Name/Title
Interurban Bus loaned itemsEntry/Object ID
L2023.1Description
Interurban collage, rate card and toy bus on loan from Phyllis Yff of the Interurban Transit Authority (Bus)
Three items:
1. matchbox-style blue bus toy,
2. 16x22" collage of newspaper stories and Polaroid photos of Interurban opening day
3. blue interurban rate card
Conditions of Loan:
Return to Interurban office when exhibit is over or if not needed for exhibit.
Ms. Yff also brought a bag of branded stress balls, post-it note pads and slap bracelets that are a gift and do not need to be returned.Context
Documents the success of artist Cora Bliss Taylors letter-writing campaign to establish public transportation in the township.
Commercial Record newspaper clipping includes photos of Cora Bliss Taylor, Interurban dispatcher Art Colby, driver Gordon Durham, driver Mala Boyce, coordinator Cherie Giller, dispatcher Bobbi McCray, driver Hilton Brown and driver Linda Sobol (not shown drivers Don Davis and Odessa Hurd) and Rob Krause with his winning logo design. The first dispatch office was in the Saugatuck Village Hall.Cataloged By
Winthers, SallyLocation
Room
HerStory Exhibit July 2023-Sept. 2024Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Interurban Transit Authority (Bus), Yff, Phyllis, Taylor, Cora Bliss 1889-1986, Quade, Phillip, Durham, Gordon William 1919-1997, McCray, Bobbi, Brown, Darius Hilton "Hilt" 1917-2007, Krause, Robert "Bob" E. Sr.Create Date
April 6, 2023Update Date
November 18, 2023
