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New Look Bus

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A vintage Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3270, is shown from a three-quarter front view on a city street, with a large CBS sign on a building behind it.

A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3270, on route 66 to Fairbanks and Ontario, with a CBS billboard in the background. July 27, 1971 · Fairbanks and Ontario, Chicago, IL

A red and white CTA bus with number 4419 is driving on a city street with buildings and a flag in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4419, heads down a city street on the C route to Broad & Geary. c. 1973 to 1986

A green and cream CTA bus, number 8336 on route 36 Broadway-Downtown, turns at a city street intersection lined with 1970s cars and tall buildings.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 8336, on route 36 Broadway-Downtown, is turning at an intersection on a sunny day. November 1973 · Clark and Armitage, Chicago, IL

Two green and white CTA buses, numbered 5321 and 5054, are parked side by side in a field of tall, dry grass under a clear blue sky.

Two retired Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, numbers 5321 and 5054, sit idle in an overgrown storage yard. November 22, 1975 · Storage yard, Chicago, IL

Two green and cream Chicago Transit Authority buses parked side by side in a field of tall, dry grass with industrial buildings in the background.

Two Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, fleet numbers 4089 and 4098, parked in a grassy yard. November 22, 1975 · 130th St, Chicago, IL

A white, red and blue SEPTA bus numbered 6568 is parked on a street with bare trees and buildings in the background under a grey sky.

A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority New Look bus, number 6568, in its red, white and blue livery, parked on a city street on an overcast winter day. c. 1978 to 1982

A green and white Chicago Transit Authority training bus, number BT2, is parked under a concrete underpass.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look training bus, numbered BT2, is pictured under an underpass. June 23, 1978 · Cermak and Ogden, Chicago, IL

A yellow and silver RTD bus numbered 5044 is parked in a yard, featuring a Salvation Army ad reading 'sharing is caring' and a destination sign showing '95 Not in Service'.

RTD GM New Look bus 5044, painted in yellow and silver livery with a Salvation Army advertisement, parked in a yard with its 95 route sign indicating 'Not in Service'. December 11, 1978 · 16th, Los Angeles, CA

A cream and silver GM New Look bus, number 5044, operated by RTD, is parked with its doors open, displaying a 'Not in Service' sign on the front, and a Salvation Army ad on the side.

RTD bus number 5044, a GM New Look model, is parked and out of service with a 'Not in Service' sign. December 11, 1978 · 16th and Griffith

A yellow and silver bus with the number 6054 and destination 'Los Angeles' drives on a multi-lane road under a clear blue sky, with large buildings in the background.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority bus 6054, a New Look model, is captured in motion on a city street with modernist buildings in the background. December 11, 1978 · Olive and 13rd Pl

A yellow and white bus with the number BW 56 on its front is parked on a city street next to a brick building, with two people standing under an elevated railway.

A Chicago Surface Lines GM New Look bus, number BW 56, is parked on a street next to a brick building with an elevated railway overhead. July 14, 1979 · Fullerton and Sheffield, Chicago, IL

A green and white CTA bus, number 7861, is shown from the front, with another CTA bus, number 731, partially visible to the left. A red Volvo 740 Turbo is in the foreground. The scene is under a large, rusty elevated train structure on a snowy street.

Two CTA buses, numbers 7861 and 731, operate under an elevated train structure on a city street in winter. c. 1980 to 1990

A yellow and cream city bus with the destination '93 Los Angeles' is turning a corner at an intersection marked '5th St' and 'ONE WAY'. Pedestrians are crossing the street and a 'WHOOPEE'S' snack bar is visible on the corner.

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority GMC New Look bus, number 2346, on route 93, drives down a city street at the intersection of 5th Street. December 9, 1980 · 5th and Hill

A green and white city bus drives down a street past a Zayre store, with cars and bare trees lining the road.

A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 420, operates on the 22 Clark-Harrison route past a Zayre store in the mid-1970s. December 13, 1982 · 22 and Chase

A red, white and green Illinois Central motor bus numbered 751 is parked on a wet, paved lot on an overcast winter day, with a station wagon and bare trees in the background.

Illinois Central bus 751, a GM New Look TDH-5303, is parked at a depot in Harvey, Illinois, bearing the destination 'I.C. DEPOT' and route 'I-57'. April 30, 1983 · Broadway, Harvey, IL

A red and cream CTA New Look bus, number 606, parked on a wet street with a brick building behind it, displaying route 353 Loop Express on its destination sign.

