Bugs in the Archives (VWs, that is) (opens in new tab)

While searching the Archives’ online database for images of houses, local parks and streets, we began to notice numerous Volkswagen Beetle cars pulling out of driveways, parallel parked or peeking out from alleys. Commonly known as a “Bug” or “Punch Buggy” and highly popular, it’s maybe not too surprising that they can be spotted in so many 1970s photographs found in our holdings. Many are from the City’s Heritage Inventory project that we’ve previously blogged about over the years, having di...