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Low Floor Bus1

Low Floor Bus1

A bearded man in a wheelchair rides a mechanical wheelchair lift on the side of an MTA bus on a city street.

Date: c. 1980s

Image Description: A color photograph of a bearded man wearing glasses, a light dress shirt, a striped tie, and tan trousers seated in a manual wheelchair on an elevated bus lift platform. He holds onto a vertical handrail inside the doorway of a white-and-blue bus marked with a blue International Symbol of Access decal while being lowered or raised at curbside along a city street lined with tall buildings.

Source: Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA) Collection

A bearded man in a wheelchair rides a mechanical wheelchair lift on the side of an MTA bus on a city street.