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Communication Help2

A female MTA worker stands inside a city bus and speaks with seated passengers while handing out informational pamphlets.

Date: c. 1980s

Image Description: A black-and-white photograph taken inside city bus number 4922 showing a female MTA employee in a uniform vest, white shirt, and tie standing in the aisle and handing an informational brochure to an older Black woman seated by the window. Another woman wearing a name badge sits beside her holding the vertical grab bar, while overhead signs above the front windshield read “4922,” “NOTICE,” and “STAND BEHIND WHITE LINE.”

Source: Peggy Groce Collection

A female MTA worker stands inside a city bus and speaks with seated passengers while handing out informational pamphlets.