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Mr. Linsky BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 5071 Location: BRENTWOOD, CA. - WOODMERE, N.Y.
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: 'WERE BUS PASSENGERS SHORTER IN THE 1930's?' |
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This question was originally asked on BusTalk.net by our own Q65A on September 19th. 2006, and my answer was something like this;
There is no question that the average American is taller today than nearly a century ago by virtue of our more nutritious diets and the far better medical care that we receive (and it may be that the earth's magnetic field has weakened as well - but I'm not sure about that!).
Inasmuch as the inquiry related to buses though, I thought it more fitting to have asked whether bus ceiling were lower in the 1930's?
The answer is a definite yes and by as much as a foot or more as compared to today's low floor jobs.
However, when it came to tight quarters nothing could compare with the lower levels of Yellow's Double Decked Model 720's and 735's (pictured below) used by both Fifth Avenue Coach and Chicago Motor Coach in the 30's and 40's.
Any passenger as tall as six feet in height found it rather uncomfortable negotiating the aisle to a seat.
Photo courtesy of GM Photographic Section.
Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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