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.

Photos from the history of student transportation in Saint Paul.

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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
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Columbia-Capitol Transit buses loading at one of the District's high schools in early 1970s
comoEl2
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
ComoLiftRamp
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
Drivertraining1970s_copy
Driver training workshop 1975
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Snellingtoday.jpg
Snelling Terminal (FirstStudent) 2003
snelling 1953.jpg
Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1953
Snelling1973.jpg
Columbia Transit Snelling Terminal 1973
snelling1985.jpg
Snelling Terminal (Laidlaw) 1985
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1930's School Bus Brochure artwork by Navistar International
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1938 Inetrnational brochure from Navistar International
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1922 International Brochure from Navistar International
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1939Picayune.jpg
1938Superior.jpg
IHbrochure.jpg
67gmschoolbus
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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56fordbus-6
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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1975_Wayne_Busette
ICHBus2
 

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