Miss Doris

 

Photographer @mozarts_ride discovered Miss Doris in Texas.  Here's what he said on Instagram:

1948-53 Chevy School Bus... I spotted "Miss Doris," an old abandoned school bus, resting in a field near Lamesa, Texas. You can find fields of rust, containing old vehicles, pipes, and other oil company equipment, scattered all over the desolate West Texas.. While photographing Miss Doris, I could just imagine the songs kids sang and the stories they told, while traveling on this school bus.. I also thought about the oilfield workers riding to and from work on the bus, and looking forward to a cold beer when they arrived home... Still "chasing the rust".... 😎
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."The first school bus was horse-drawn, introduced in 1827 by George Shillibeer for a Quaker school at Abney Park in Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom and was designed to carry 25 children..... Wayne Works, predecessor of Wayne Corporation, was founded in the United States of America in 1837...Other important facts were: 1) In 1939, a conference was organized at the University of Manhattan to develop school bus standards. 2) Yellow became the standard in 1939 and was gradually adopted nationwide. 3) In a 1939 issue of American Childhood, the lyrics to the song, "The Wheels on the Bus", made their first public appearance. (Zippia.com ... "Educational Bus Transportation Company History Timeline")... Now you know the rest of the story....