Arbor. The accident occurred when the driver of the heavy commercial vehicle drove into the back of the car to avoid colliding head-on with two oncoming machines. Driver of the automobile was Miss Phyllis Kennedy, 23, of 19 Cottage Lane, near W. Delhi Rd. She was the only person hurt, and her injuries were pronounced "not serious."

Lincoln School District Bus Drivers & Supervisor Inspect New Bus Windshield, September 1957

Lincoln School District Bus Drivers & Supervisor Inspect New Bus Windshield, September 1957 image
Year:
1957
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 23, 1957
Caption:
EXPERIENCED DRIVERS CHECK BUS: These three Lincoln School District bus drivers have a combined total of 79 years of experience operating Lincoln buses. They are checking the wide windshield of the newest bus with Lee Jones (right), mechanic and bus supervisor for the district. The drivers are (left to right) Woodrow Jones, Lee's brother, with 22 years; Mrs. Flora Bunton, the "dean" of the corps with 33 years; and Mrs. Lottie Towler with 24 years. Women outnumber men drivers by a 4 to 1 margin. Lincoln has a fleet of 21 buses. Below, Mrs. Bunton is pictured beside her bus in 1925. She first began driving buses a year earlier.