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Q65A
Age: 66 Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 1764 Location: Central NJ
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Outstanding MABSTOA pix!!!! Thanks for the memories!!! |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Q65A wrote: | Outstanding MABSTOA pix!!!! Thanks for the memories!!! |
Q65A:
My pleasure......anytime!
Besides the buses themselves, there are so many strong (and subtle!) nostalgic elements in those vintage photos.....classic autos, vintage streetlights, advertisements hawking long-outdated products, once-commonplace retail chains.......man, where have all the years gotten to so quickly??
Well....AT LEAST I can say I remember those classic buses!!
"NYO" |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Glenwood & Rockaway Parkway.......nostalgia rules supreme in this 1971 vintage street scene.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1674
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2379 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I presume that side sign was printed by Transign circa 1967, as there is no reference to 101A (a little slab of '101 3RD-LEX-AMST AVES' is seen above '103 59 STREET CROSSTOWN').
P.S. - R.I.P. Ringling Bros. / Barnum & Bailey Circus. |
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2379 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Glenwood & Rockaway Parkway.......nostalgia rules supreme in this 1971 vintage street scene.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1674
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The 1964 and 1966 Flxibles seemed to be the equivalent of an off-off-Broadway road show, given how they hardly penetrated Manhattan, vs. the GM Fishbowls ordered for MaBSTOA in that same time period that screamed "big time." |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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W.B. Fishbowl wrote: | NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Glenwood & Rockaway Parkway.......nostalgia rules supreme in this 1971 vintage street scene.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1674
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The 1964 and 1966 Flxibles seemed to be the equivalent of an off-off-Broadway road show, given how they hardly penetrated Manhattan, vs. the GM Fishbowls ordered for MaBSTOA in that same time period that screamed "big time." |
W.B:
Judging by the many vintage photos I have seen, I would tend to agree with you; GM's seemed to truly dominate the Manhattan routes, whereas the buses you mentioned seemed to be more or less "bit players" in a big Broadway production.......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Not a "Big Top" bus picture, but one that is simply too good not to post here (Park Row & Beekman, 1969)........
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1086
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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At 34th & 3rd Ave., 1970.
Note "Bus-O-Rama" ad proclaiming Ringling Bros. 100th Anniversary.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1159
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Recalling Bus-O-Rama "BARNUM" ads, GMC's, Checker cabs, and classic built-by-Detroit gas guzzlers (79th & 1st, 1981)........
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2912
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