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- Ford Bus with F-290 Body, 1930 - Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, built this bus body mounted onto a dual-rear-wheel Ford Model AA-157 chassis. Wayne Works manufactured bus bodies for horse-drawn and motorized platforms. The company shifted from wood to more durable steel bodies in the late 1920s. By the 1980s, Wayne Works was struggling with a shrinking bus market. The company declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Bus with F-290 Body, 1930
Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, built this bus body mounted onto a dual-rear-wheel Ford Model AA-157 chassis. Wayne Works manufactured bus bodies for horse-drawn and motorized platforms. The company shifted from wood to more durable steel bodies in the late 1920s. By the 1980s, Wayne Works was struggling with a shrinking bus market. The company declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- Ford School Bus, 1930 - Wayne Works built this bus body mounted onto a Ford Model AA-131 chassis. Based in Richmond, Indiana, Wayne Works produced bus bodies for horse-drawn and motorized platforms. The company shifted from wood to more durable steel bodies in the late 1920s. By the 1980s, Wayne Works was struggling with a shrinking bus market. The company declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Ford School Bus, 1930
Wayne Works built this bus body mounted onto a Ford Model AA-131 chassis. Based in Richmond, Indiana, Wayne Works produced bus bodies for horse-drawn and motorized platforms. The company shifted from wood to more durable steel bodies in the late 1920s. By the 1980s, Wayne Works was struggling with a shrinking bus market. The company declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- Wayne Works Catalog, "The Wayne School Car, Guaranteed School Transportation," circa 1922 - Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, promoted its school bus bodies in this circa 1922 catalog. Wayne marketed its versatile "Combination Transportation" bodies to rural school districts where road quality varied with the weather. These bodies could be mounted on motorized truck chassis when roads were dry or remounted on horse-drawn running gear when mud or snow required it.
- circa 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Wayne Works Catalog, "The Wayne School Car, Guaranteed School Transportation," circa 1922
Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, promoted its school bus bodies in this circa 1922 catalog. Wayne marketed its versatile "Combination Transportation" bodies to rural school districts where road quality varied with the weather. These bodies could be mounted on motorized truck chassis when roads were dry or remounted on horse-drawn running gear when mud or snow required it.
- Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne All Metal Section Bus Bodies," circa 1929 - Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- circa 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne All Metal Section Bus Bodies," circa 1929
Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne Presents a Complete Line of All-Metal School Bus Bodies," circa 1930 - Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne Presents a Complete Line of All-Metal School Bus Bodies," circa 1930
Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.