Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus
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] |
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Subject(s): | Buses, Portraits Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1900 |
Title: | Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus. | |
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Name(s): |
Dickinson County Library, contributor Cummings, William John, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | 1900 | |
Physical Form: | photographs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
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] | |
Note(s): |
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 |
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Subject(s): |
Buses, Portraits Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
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Held by: | Dickinson County Library | |
Restrictions on Access: | No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
Is Part Of: | Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005 | |
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