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Pacific Bus Museum

The museum archives contain a wealth of information about Manufacturers & Builders Files. These files are based on the collections of Robert A Burrowes and Jerry Squier, who donated their files to the museum. These files have been collated and added to over the years.

Manufacturers & Builders Files

This database contains our list of Manufacturers & Builders:

Searching Builders for: Keywords = “” or Database = “” or ID = “”

49 Builders Found for Database =

Item ID #	Builders Name	Builders Location
Builder-35760	ACF-Brill (American Cat & Foundry Co.)	Philadelphis, PA
Builder-35761	Aerocoach General American Aerocoach Co.)	Chicago, IL)
Builder-35762	AM General	South Bend, IN
Builder-35763	Austin Utility Coach	El Segundo, CA
Builder-35764	Blue Bird Body Co.	Fort Valley, GA
Builder-35765	C.D. Beck & Co.	Sidney, OH
Builder-35766	Chance Coach	Wichita, KS
Builder-35767	Chevrolet Motor Co. Division of GMC	Detroit, MI
Builder-35768	Crown Coach Corp	Los Angeles, CA
Builder-35769	Crown-Ikarus	Los Angeles, CA
Builder-35770	DINA (Diesel Nacional S.A)	Monterrey, MEX
Builder-35771	EagleInternarional, Inc	Brownsville, TK
Builder-35772	Fageol Motors Co.	Oakland, CA
Builder-35773	FitzJohn Coach Co.	Muskegon, MI
Builder-35774	Flxible Co.	Loudonville, OH

Archive Catalog Items

Our Archive Catalog is an index of all of the individual items that we have itemized. There are a great many things that have not, yet, be cataloged. We expect this list to keep growing.

Searching Main Archive Index: Keywords = “” or Database = “” or ID = “”

532 Main Archive Index Items Found for Database =

Item #	Item Name	Item Description	Item Type	Collection Section	Collection Name
1544	Hunley – Peerless 246 Drawing 1994	`Hunley - Peerless 246 Drawing 1994 (mounted and framed)`	`Image (Photograph / slide / negative)`	Uncatalogued	~Purgatory – To Be Cataloged
1549	Pacific Greyhound San Francisco	`Pacific Greyhound San Francisco Undated PHOTOCOPY With the ... ↓↓↓ iconic Golden Gate Bridge under construction in the background implies this is sometime between 1933 and 1937... But if you look closely, the bridge appears to be drawn into this photo.`	`Image (Photograph / slide / negative)`	Uncatalogued	~Purgatory – To Be Cataloged
1546	Pickwick Nite Coach 2 Gladys	`It is generally understood that there were only four or five ... ↓↓↓ Pickwick Nite Coaches were built. These are photos of the 2nd Nite Coach, which was named Gladys, after Charles F. Wren's second daughter. Of the many images of Nite Coaches, the front grill on this one is noticeably different from the others. And this collection shows a rare view of the back of the bus.`	`Image (Photograph / slide / negative)`	Uncatalogued	~Purgatory – To Be Cataloged
1038	Misc Artifacts	`Embree - 1957/04/15 Interestate Commerce Commission ... ↓↓↓ Order Embree - 1976/03/02 Newspaper Bus Drivers Strike Embree - 1982 Map Bakersfield - Los Angeles Western Transit - 1984/02 Equipment Transfers - Embree 605-606`	`Magazine Article, News Clipping`	Uncatalogued	~Purgatory – To Be Cataloged

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