Colour transparency; DMS-type bus displaying posters for the Red Bus Rover ticket, 1971

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Reference number	2004/16203
Description	A DMS-type (Daimler Fleetline) double deck bus, reg no EGP35J, seen operating on route 95 during the first month of service in January 1971. The DMS was the first one person operation double deck bus to go into service with London Transport. On the front of the bus are advertisement for Red Bus Rovers. These were one-day tickets that offered people cheaper all-day travel.
Photographer	unknown
Dates	Jan 1971
Collection	Photographs
Object type	Colour transparency
Photograph number	120-9-1
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Buses
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Descriptive size	6x6cm

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Bus blind: Southwark Bridge Elephant Kennington Brixton Streatham. Cannon Street Advert: Red Bus Rovers

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Medium exterior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	unknown, Jan 1971

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Borough	Greater London,