BUS DOUBLE DECKER UNITED
B/W print. Double decker bus, light colour with dark stripe on side of upper and lower levels. Signwritten on lower level [PERTH. NEDLANDS. DALKEITH. CLAREMONT.] partly obscured by two men, one in dark clothing the other in knee length light coloured bus drivers' dust coat. In the railway yard behind the bus and fence is a steam train, the engine visible on the left and the top of a carriage on the right. An advertising hoarding on the right is a cigarette advertisement with […it's smart to smoke ARDATHS] Hand printed on the rear [CLAREMONTS D.D.BUS] and rubber stamp [CLAREMONTS D.D. BUS]
Inter-suburban private bus service established in 1931 travelled between Claremont and Perth via Victoria Avenue and Jutland Parade. It possessed the only Perth double decker bus. Norfolk pines removed from Bayview Tce 1930s, in an attempt to introduce double decker buses. Unsuccessful as the ship carrying one was torpedoed near Suez, the other was damaged by fire in depot, 32 Gugeri St, Claremont, behind the hotel. Buses were painted cream with a broad dark green strip containing cream writing. Conductresses' uniforms were fawn with brown piping in summer (04.113a) and dark brown in winter. Money bag was brown leather with shoulder strap and a pocket to hold oblong leather folder with tickets of varying denomination.
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