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FROM THE PAST: Rotating Photographs of transportation in Saint Paul in past years
Homecroft bus - Children transported by the United States Army from Fort Snelling to Homecroft School in the 1920s.
Children transported by the United States Army from Fort Snelling to Homecroft School in the 1920s.
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Horsedrawn wagon transporting children from Fort Snelling to Homecroft School in about 1914

CTC Lift BusBV.jpg - A Columbia-Capitol Transit Corporation Lift Bus Loads at the newly opened Bridge View School around 1973
A Columbia-Capitol Transit Corporation Lift Bus Loads at the newly opened Bridge View School around 1973

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Columbia-Capitol Transit buses loading at one of the District's high schools in early 1970s

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A Columbia Transit lift bus ready to load at the wheelchair dock at the new Como Special Programs Unit in the early 1970s. Note: The dock has since been filled in and buses load at grade level

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Loading a wheelchair into a lift bus at the new Como Special Programs Unit in the early 1970s.

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Buses loading at Jefferson Elementary School in mid 1970s

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Driver training workshop 1975

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Snellingtoday.jpg - Snelling Terminal (FirstStudent) 2003
Snelling Terminal (FirstStudent) 2003

snelling 1953.jpg - Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1953
Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1953

Snelling1973.jpg - Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1973
Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1973

snelling1985.jpg - Snelling Terminal (Laidlaw) 1985
Snelling Terminal (Laidlaw) 1985

originalart_1.jpg - 1930's School Bus Brochure artwork by Navistar International
1930's School Bus Brochure artwork by Navistar International

1938 IH.bmp - 1938 Inetrnational brochure from Navistar International
1938 Inetrnational brochure from Navistar International

1922 brochure.bmp - 1922 International Brochure from Navistar International
1922 International Brochure from Navistar International





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1967 Advertisement for GM School Bus Chassis

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In the 1950s Chrevolet, Ford, GM, and International Harvester made school bus chassis. Ford generally was the dominant manufacturer and provided chassis to all school bus body plants/

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In the 1950s there were nine school bus body manufacturers, with Superior Coach operating two plants. Today the field is down to Blue Bird, IC, and Thomas, all of which are owned by or affiliated with a chassis manufacturer.

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