An open house for the public was held for a recently completed Greyhound bus terminal at 1100 New York Avenue in northwest Washington, D.C. This open house, which was formally classified as a public preview, took place between 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. on the day before the actual start of bus operations at the terminal.
Thousands of people showed up to check out the newest transportation facility in the nation’s capital. “Souvenirs were distributed to the public during the late afternoon and evening preview,” reported the next day’s edition of the Washington-based Evening Star. “An orchestra and a number of swing dancers entertained visitors.”
This well-attended public preview had been preceded by inaugural festivities held from 2:00 to 4:00 that afternoon for Greyhound officials and their special guests. The company’s officials in attendance included Eric Wickman (1887-1954), the founder and president of Greyhound Lines; Orville Caesar (1892-1965), an inventor serving as Greyhound’s vice president; and Swan Ruben Sundstrom (1897- 1956), head of the company’s large-scale operations in Pennsylvania…