Skip header and navigation
Galt Museum and Archives Collections
  • Search
  • Help
  • Selections 0
Print
P199110766205 thumbnail
Toggle Detail View

Bus Barn Fire

https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/descriptions69399
Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
22 December 1968
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
199110766205
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of damage to city buses and the transit garage which resulted in $35,000 damage. The cause of the fire was not known but was thought to have been started by a short in the electrical system of one of the buses. Destroyed were a 36 passenger diesel bus circa late-1940s, and a 52 passen…
More detail
1 image
Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
22 December 1968
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
Physical Condition
Good
Scope and Content
Photograph of damage to city buses and the transit garage which resulted in $35,000 damage. The cause of the fire was not known but was thought to have been started by a short in the electrical system of one of the buses. Destroyed were a 36 passenger diesel bus circa late-1940s, and a 52 passenger 1960 diesel bus.
Access Restrictions
Public Access
Accession No.
199110766205
Collection
Archive
Images
P199110766205 thumbnail
Less detail
  • Share
    Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter LinkedIn LinkedIn Pinterest Pinterest
  • Feedback
  • More like this
  • Permalink
  • Home
  • Search
  • Help

Galt Museum and Archives
502 1 Street South
Lethbridge, AB

Phone: 403.320.3954
info@galtmuseum.com

© 2026 Galt Museum and Archives