Mechanics at the 39th Street Garage, 1939. During the 1930s the Brooklyn Bus Company, a subsidiary of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation and the holder of a franchise for all Brooklyn bus service, used two large structures on Third Avenue between 37th and 39th Streets as their garage. Here mechanics are working on the frames and shells of their rolling stock.

Bus on lift at the 39th Street Garage, 1939. This American Car & Foundry Company bus was operated by the Brooklyn Bus Company and serviced here at at the 39th Street Depot. Buses manufactured by ACF began service in Brooklyn in 1930 and continued until 1960. The model in this photograph looks to be the ACF Model H-17-S. In 1938, 35 of these buses were delivered to the Brooklyn Bus Company.

Buffalo Bill's West West show brought the frontiers of America to the shores of industrial Brooklyn. William "Bill" F. Cody, a.k.a. "Buffalo Bill" was a real-life American Cowboy who's fantastical (and fictional) antics led him to a career on the stage. The first of his shows opened in Omaha, Nebraska in 1883, at a time when outdoor shows had reached peak popularity. The semi-authentic shows replicated real battles fought between White Americans and Native Americans, sometimes using performers who had participated in the original battles.

In the middle of the 20th century, Wigorot Lundin began making prints of the New York Transit Authority's survey negative. Taken in the 1910s and 20s, the photos show a city in transition, expanding with the advent of new technology. Lundin's Brooklyn sheds light on disparate parts of a borough, some bustling with modernity, while others border on the agrarian.

In honor of the New York Transit Museum's annual Bus Festival, we've put together a collection of vintage bus photography to go along with our vintage bus fleet. These historic images look back on a time when green and white buses crisscrossed Brooklyn and double deckers stopped in Washington Square Park. Hop on! Don't forget to try out the Urban Archive photo recreation feature and tag your #thenandnow photos @nytransitmuseum and @urbanarchiveny