Ocean Vew Bus Service, Halifax 1945

Ocean View Bus Service

by David A. Wyatt

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These images of Ocean View Bus Service were taken in 1945 and are presented here from the Maurice E. Burns collection.

Ocean View Bus Service, Halifax 1945

(above) Lined up in the parking lot of Halifax's Simpson's Department Store are at least two buses belonging to Ocean View Bus Service. This photograph is dated 1945, the year OVBS was amalgamated with another Halifax suburban bus company, Charles A. Pender, Ltd. to form Fleetlines, Ltd. Perhaps the two buses in the foreground belong to OVBS while the four units further back originated with Pender. Maurice E. Burns collection. Used by permission.

Company officials line up to be photographed, 1945

(above) Company officials pose for their photograph in front of the same line-up of buses pictured in the first photograph. Simpson's Department Store in Halifax, 1945. Left to Right are Bert Liddle, Fred Chisholm, Alf Baker, and Albert Downey. Maurice E. Burns collection. Used by permission.