CTA New Look bus 606, route 353 Loop Express, is parked on a wet street in Harvey, Illinois, likely in the 1970s or early 1980s. April 30, 1983 · 154th and Park, Harvey, IL

A green and cream Chicago Motor Coach Company bus, number 605, is parked on a wet street in front of a large brick building with 'CHICAGO MOTOR COACH CO.' lettered on its facade.

Chicago Motor Coach Company bus 605, a GM New Look, is parked before the company's 5201 S. Cottage Grove Avenue garage in the early 1960s. March 25, 1984 · Cottage Grove

A light blue double-decker bus with a Continental Lite plane advertisement drives down a Chicago street, with a tall skyscraper and a red brick building in the background on an overcast day.

A Chicago Transit Authority double-decker bus, likely a New Look TDH-5303, is seen on a city street with a full-wrap Continental Lite advertisement in the late 1980s. c. 1987 to 1991

Front view of a yellow CTA bus, number BA135, with a broken windshield and a '16 Lake | Madison Ashland' destination sign, parked next to a green CTA bus in a gravel yard with bare trees.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number BA135, is parked in a yard with a cracked windshield, displaying the route '16 Lake | Madison Ashland'. February 21, 1987 · E and 2362, Englewood, IL

A red and cream CTA bus, number 3407, is parked on a city street with a destination sign reading 'ARCHER EXPRESS ARCHER-HARLEM' and pedestrians nearby.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3407, in red and cream livery, displays 'ARCHER EXPRESS' and 'ARCHER-HARLEM' on its front sign, parked at a city street corner. October 5, 1987 · Washington and Clark, Chicago, IL

A front three-quarter view of a white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1389, parked on a street under a bridge, next to a white van and near a food stand sign.

A weathered Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1389, parked on a city street under an overpass, with a white Ford van and a 'Demon Dogs' storefront in the background. October 4, 1988 · Fullerton and Sheffield, Chicago, IL

A white and orange GMC bus with the number 8270 is driving down a city street lined with trees and parked cars on a sunny day.

A Southern California Rapid Transit District GMC New Look bus, number 8270, on route 40 South Bay, navigating a tree-lined street in Inglewood, California. December 11, 1990 · Kelso and Market, Ingiewood, CA

A vintage orange and grey Union Pacific bus, numbered 27, with 'Road of The Streamliners' written on its side, parked outdoors with a clear blue sky above.

A Union Pacific Motor bus, numbered 27, featuring the 'Road of The Streamliners' livery, parked on a street under a clear sky. May 1991 · Sacramento, CA

A red and white GMC bus with 'Chicago Fire Dept. Training Division' lettering and fleet number 290, parked in a lot next to a brick building.

A GMC New Look bus, fleet number 290, in Chicago Fire Department Training Division livery, parked on a winter day. January 6, 1992 · Taylor and Clinton, Chicago, IL

Four red and white CTA buses parked in a line at a depot on a sunny day, with an apartment building behind them and overhead wires for trolleybuses visible.

Four Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses numbered 233, 200, 267, and 244 are parked in a row in a lot with overhead trolley wires and an apartment building in the background. August 7, 1992 · Long Beach Blvd and 15th St.

A white and green Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, marked BW 79, is parked on a city street beneath a large steel bridge, with a brick building visible in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, fleet number BW 79, sits parked at Leavitt and Wabansia under a steel railway bridge in the 1970s. August 23, 1992 · Leavitt and Wabansia, Chicago, IL

A white and yellow motor bus with 'The Bus' lettering and the number 344, displaying route 50 to Ewa Beach, is driving on a street with trees and buildings in the background.

A 'The Bus' New Look motor bus, number 344, on route 50 to Ewa Beach and Iroquois Housing in Honolulu. July 14, 1993 · Honolulu

A white, blue and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, numbered 4743 and marked for route 152 to Lakeshore Drive, is stopped at a street corner with several cars and a two-story brick building in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4743, on route 152 to Lakeshore Drive, stopped at an intersection in Chicago in 1994. 1994 · Addison and Nottingham, Chicago, IL

A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with red and blue stripes, number 9883, is driving on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Federal Express truck and a red car are visible behind it.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9883, operates on route 125 Water Tower Express along a downtown Chicago street in the 1990s. July 1994 · Wacker / Franklin, Chicago, IL

A white and red GM New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 7-794, drives down a street in Montreal, with a Nautilus Plus store in the background. September 1994 · Boul Taschereau and Provencher, Montreal, Quebec

A red and white double-decker tour bus with a bull head on top drives down a city street with cars and buildings in the background.

