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Bus station
An ink and watercolour illustration of two people sitting on a bench with pictures or windows on the wall behind them. The one on the right is a man and the one on the left is a woman, and they are both holding babies on their laps. There is a bag or purse on the floor by the woman's feet. The words "Bus station" are handwritten at the bottom of the illustration.

Bus station

DateDecember 1968
Names
FormatPicture
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Pen and ink drawings
    Medium
    Watercolours (paintings)
    DimensionsImage size: 22.9 cm x 15.2 cm (9 in. x 6 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Gail Geltner.
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderGeltner, Gail
      Object Number2023-10-1-6
      Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
      Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
      Bull, Ron
      4/10/1974
      Pat Reed, a Rosedale mother, monitors noise at the Castle Frank bus station
      Pat Reed, a Rosedale mother, monitors noise at the Castle Frank bus station
      Barkley, Harold
      3/2/1972
      Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
      Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
      Bull, Ron
      10/22/1975
      Strikers march on city hall, Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city bus(...)
      Strikers march on city hall, Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city bus(...)
      Roworth, Eddy
      5/25/1961
      His left leg amputated as a result of his three years in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, subway collector R. J.Flemming, 52, has been parking his car in subway station bus loops but the Toronto Transit Commission now has forbidden him to. Cabs wou
      His left leg amputated as a result of his three years in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, subway collector R. J.Flemming, 52, has been parking his car in subway station bus loops but the Toronto Transit Commission now has forbidden him to. Cabs wou
      Spremo, Boris
      11/22/1974
      Bus terminal expansion proposed for crowded station at Bay and Dundas would involve extending present second storey to cover area now used for boardin(...)
      Bus terminal expansion proposed for crowded station at Bay and Dundas would involve extending present second storey to cover area now used for boardin(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      11/17/1967
      U.S. border patrol agents Ron Chandler (left) and Pete Larrabee check the bus station in Buffalo in their search for aliens entering the States illega(...)
      U.S. border patrol agents Ron Chandler (left) and Pete Larrabee check the bus station in Buffalo in their search for aliens entering the States illega(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      2/23/1973
      People waiting to get on bus at Pape Station
      People waiting to get on bus at Pape Station
      Georgieff, Judy
      198-?
      T.T.C., bus #729, at gas station, Danforth Avenue, near Donlands Avenue
      T.T.C., bus #729, at gas station, Danforth Avenue, near Donlands Avenue
      Hardy, George
      1952
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #80 (North York Bus Lines), at garage, Danforth Avenue, south side, between Elward Boulevard & August Avenue
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #80 (North York Bus Lines), at garage, Danforth Avenue, south side, between Elward Boulevard & August Avenue
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1954
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #79 (North York Bus Lines), at garage, Danforth Avenue, south side, between Elward Boulevard & August Avenue
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #79 (North York Bus Lines), at garage, Danforth Avenue, south side, between Elward Boulevard & August Avenue
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1954
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #93 (North York Bus Lines), at T
      Danforth Bus Lines, bus #93 (North York Bus Lines), at T
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1954