COLLECTION NAME:
Streetcar Advertising Cards
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Streetcar Advertising Cards
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Filename:
E318.jpg
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E318.jpg
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Category:
Transportation
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Transportation
Category
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Company:
Washington Motor Coach System - Seattle, WA
company
Washington Motor Coach System - Seattle, WA
Company
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Coverage:
Regional
coverage
Regional
Coverage
false
Product Status:
Company No Longer in Business
product_status
Company No Longer in Business
Product Status
false
Headline:
Washington Motor Coach System
headline
Washington Motor Coach System
Headline
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Card Text:
Now an additional 4th Trip East Via Missoula and Butte along the Northern Short Route Convenient service to all Pacific Coast Points Washington Motor Coach System Trent & Howard Main 1351
card_text
Now an additional 4th Trip East Via Missoula and Butte along the Northern Short Route Convenient service to all Pacific Coast Points Washington Motor Coach System Trent & Howard Main 1351
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Date:
ca1930's
date
ca1930's
Date
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Size:
11" x 21"
size
11" x 21"
Size
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Remarks:
WASHINGTON MOTOR COACH SYSTEM�CROSSTATE ROUTE / NORTHWEST GREYHOUND LINES, INC.�The Washington Motor Coach System was a bus line formed in 1925 by combining the certificates of a number of smaller companies. In January 1938 WMCS significantly expanded when it merged with the�Yakima Motor Coach Company, Inc., the�Olympic Motor Coach Company, Inc., and the�Spokane-Butte Motor Coach Company, Inc., faithfully serving Washington, Idaho and Montana. On Tuesday, February 25, 1947,�The Greyhound Corporation�announced it had acquired control of the Washington Motor Coach System, which was then operating in four Pacific northwest states. Greyhound president Orville S. Caesar announced that 96 per cent of WMCS� outstanding stock was purchased. At the acquisition the name of the company was changed from Washington Motor Coach System to�Northwest Greyhound Lines, Inc.
remarks
WASHINGTON MOTOR COACH SYSTEM�CROSSTATE ROUTE / NORTHWEST GREYHOUND LINES, INC.�The Washington Motor Coach System was a bus line formed in 1925 by combining the certificates of a number of smaller companies. In January 1938 WMCS significantly expanded when it merged with the�Yakima Motor Coach Company, Inc., the�Olympic Motor Coach Company, Inc., and the�Spokane-Butte Motor Coach Company, Inc., faithfully serving Washington, Idaho and Montana. On Tuesday, February 25, 1947,�The Greyhound Corporation�announced it had acquired control of the Washington Motor Coach System, which was then operating in four Pacific northwest states. Greyhound president Orville S. Caesar announced that 96 per cent of WMCS� outstanding stock was purchased. At the acquisition the name of the company was changed from Washington Motor Coach System to�Northwest Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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Source:
eBay - Internet
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eBay - Internet
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