[PRCo] PRC winged logo

[Bob Rathke]

Regarding the PRC winged logo: I just found a photo that I took in early
October, 1957, and apparently tossed in the reject file at that time because
it was a double exposure (the camera was a 120-size folding camera without a
double-exposure-prevention feature).  I never pitched that reject photo, so
here it is.  Although the photo is not perfect, today it may have a bit of
"artistic" value.  And it may raise a question about the winged logo.

The background shot is a rear view of PCC 1677, the last trolley on route
5-Spring Hill on October 5, 1957.  The trolley (with winged logo behind the
center doors) is shown leaving the Spring Hill loop, and Charlie Dengler is
standing off to the side of the view.

Superimposed on the background is a front view of PRC's new Mack bus #67
setting in the loop on October 6, 1957.
The front destination sign reads simply "Spring Hill" (no route number), and
immediately behind the front door is a PRC winged logo.

This may be the only photo that I ever took of a PRC bus, so over the years
I forgot that the Mack buses - and possibly some or all of the GM's - had
winged logos too.

The artistic angle?  This single photo depicts both the departing trolley
and the arriving bus.  I didn't plan it that way.

Bob 10/4/01

PS - After I added today's date after my name, I realized that tomorrow is
the 44th anniversary of the end of trolley service on Spring Hill.  I also
remember that on Friday, October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union shocked the world
by launching Sputnik.

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Jim Holland wrote:

PRCo apparently started to place the winged logo behind the center
doors on PCCs about 1952 but even in 1960 there were still some cars
that never received a logo  --  could be the same with WP.