JEFFREY BUS_79TH ST. BUS 1974_02A
Driving a CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) bus in the 1970s required a fair amount of dexterity when having to drive, open doors front and back, make change and punch transfers for passengers. Smoking was allowed as seen in JEFFREY BUS_79TH ST. BUS 1974_00A and as difficult as it is to imagine, the windows were fixed and did not open. You can see the change device worn by the CTA conductor in JEFFREY BUS_79TH ST. BUS 1974_07A & 08A. The clothes are varied and were Made in the USA back in those years. There were more options in fabric, cut and style because there were more fabric mills during those years. In JEFFREY BUS_79TH ST. BUS 1974_00 the two women are wearing the typical bouffant hairstyle of that time period when woman went to the beauty shop once a week for a style and set till the following week. In JEFFREY BUS_79TH ST. BUS 1974_05A the young girl with a cat was a neighbor whose name is Barbara Hardy who lived across the street from us when we lived at 7835 South Saginaw, in a neighborhood called South Shore in Chicago. The remainder of the photos were taken on the 79th Street Bus and the No. 1 Jeffrey Express that took me downtown everyday when I commuted to the University of Illinois, Chicago. At this moment in time as I write the description these photos are 50 years old and today I am 69 years old. While I was a teenager in 1974 photographing what is known as street photography today I am a 69 year old grandmother who still hauls a camera around albeit for corporate and museum photography. These vintage images are all film and need to be scanned in order to be seen online. So enjoy my efforts and take a moment to savor the 1970s!
