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- Men Posed by Fort Collins Municipal Railway Car #26, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935 - Before coming to the Henry Ford Museum, Streetcar 26 - a "Birney Safety Car" - operated on the Fort Collins Municipal Railway. Birneys were light, required only one operator, and featured built-in safety precautions. They worked well as a form of transit in the small Colorado city.
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Men Posed by Fort Collins Municipal Railway Car #26, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935
Before coming to the Henry Ford Museum, Streetcar 26 - a "Birney Safety Car" - operated on the Fort Collins Municipal Railway. Birneys were light, required only one operator, and featured built-in safety precautions. They worked well as a form of transit in the small Colorado city.
- Model of a Bus, circa 1933 -
- circa 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Model of a Bus, circa 1933
- "Woodward Avenue in Winter Attire," Streetcar and Pedestrians, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900 - Electrics streetcars started to replace horse-drawn streetcars as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They carried more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than horse-drawn streetcars. This is Detroit's Woodward Avenue line, about 1900.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
"Woodward Avenue in Winter Attire," Streetcar and Pedestrians, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900
Electrics streetcars started to replace horse-drawn streetcars as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They carried more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than horse-drawn streetcars. This is Detroit's Woodward Avenue line, about 1900.
- Airport Passenger Transportation Service at Ford Airport, February, 1928 - The terminal building at Ford Airport featured a well-equipped lounge and ticket office for passengers flying Stout Air Service, a commercial airline established by William Stout after selling his airplane company to Ford in 1925. This Model T bus, left, was part of the very first airport limousine service, which carried customers between Ford Airport and downtown Detroit, Michigan.
- February 03, 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Airport Passenger Transportation Service at Ford Airport, February, 1928
The terminal building at Ford Airport featured a well-equipped lounge and ticket office for passengers flying Stout Air Service, a commercial airline established by William Stout after selling his airplane company to Ford in 1925. This Model T bus, left, was part of the very first airport limousine service, which carried customers between Ford Airport and downtown Detroit, Michigan.