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Pullman-Standard PCC

11 photographs

Black-and-white photo of a streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised, on a snowy street in front of a brick factory lettered MACHINE CO., with overhead wires above.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 406[?] signed for route 20 Monroe-Dearborn, likely at Madison Street and Fifth Avenue on Chicago's West Side, in winter. c. 1948 to 1953 · Madison and 5th Av., Chicago, IL

A green and cream streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised stands on a street beside utility poles, bare trees and brick buildings.

Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 4119, likely at Austin and Madison, signed for route 20 Madison, in Chicago. 1948 · Austin and Madison, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar numbered 4008 with a sign reading 4 Cottage Grove runs along a street in the shadow of a steel elevated railway, with piano store signs on the buildings at left.

Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 4008 on route 4 Cottage Grove passes beneath the 'L' structure, likely at Wabash and Jackson in the Loop. 1953 · Wabash and Jackson, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar with a rounded front and a trolley pole turns on a curved brick-paved track between dark brick buildings on a sunny day.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 707[?], signed 22 81-HALSTED, rounds the loop track at Clark and Howard in Chicago. 1953 · Clark and Howard, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar numbered 4064 moves along a wet city street between early-1950s cars and a delivery truck loaded with bottle crates, with large stone buildings and a clock tower behind.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4064, signed for Fifth-Pulaski, on a slushy winter street near Madison and Canal in Chicago, likely in the early 1950s. November 25, 1953 · Canal, Chicago, IL

A red-tinted photograph of a vintage streetcar on a city street, with storefronts and other cars in the background.

A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar, number 3890, runs on a city street with its destination sign reading 'JBS STATE 04'. 1954 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL

Two green and cream streamlined streetcars numbered 7123 and 4400 stand beside a faded red older streetcar on curved track in a cobblestone yard, with more streetcars lined up behind a green fence.

Chicago Transit Authority streetcars 7123 and 4400, signed for Western-63 and Ashland-71, beside an older red streetcar at a carbarn yard in Chicago. April 25, 1954 · 76th and Ashland / 69th and Ashland, Chicago, IL

Two vintage Chicago streetcars, a green PCC and a red Peter Witt, are stopped at a grade crossing with automobiles and pedestrians nearby on a sunny day.

Two Chicago Transit Authority streetcars, a green PCC 9720 and a red Peter Witt 658, meet at a grade crossing on a city street. May 18, 1954 · Larrabee, Chicago, IL

A red streetcar with a trolley pole crosses a long trestle with timber and steel spans against a blue sky. Utility poles and wires stand above it, a stucco building is at lower left, and a street with cars is at lower right.

A Pacific Electric Railway PCC streetcar crosses the Fletcher Drive Trestle above a city street. February 25, 1955 · Fletcher Drive Trestle, Los Angeles, CA

A green and cream streetcar numbered 3180 coupled to an orange and cream streetcar runs on paved double track in the median of a tree-lined avenue, with a tall apartment block behind.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 3180 leads a two-car train signed North Sta. via Subway on a center reservation, likely Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. June 9, 1973 · Commonwealth and Sher'n, Boston, MA

A green and cream streetcar with an orange stripe and a raised trolley pole stands on gravel track under overhead wire, its front sign reading 36 119-MORGAN.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4391, signed for route 36 to 119-Morgan, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL