See the inside of a rollsign from an old Washington area bus
All images by Corey S used with permission.
Reader Corey writes in with fascinating photos of the “rollsign” of an old Washington area bus. Before electronic displays, buses had physical rolls inside the front sign which the driver could turn to show various destinations. Here’s what that looks like inside.
Corey writes:
I recently was gifted a piece of what we believe could be part of DC Transit history — I am somewhat curious about where it came from and doing some additional research on it. …
Its a very long canvas painted black which has about 100 different bus stops labeled on it. We believe it came off one of the old buses prior to WMATA taking over. My girlfriend’s parents lived in Brookland and her grandmother apparently was given this item from an old bus driver.
Do you know what buses would have had this sign or other facts about its history? Share in the comments! Meanwhile, enjoy a look at this piece of an old bus and where the lines ended back in the day.
