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Shows African American bus driver seated in open-sided passenger bus. Four sailors stand by the bus. Sign on bus states that round-trip rides cost 25 cents. The sailors were probably stationed at the Dinner Key Naval Station. View was probably shot during World War I, in Coconut Grove.

Title
Sailors Outside Coconut Grove-Miami Bus
Date
1917
System Control No.
FI22020490_00001
Other Identifiers
local: X-0092-3
Subject
Bus lines
Subject (Geographic)
Coconut Grove (Miami, Fla.)
Dinner Key Naval Air Station (Miami, Fla.)
Type
Image
Genre
Photographs
Holding Institution
Museum of Miami
Finding Aid
South Florida Photograph Collection Finding Aid (https://www.historymiamiarchives.org/south-florida-photograph-collection-1870-2017)
Owning Institution
Museum of Miami
Collection Information
South Florida Photograph Collection at HistoryMiami Museum. Collection No. HMA0014
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