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Main Archive Index

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532 Main Archive Index Items Found for Database =

Item # Item Name Item Description Item Type Collection Section Collection Name
1032   3382613 Crown Ikarus Brochure  

3382613 Crown Ikarus Brochure

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1023   Burrowes Collection – Crown Supercoach Brochure – Late 1970s   Burrowes Collection - Crown Supercoach Brochure - Late ... ↓↓↓ 1970s
One PNG image for each of the 15 pages		     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1030   Corporate Brochure  

~1984 Corporate Brochure

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1024   Crown-Ikarus Blog by Serg Ivanoff  

Crown-Ikarus Blog by Serg Ivanoff via Facebook

     Magazine Article, News Clipping   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1028   Ikarus 286 Brochure  

Ikarus 286 Brochure

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1025   Ikarus 286 Pamphlet  

Ikarus 286 Pamphlet

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1027   IkarUS Brochure   IkarUS Brochure - For further information contact: Bill ... ↓↓↓ Coryell     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1026   LA RTD Newsletter – Metro  

Hungarian Articulated Bus

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1029   LA Times – 1983/05/04 News Clipping Hungarian-US Bus  

Hungarian-U.S. Bus Brings Both Jobs, Political Flak

     Magazine Article, News Clipping   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1031   Various Ikarus Photos  

Various Ikarus Photos

     Booklet/Brochure - Marketing   Builders   Builders/Manufacturers
1543   Bowen – 100-293-xx (Color) GMC Siversides Customization   Our Crown Corp archives contain many black and white Warren ... ↓↓↓ Bowen photos. But these are from Bowen color negatives of a GMC.
Based on Facebook comments, we understand this to be a 1947-48 Greyhound Silversides that was customized by Crown.
Another interesting thing in the color rear shot - the 1927 Sears store and mail-order warehouse on Olympic Blvd is visible, which means that the photos were taken on Orme Ave., by Soto St., in Wyvernwood Gardens, a spot where Dick Whittington and later Warren Bowen took photos from about 1940 until the late '60's. The proximity to the Crown plant helped helped make this a favorite spot.
The warehouse portion closed in 1992, but the retail store lasted until 2021, with 94 years of service. The building is proposed to be preserved and converted to other uses. Look up both Wyvernwood Gardens and Sears Warehouse Los Angeles for a peek at an interesting segment of Crown's history.
- Tom Shafer		     Image (Photograph / slide / negative)    
1541   Unknown – Trade Wind Tours Sky View 1956 (LM C5)  

From the Louk Markham collection

     Correspondence, Postcards, Notes, Etc    
1537   DIGITAL-Tom Baker Collection-246   Peerless Stages 246 via J R Vintage Images.
Tom Baker ... ↓↓↓ purchsed this print from J R Vintage Images at the AACAM/MOBT Spring Fling 6/2025.
Former PBM President, Jim Husing, was the photographer from the 1990s. The bus was owned by Richard Twining, who was PBM’s first President and owner of Scenic Hyway Tours.		     Image (Photograph / slide / negative)   Main Archive Index   Digital Archives
1538   DIGITAL-Tom Baker Collection-80   Bay Rapid Transit 80 via J R Vintage Images.
Tom Baker ... ↓↓↓ purchsed this print from J R Vintage Images at the AACAM/MOBT Spring Fling 6/2025.		     Image (Photograph / slide / negative)   Main Archive Index   Digital Archives
1539   DIGITAL-Tom Baker Collection-Scenic Hyway Tours   Scenic Hyway Tours via J R Vintage Images.
Tom Baker ... ↓↓↓ purchased these prints from J R Vintage Images at the AACAM/MOBT Spring Fling 6/2025.		     Image (Photograph / slide / negative)   Main Archive Index   Digital Archives

 

Photographs – Bus Photos

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270 Crown Photo Items Found for Database =

Item # Photo Series Photo Label Collection Section Collection Name
Photo-6076 06.120.xx Hall-Scott Truck Chassis – Dick Whittington xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

06.120.1
unknown

Photo-6081 312-8-xx (Special) Cross View Mirror Visibility – Dick Whittington xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

