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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Design Your Design Eye-Candy of the Day

Posted by Mary Traverse on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Found! A mini collection of weekly Milwaukee bus passes between the years of 1930—1979.

See the whole collection at kindraishere.blogspot.com

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Transit passes + graphic design porn. YAY

Posted by Baconcat on October 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM

my god, those things are gorgeous!

Posted by paulus on October 6, 2010 at 11:01 AM

I always wondered why they made bus passes so visually attractive. I held on to mine from Pittsburgh in the 90's and early 2000's for a long time because they were so pretty. Kinda wish I had kept them.

They weren't quite as awesome as these, though.

Posted by Sheryl on October 6, 2010 at 11:12 AM

Those passes are beautiful.

The price for a weekly pass in 1931, 1939, and 1944 is the same: $1.

Posted by Kalakalot on October 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Baconcat, I somehow knew you would be the #1 comment here, and somehow incorporate porn into your comment. I KNOW YOU SO WELL.

Posted by very bad homo on October 6, 2010 at 11:38 AM

I assume they were so (relatively) elaborate because they were trying to thwart counterfeiters?

Way cool post, thanks Mary! I collect antique tins and have a deep love of old-timey advertising art. Eye candy, indeed!

Posted by merry on October 6, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Those are awesome. There's a MUNI pass art project doing the rounds here too—to be honest I'd rather just see the collection than see them incorporated into his art, but there's still a lot to look at.

These would never be issued today.
http://www.kuzich.com/muni-art/JOHNSAHO.…

Sadly, October is the last ever paper MUNI Fastpass.

Posted by Dougsf on October 6, 2010 at 1:49 PM