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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV988.9.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV988.9.2
Description
"The Buzzer" was a weekly newsletter published by BC Electric Railway Co. and distributed on busses and streetcars. It gave weekly updates for transporation in the region. This Vol 40, No 16, for April 20, 1955. It is a special edition entitled "Rails to Rubber" and outlines the progress of the company and transporation from 1890 to 1955 when Street Cars were replaced with Busses. It advertises "YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED / TO TAKE A LAST RIDE / FREE / aboard / VANCOUVER'S STREET CARS / ON / SUNDAY, APRIL 24 - 1 to 5 PM / See / OLD No 53 at the P.N.E. / Cerimonies / Marking Completion of the Change / from / RAILS TO RUBBER / commence at 3 PM / in the GARDEN BUILDING"
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
Object Term
Serial
Maker
British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
British Columbia
Site/City Made
Vancouver
Patent Date
04/20/1955
Subjects
Transportation
Transportation - Buses
Images
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