BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

This one is truly nostalgic (Park Row & Beekman, 1969)

The bus is still proudly carrying its original "OA" herald; the shows advertised on the ad posters further date this wonderfully nostalgic scene.

(1969 was also a VERY good year for the Amazin' New York Mets!)

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2588

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's another classic MaBSTOA shot, snapped in 1969.

Where in the HECK did a half-century get too??

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2438

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[Hart Bus]

[Hart Bus]

[Hart Bus]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's a few more random shots from the long-ago 70's.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2435 *

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2176

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2184 * (Blue #6713 is here signed "2A TO 8 ST.")

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*Note the batwing ad for the "10 O' Clock News with Bill Jorgensen"; my folks and I watched him from Day One! ("It's 10 PM. Do you know where you're children are?")

Notice, too, the ad for "Fiddler On The Roof" (One of my favorite movies of all time!); it seemed that virtually every New York bus, back then, carried an ad for "Fiddler" (ditto the subway car cards of that era!)

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Tremont & Arthur, 1974; another one of those old atmospheric "Noo Yawk" scenes.

Note that #6657 is still sporting the old MaBSTOA script above the windows, even though the old "OA" insignia has been replaced by a new MTA emblem.

Also, note the old store signage (remember record stores??)

The sign for ZENITH color television repair is QUITE dated today! (remember when TV dealers/repair shops were in virtually every neighborhood, back then?)

The old Coca-Cola sign itself is timeless.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1052

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's an interesting "something's up" scene from 1972 (Broadway & 135th)

# 6651 (for some reason) is stopped; note its driver starting down the steps; another bus is at the curb, with another "on the move", just behind #6651.

Looks like traffic might be a bit snarled for a bit.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2165

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[W.B. Fishbowl]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

As always, I greatly appreciate your sharing this great historical bus-related information!

Looking at all the MaBSTOA Fishbowl photos always me me think; had FACCo. still been an independent company in the 1960's, I would imagine that they, too, would have been purchasing large orders of New Looks to replace the Old Looks they were then operating.

I know some of the "square window" GM's (quite long in the tooth by this time), lasted into the mid-60's; I used to have a postcard showing traffic moving past RADIO CITY'.

The taxis were then still all sporting colorful liveries, and a square-window GM is seen amidst all the cabs, with a new Mustang (either a '64 or a '65) alongside.

I also remember, as a young lad, also riding on them several times.

Once again, the Ogden book on FACCo., as good as a photogenic source as it was, really left a huge void by BARELY giving the BRIEFEST of nods to the Fishbowl (we've discussed this elsewhere in the past)

I am also willing to wager that both younger MTA drivers and the vast majority of their passengers, have no idea that MaBSTOA ever existed.

It's sad to see so much colorful transit history ignored (ditto for the subways).....

"NYO"

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

I love this photo of an elderly, road-weary #1700, snapped back in the early 1960's.

Everything in this photo is truly dated now, nostalgia unmatched!

But, today, we easily recall the days when such scenes were simply "everyday".

Here, in my area of New Jersey, "square window" Old Looks were still quite common with some of the local "indy" outfits, lasting at least until about 1966, if memory serves me correctly.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3387

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Ahhhh, the 1970's........the days when MaBSTOA was still "on the job", and the streets of Gotham were graced by REAL buses (and NOT oversized milk cartons or giant Dustbusters!)

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2666

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2667

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2663

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2653

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