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- Ford School Bus Used in the Fordson School District, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1931 - Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis. The automaker provided everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This 1932 Ford school bus served the Fordson School District in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
- October 06, 1931
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Ford School Bus Used in the Fordson School District, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1931
Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis. The automaker provided everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This 1932 Ford school bus served the Fordson School District in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
- Ford Bus, October 1931 - Ford Motor Company introduced a new Model AA passenger bus in December 1931. It was based on Ford's school bus, introduced earlier in the year, but the passenger bus featured a taller roof to accommodate 21 adult riders. Union City Body Company of Indiana supplied the bus bodies. Prices for Ford's passenger bus started at $1,800.
- October 28, 1931
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Ford Bus, October 1931
Ford Motor Company introduced a new Model AA passenger bus in December 1931. It was based on Ford's school bus, introduced earlier in the year, but the passenger bus featured a taller roof to accommodate 21 adult riders. Union City Body Company of Indiana supplied the bus bodies. Prices for Ford's passenger bus started at $1,800.
- Ford School Bus Used in the Fordson School District, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1931 - Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis. The automaker provided everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This 1932 Ford school bus served the Fordson School District in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
- October 06, 1931
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Ford School Bus Used in the Fordson School District, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1931
Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis. The automaker provided everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This 1932 Ford school bus served the Fordson School District in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
- Ford Bus, January 1932 - Ford Motor Company added school buses to its lineup in 1931, and late that summer it introduced a modified version for general transit service. The Type 330-B bus featured metal window guards and a built-up roof panel to give more headroom for 21 adult passengers. Ford's bus bodies were supplied by Union City Body Company of Indiana.
- January 26, 1932
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Ford Bus, January 1932
Ford Motor Company added school buses to its lineup in 1931, and late that summer it introduced a modified version for general transit service. The Type 330-B bus featured metal window guards and a built-up roof panel to give more headroom for 21 adult passengers. Ford's bus bodies were supplied by Union City Body Company of Indiana.
- Ford Bus Used by Midland Motor Bus Co., 1932 - Ford Motor Company added school buses to its lineup in 1931, and late that summer it introduced a modified version for general transit service. The Type 330-B bus featured metal window guards and a built-up roof panel to give more headroom for 21 adult passengers. Ford's bus bodies were supplied by Union City Body Company of Indiana.
- November 03, 1932
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Ford Bus Used by Midland Motor Bus Co., 1932
Ford Motor Company added school buses to its lineup in 1931, and late that summer it introduced a modified version for general transit service. The Type 330-B bus featured metal window guards and a built-up roof panel to give more headroom for 21 adult passengers. Ford's bus bodies were supplied by Union City Body Company of Indiana.
- Announcing the Ford School Bus for the Safe and Economical Transportation of Children, August 1931 - Ford added school buses to its product line in 1931. The Model AA school bus featured a steel body on a 157-inch wheelbase chassis. It accommodated 32 students -- 20 on two seats running lengthwise along the sides, and 12 on six crosswise seats down the center. Safety glass was standard for all windows, and three doors eased loading and unloading.
- August 01, 1931
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Announcing the Ford School Bus for the Safe and Economical Transportation of Children, August 1931
Ford added school buses to its product line in 1931. The Model AA school bus featured a steel body on a 157-inch wheelbase chassis. It accommodated 32 students -- 20 on two seats running lengthwise along the sides, and 12 on six crosswise seats down the center. Safety glass was standard for all windows, and three doors eased loading and unloading.
- Safety Has Been Built into the Ford School Bus, 1932 - Not surprisingly, safety is a long-running theme in school bus advertising. Ford Motor Company promoted several of its bus's safety features in this 1932 advertisement published in <em>American School Board Journal</em>. The ad calls out the all-steel construction, the use of safety glass in every window, and the full-length exhaust pipe that carries engine fumes away from passengers.
- January 01, 1932
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Safety Has Been Built into the Ford School Bus, 1932
Not surprisingly, safety is a long-running theme in school bus advertising. Ford Motor Company promoted several of its bus's safety features in this 1932 advertisement published in American School Board Journal. The ad calls out the all-steel construction, the use of safety glass in every window, and the full-length exhaust pipe that carries engine fumes away from passengers.
- We've Proved Its Safety! Its Economy! Its Endurance! Ford Bonus Built School Bus Safety Chassis, 1948 - Ford emphasized the safety, economy, and reliability of its school bus chassis in this 1948 advertisement published in several professional education journals. The "Bonus Built" slogan was used with all of Ford's trucks and buses that model year -- suggesting that the all-new designs gave customers more than their money's worth.
- 1948
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We've Proved Its Safety! Its Economy! Its Endurance! Ford Bonus Built School Bus Safety Chassis, 1948
Ford emphasized the safety, economy, and reliability of its school bus chassis in this 1948 advertisement published in several professional education journals. The "Bonus Built" slogan was used with all of Ford's trucks and buses that model year -- suggesting that the all-new designs gave customers more than their money's worth.
- Ford Bus, October 1931 - Ford Motor Company introduced a new Model AA passenger bus in December 1931. It was based on Ford's school bus, introduced earlier in the year, but the passenger bus featured a taller roof to accommodate 21 adult riders. Union City Body Company of Indiana supplied the bus bodies. Prices for Ford's passenger bus started at $1,800.
- October 28, 1931
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Ford Bus, October 1931
Ford Motor Company introduced a new Model AA passenger bus in December 1931. It was based on Ford's school bus, introduced earlier in the year, but the passenger bus featured a taller roof to accommodate 21 adult riders. Union City Body Company of Indiana supplied the bus bodies. Prices for Ford's passenger bus started at $1,800.
- Interior of Ford School Bus, 1932 - Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales. On its truck chassis, the automaker offered everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This photo, taken inside a 1932 Ford school bus, shows how capacity was maximized with seats running along the sides and down the center.
- November 08, 1932
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Interior of Ford School Bus, 1932
Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales. On its truck chassis, the automaker offered everything from police patrol vans and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. This photo, taken inside a 1932 Ford school bus, shows how capacity was maximized with seats running along the sides and down the center.