0312-8-2
circa 1955

0312-8-1
circa 1955


circa 1955

0312-8-1
circa 1955

Photo-6083 86.88.xx Fleet – L.A. City Schools – Dick Whittington xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

86.88.2
circa 1948

Photo-6086 Un-Numbered Delano Joint U.H.S. – Dick Whittington xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

Possibly 8-112-xx
Mid 1930s

8-112-1
1930s or 1940s

##.###.02
1930s

##.###.01
1930s

Photo-6096 100-377-xx & 100-378-xx Army Tank Automotive Center (ATAC) Ambulance Conversion – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-377-02
8/20/1971

Kodak snapshot

100-378-01
10/22/1971

###-###-##
1971

100-377-3
8/20/1971

100-377-01
8/20/1971

100-377-05
8/20/1971

100-377-4
8/20/1971

100-378-3
10/22/1971

19712
1971

Photo-15081 100-295- Grand Teton Lodge Company 6/13/1966 – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-295-10
6/13/1966

Photo-6101 100-315-xx Duarte-Sightseeing & Slim Holt Coach – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-315-05
5/2/1967

100-315-02
5/2/1967

100-315-color
5/2/1967

100-315-04
5/2/1967

100-315-06
5/2/1967

100-315-03
5/2/1967

Photo-6103 100-307-01 Highway Post Office – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-307-01
3/20/1967

100-307-color
3/20/1967

Photo-6105 100-305-A-1 Mobile Library – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-305-A-2
1/4/1967

100-305-A-1
1/4/1967

Photo-6107 100-298-xx El Rancho USD Mobile Library – Warren Bowen xPhotographs / Negatives / Slides yPhotos
 

100-298-01
8/26/1966

100-298-04
8/26/1966

100-298-02
8/26/1966

100-298-03
8/26/1966

 

Manufacturers & Builders

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49 Builders Found for Database =

Item ID # Builders Name Builders Location
Builder-35775 Flyer Industries, Ltd. Winnipeg, MAN
Builder-35776 Ford Motor Co. Detroit, MI
Builder-35777 General Motors Diesel Division of Canada London, ONT
Builder-35778 General Motors Truck & Coach Division Pontiac MI
Builder-35779 Gillig Corp Hayward, CA
Builder-35780 Grumman Bethpage, NY
Builder-35781 Kenworth Motor Truck Corp. Seattle, WA
Builder-35782 M.AN Truck & Bus Corp Southfield, MI
Builder-35783 Mack trucks, Inc Allentown. PA
Builder-35784 Marmon-Herrington, Inc. Indianapolis, IND
Builder-35785 Motor Coach Industries Winnipeg, MAN
Builder-35786 Neoplan (Gottlob Atwater KG) Stuttgart, GER
Builder-35787 Orion Bus & Truck Industries Mississauga, ONT
Builder-35788 Pickwick Motor Coach Works Inglewood, CA
Builder-35789 Pontiac Division, GMC Pontiac, MI

 

Crown Build Records

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Transit Operators & Carriers

  • Searching Carriers for: Keywords = “” or Database = “” or ID = “”

 

262 Carriers Found for Database =

ID # Operator Name Operator Location Operator Type
Carrier-34891 Airport Service, Ind Long Beach, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34892 AirporTransit Los Angeles, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34893 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) Oakland, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34897 Amador Stage Lines Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34900 Amtrak Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34902 Antelope Valley Bus Lancaster, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34903 Antelope Valley Lines XXX repeated Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34905 Asbury Rapid Transit System Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34907 Atkinson Transportation Co. Los Angeles, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34908 Atlanta Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority XXX Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34909 Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority XXX Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34910 Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway Bakersfield, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34911 Bakersfield Municipal Transit System Bakersfield, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34912 Bakersfield Transit Co. Bakersfield, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)
Carrier-34913 Barrett Transportation San Francisco, CA Common Carrier (Regulated)

 

Crown Customers

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1440 Crown Operators Found for Database =

