Description: |
Public transportation during gasoline rationing. A crowd of people try to get onto an already-full bus. Cramped conditions inside a bus. New types of transportation used in other places. Image Access WideTEK 25 Buses: Local and Long Distance. No more. 143974. All Around Town. With warm days well be glad to sit or stand in any kind of truck. This contraption to haul 39 appeared in Washington, D.C., streets. 15 in sedan, 24 in trailer. Thanks Mose. War Wagon Trailer. 9724. Capacity 80 person. Saint Louis Rapid Transit. What became of plant to make such here as sample made here last year? 97. 4734. 100 like this ordered by St. Louis, where made of non-strategic material--Masonite and plywood body on frame once used to transport autos. On suitcase. On laps. On armrest. Tall soldier stands for miles with head bent. Till I stretch. Note: Soldiers ride in luggage rack...cramped legs for he who sits over wheel box in this type. Then--there is the model that seats 114--would we had 100 such. War Worker Special. This big box like affair on a small truck runs about Evansville. You ought to ride The Sardine Special to Camp Breckinridge. |
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Origin: | 2014 |
Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1610 |
Collection: |
Karl K. Knecht Collection |
Copyright: |
Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. |
Subjects: |
Home Front Traffic Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States World War, 1939-1945 |
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