A red and white Chicago Motor Coach Company double-decker bus, number 541, with a large bull head on its roof, drives on a city street with other traffic. September 1995 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL

Two white and blue Chicago Transit Authority buses drive down a city street under an elevated train track, with a street sign for Wells Street visible on the left.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4110, is seen on Wells Street under an elevated railway structure in 1996, with another CTA bus following behind. 1996 · Hubbard and Wells, Chicago, IL

A white and red bus with a full Red Baron Pizza ad, showing route 230 to Rosemont, is on a street in front of a train station with a double-decker Amtrak train behind it.

A Pace motor bus, number 502, in a Red Baron Pizza advertisement wrap, is shown on a street in Des Plaines, Illinois, with an Amtrak train in the background. April 18, 1996 · Miner and Lee, Des Plaines, IL

A white and blue Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines motor bus, number 5180, is parked on a street with palm trees in the background; it features a 1986 Independence Day movie ad on its side.

Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines GM New Look bus number 5180, displaying a 1986 movie advertisement, parked on a sunny street. June 29, 1996 · Small Bl., Santa Monica, CA

Two white buses with red and blue stripes, one numbered 824, are on a city street with a dark gray Volkswagen Jetta in the foreground and a few people waiting at a bus stop.

Two GM New Look buses from Fort Worth Transit, numbered 824 and [?]06, operate on city streets in the late 1980s or early 1990s. March 14, 1997 · 6th and HOUSTON, Fort Worth, TX

A three-quarter front view of a white, red, and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 34193, parked on a city street with a pedestrian visible and a building in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 34193, is parked on a city street near the intersection of Clark and Randolph Streets, with a woman walking by. April 1997 · Randolph/Clark, Chicago, IL

A white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 7130 and route 135 on its sign is driving on a city street, with a red car in the foreground and tall buildings in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7130, on route 135 Wilson/LaSalle Express, is seen on a city street with a red 1980s Buick sedan in the foreground. May 1997 · La Salle and Lake, Chicago, IL

A white CTA bus with red and orange stripes, numbered 2844 and on route 26 Downtown, is parked on a street next to a sidewalk with two people and a large building in the background.

CTA bus 2844, a GM New Look, displays route 26 Downtown on a city street. June 4, 1997 · L8 and 4, Chicago, IL

A white and orange New Look bus with the number 1237 and destination '16 DOWNTOWN LA' is stopped at a street intersection with palm trees and city buildings in the background.

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1237, on route 16 to Downtown LA, at the intersection of Alameda Street under overcast skies. June 5, 1997 · 6th and Alameda

A line of white CTA buses with orange and red stripes are parked on a wet street, with the 'S.E. RYKOFF & CO.' building in the background.

A line of Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses parked on a wet street in front of the S.E. Rykoff & Co. building. June 5, 1997 · 7th and Alameda

A vintage red and cream bus with 'Illinois Railway Museum' on the side is parked under an elevated railway, with several people gathered around it.

A Chicago Surface Lines New Look bus, number 19, is on display under an elevated rail structure, surrounded by spectators at what appears to be a museum event. September 1997 · Wells and Quincy, Chicago, IL

Rear three-quarter view of a blue Pace bus covered in a snow mountain advertisement for Sparkling Spring water, parked under a bridge on a sunny day.

A Pace New Look bus with a Sparkling Spring water advertisement, parked under a concrete overpass. August 1998 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL

A green Pace motor bus with a Godzilla movie ad parked under an elevated highway, showing its rear and side.

A Pace bus, number 8866, featuring a promotional advertisement for the 1998 movie 'Godzilla', is parked under an overpass in Chicago. August 6, 1998 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL

Side view of a white Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 5612, parked on a street with a clear sky and a brick building in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus numbered 5612 is parked on a street, displaying a route sign for '88' and an advertisement reading 'The End of a Millennium? Or the Beginning of Forever?' March 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL

A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4291, is driving on a city street over a red truss bridge, with tall buildings in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4291, approaches a red truss bridge on a sunny day in downtown Chicago. September 2001 · La Salle and Chicago River, Chicago, IL