Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing rows of idle streetcars and buses in the Grand Avenue yards during a major transportation strike in St. Louis, Missouri. According to the separate original caption, a strike by trolley operators and bus drivers tied up public transportation throughout the city and surrounding suburbs. The photograph provides a striking overhead view of the packed transit yard, including both older streetcars and streamlined buses. Photograph and separate caption are mounted together on black archival paper. Measures approximately 8½x8 inches overall. Note the aged tape and typical newsroom/archive handling wear. This photo came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
