Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus

Photograph of Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus that traveled to and from Grand Boulevard via River and Carpenter Avenue. This jitney bus may be the General Motors Company model Andrew Bjorkman placed in operation on Saturday, January 27, 1917, in Iron Mountain.  The man standing at the bus door is unidentified, but the man with the crutch was Peter "Peggy" Merzlac. The ride cost five cents, payable when entering the vehicle. [WJC Photo], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: Photograph of Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus that traveled to and from Grand Boulevard via River and Carpenter Avenue. This jitney bus may be the General Motors Company model Andrew Bjorkman placed in operation on Saturday, January 27, 1917, in Iron Mountain. The man standing at the bus door is unidentified, but the man with the crutch was Peter "Peggy" Merzlac. The ride cost five cents, payable when entering the vehicle. [WJC Photo]
Subject(s): Buses, Portraits
Iron Mountain (Mich.)
Date Created: 1900