This is tinted, colour cards were still all hand painted, actual colour photography for postcards was just around the corner. Unfortunately if the colourists did not know the area, they were given a frèe hand on the colours to use in this one she was probably told the colour of the BCT bus or had even coloured one before, but did not know of Midland Red. The blue bus is BMMO and one of the experts on BHF will be able to identify it from the reg number HA 3353 or HA 3553 or somewhere near, interesting that the reg no is so clear and has not been painted out. What are the ghostly straight lines on top of the hazy building on the back left hand side. Note that all other vehicles are black as are the clothes of most of the men in the picture. The other incorrect colour is the roof of the Birmingham bus. I will look st my books and see what colour it should be. Somewhere else on the forum there is a Birmingham bus coloured green.This is the street in 1928. Is this a tinted card? The bus to the right seems to be painted in unrecognisable colours. Is it realistic? Viv.
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First photo is Corporation street in 1925.
No date for the second one but love the "50 shilling tailor" who claims "rational tailoring". Maybe then it was around WW2 or just afterwards. There's no "rational tailoring" in the 1920s though ! Viv.
The rear view of the bus dates it as being from the post WWII purchases, all raised corners to the platform window
and the registration number in the middle of the cream band under the window, 1946/7 onwards, but I can guess no further.
Bob
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