'CROWD SCENE'

[Mr. Linsky]

No - what you're seeing below isn't a rush hour nightmare!

What it may be is some sought of publicized demonstration (as noted by the camera man atop the roof of a truck - lower right) somewhere in Manhattan in the mid thirties, and I would say that the bus in the foreground is integral to the scene considering the special flags at each corner of the roof.

Now, to the good stuff;

The buses, both fore and background are mid thirties Yellow Coach Type 41 Model 718's operating for the New York City Omnibus Corporation.

The very successful Model 718 was Yellow's first genuine street transit and featured a transverse mounted 450 cubic inch gasoline engine combined with a patented 'angle drive', and mechanical transmission.

Of the 426 718's built between 1934 and 1937, 366 went to NYCO and its affiliates and became very prominent fixtures on the New York scene for many years.

If you look closely at the very upper left of the image you'll catch sight of the rear end of a Fifth Avenue Model 'Z' double decker.

Photo credit within frame.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY