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Description: | Bus
People - Staff
System - Safety
TfL
Metal framed driver's goggles with mesh visa at sides of lenses which are edged with corduroy (possibly to make the goggles more comfortable), yellow tinted glass lenses and elasticated head band.
Transport
Work
A pair of metal-framed goggles with an elastic headband
Bus driver's goggles
1930s
Greater London
Until the early 1930s, some bus and tram drivers chose to wear goggles while driving since the vehicles had no windscreens. These goggles were owned and used by a driver who worked for a private bus company and later for the London General Omnibus Company.
The goggles have metal frames and a mesh visor at the sides. Made with yellow-tinted lenses, they protected the driver from dust and dirt from the road, steam from the engine, and the summer sun.
Although the early motorbuses such as the B-, K- and S-type models had no windscreens, later modifications made to N.S.-type included windscreens fitted to the driver's cab.
London General Omnibus Company (L.G.O.C.)
Buses
Trams
1 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Unknown, Designer | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/1997/13504 | Go to resource |
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