1927 Blue Bird School Bus
Artifact
School bus
Date Made
1927
Summary
This 1927 Blue Bird is the oldest surviving school bus in America. Albert Luce, Sr., built his first bus in 1925 by mounting a purchased wood body to a Ford truck frame. The body could not withstand the Georgia roads. Luce, convinced he could make a better bus, applied a steel framework under the wood body. His success led him to make school buses full time.
Object ID
2007.73.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Albert L. Luce, Jr.
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1927 Blue Bird School Bus
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