Bus Parade, Calhoun Street

Description:

Sepia photograph of three parked buses in front of the Francis Marion Hotel (387 King Street) on the Calhoun Street side. This appears to have been a stop during the bus parade celebrating the new bus line and the retirement of the streetcars. Paine shot the image from an elevated position across the street in the Enston Building (381 King Street) and noted the date and time along with his camera settings on reverse, "New S.C.P.C. Bus Line debarks banquet guests at Hotel celebrating last of the Trolleys. Chas. S.C. Feb. 3 1938 Photo by M.B. Paine. Speed Graphic 4x5 Zeiss 16.5 Agfa Pan Press Film B.S. 12:00 P.M. F11. 1/135th 95 ft. focus. News Bro."

• Title: Bus Parade, Calhoun Street
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: February 3, 1938

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 3580

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