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Title
D7071-5
Date(s)
- 1938-02-06 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In 1938 Tacoma Rail and Power began replacing the streetcars on the South Tacoma line with buses. In this photograph, four men inspect the engine of one of the new 31-passenger buses built in Kent, Ohio. Some of the new 10-bus fleet began service on February 13, 1938 in South Tacoma running to 54th and South Tacoma Way. The buses followed the route of the soon to be abandoned street car line. (T. Times, 2/7/1938, p.1).
Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Mass transit--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940;