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You know this lot. It’s got that nifty web of electrical lines running above its sleeping coaches. Heather and Ed took some Muni-themed wedding photos there, as we posted about earlier this year. And then there’s all the other stuff you haven’t told us (now’s your chance!).
So, kudos, Retro Bus. If you’ve got other transit ephemera, share it with the Muni Time Capsule.
Photo courtesy Bernal History Project
Over on Muni Time Capsule today, we posted a couple photos of old streetcars and cable cars that used to run up and down the hills of San Francisco. Check it out over at Muni Time Capsule.
Thanks, Bernalwood.
Today over at Muni Time Capsule, Mike shares his old Muni tokens and a kick-ass token dispenser. Check it out.
Photo by Dexter Wong
Today at Muni Time Capsule, we published a couple of photos of old Muni fare tokens issued by Market Street Railway, ostensibly sometime before it merged with Municipal Railway in 1944.
Check out the old tokens and other Muni ephemera over at Muni Time Capsule.
sallyw3000, who was featured in this post about the Fast Pass over at Chronicle Books, has a Flickr set to make any Muni nostalgia-minded fanatic drool. The collection ranges from September 1977 (pictured above) to April 1982.
I love how thematic the passes were. I wonder if that somehow added to their ability to be easily counterfeited. But check it out, a shamrock and a leprechaun hat for March? Books and sports equipment for September? Autumn leaves for November? It just goes on and on and on, until January 1980, when the passes started coming with magnetic strips and decidedly more boring, though still colorful, designs.
September 1979 is my favorite. That’s second-grader Nobuhiro Yamanishi’s art on the pass. “Catch Cavities,” indeed.
Muni rider “D” spots this elaborate Muni tattoo and asks: Do you think she’s going to upgrade (or downgrade) to a Clipper Card?