Operator Name Operator Location
7K Transit Compnay PO Box 22528, Houston, Texas
A.B. Fletcher 1700 E. Court, Des Moines, Iowa
A&A Enterprises
A&A Enterprises DUPLICATE – See Montebello Unified School District #31 123 S. Montebello Blvd., Montebell, CA
Abbey Transportation System 4488 No. Blackstone Avenue
Fresno, CA
ABC Unified School District 16700 S. Norwalk Blvd., Cerritos, CA, 90701
17923 S. Pioneer Blvd., Artesia, CA
ABC Unified School District (Capistrano Union High School) Capistrano, CA
ABC Unified School District (Carmenta School District) 16534 S. Carmenita Rd, Norwalk, CA
Acalanes High School District
Acalanes Union High School
Achors’ Grey Line Motor Tours
Adelento School District 1824 Air Base Boad, Adelento, CA
Agua Fria Union High School District #210 P.O. BOX 818
Avondale, AZ
AH Belo Corporation
Ahtanum Valley School District 128

 

Book Library

  • Searching Book Library for: Keywords = “” or Database = “” or ID = “”

 

134 Books Found for Database =

Item ID # Title Author ISBN
Library-34872 Seattle Trolkey Coaches – Interurbans Special 54 Harre W Demoro
Library-34873 Trolejbusy – Chonutov – Jirkov VojtΔ›ch Wolf
Library-34853 Federal transit subsidies – The urban mass transportation assistance program George W Hilton
Library-34793 Motorized Fire Apparatus of the West, 1900-1960 – Wayne Sorenson,Donald F. Wood 9780933449114
Library-34794 Modern Intercity Coaches: A Review of Over-The-Road Coaches and Manufacturers Active in the United States and Canada from 1953 to 1993 – A Review of Over-the-road Coaches and Manufacturers Active in the United States and Canada from 1953 to 1993 Larry Plachno 9780933449275
Library-34795 Modern Intercity Coaches: A Review of Over-The-Road Coaches and Manufacturers Active in the United States and Canada from 1953 to 1993 – A Review of Over-the-road Coaches and Manufacturers Active in the United States and Canada from 1953 to 1993 Larry Plachno 9780933449275
Library-34796 Ferries of America: A Guide to Adventurous Travel – Sarah Bird Wright 9780934601139
Library-34797 The London Bus: 80 Years of Capital Service – Alan Millar 9780946219414
Library-34798 Routemaster – Unknown Author 9780946219537
Library-34799 Allison Power of Excellence 1915-1990 – Allison Transmission Division General Motors – William A. Schoneberger,Paul Sonnenburg 9780962707414
Library-34800 Flxible: A history of the bus and the company – Robert R. Ebert 9780966075120
Library-34801 Scenicruising – Paul Von Fange 9781329425088
Library-34802 British Buses and Coaches in the Late 1970s – Stephen Dowle 9781445681351
Library-34803 The General Motors New Look Bus Photo Archive – John H. McKane 9781583880074
Library-34804 The General Motors New Look Bus Photo Archive – John H. McKane 9781583880074

 

PeriodicalsΒ Library

  • Searching Periodicals for: Keywords = “” or Database = “” or ID = “”

 

617 Periodicals Found for Database = “”

Item ID # Publication Volume/Issue Date Summary Printed Copies?
Periodicals-47968 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

JG Brill Market Street Railway Trolley #52

    		 1
    Periodicals-47965 MBS – Special Bulletin Members-Only Members-Only

      Periodicals-47969 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

      Yellow 3600s TG-3605,3601,3602

        		 1
        Periodicals-47981 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

        Mack CM

          		 1
          Periodicals-47973 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

          GM S8M-5304A Suburban

            		 1
            Periodicals-47974 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

            GM PD-4106, 1934 Yellow 711

              		 1
              Periodicals-47975 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

              1936 AFC H-9-P

                		 1
                Periodicals-47976 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                Twin Model 40

                  		 1
                  Periodicals-47987 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                  Twin 30-A, 30-AS, 30-S

                    		 1
                    Periodicals-47972 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                    White 782

                      		 1
                      Periodicals-47971 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                      Ford Transit

                        		 1
                        Periodicals-47970 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                        MCI MC-5

                          		 1
                          Periodicals-47986 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                          1951 Pullman-Standard Trackless Trolley

                            		 1
                            Periodicals-47988 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                            1971 AM General 10240

                              		 1
                              Periodicals-47980 Model Coach News Members-Only Members-Only

                              Flxible Clipper

                                		 1

                                 

                                 

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