Pickwick Hotel with Greyhound Bus Terminal, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1931
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Bus terminals of the 1920s and 1930s were often located in hotels. The Pickwick organization owned the Pickwick bus line and operated a chain of hotels. They often built terminals inside or adjacent to their hotels. The bus terminal in their Kansas City, Missouri, hotel featured a turntable that rotated buses 180 degrees -- allowing buses to exit the same way they entered.
Bus terminals of the 1920s and 1930s were often located in hotels. The Pickwick organization owned the Pickwick bus line and operated a chain of hotels. They often built terminals inside or adjacent to their hotels. The bus terminal in their Kansas City, Missouri, hotel featured a turntable that rotated buses 180 degrees -- allowing buses to exit the same way they entered.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.119.35
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of William Luke.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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