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A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole turns on a brick street next to a massive columned stone building. Cars of the early 1950s, including a yellow taxi, are in the street, with tall buildings behind. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, likely in service, rounds a corner on a brick-paved street at Madison and Clinton in Chicago. 1952 · Madison and Clinton, Chicago, IL A black and white photo from the 1950s shows a CTA bus on a city street with Wrigley Field in the background, surrounded by classic cars and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1005, on route 152 ADDISON, drives down Sheffield Avenue past Wrigley Field in the late 1950s. 1952 · 152 and Sheffield A vintage black-and-white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1327, with 'The Boulevard Route' written on its side and 'HARLEM 152 ADDISON' on its front sign, parked near a brick building. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 1327, in its 'Boulevard Route' livery, parked on a winter day. 1952 · Keeler and Diversey, Chicago, IL A black and white photo showing a line of dark-colored buses inside a garage with striped warning markings on the door; one bus has the number 1320 and a 'NOT IN SERVICE' sign; a man in overalls stands to the right. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus numbered 1320, marked 'NOT IN SERVICE', is parked inside a garage with other buses, as a man in work clothes stands in the doorway. 1952 A green and cream streetcar numbered 7010, its sign reading 4 Cottage Grove, turns across a cobblestone street under overhead trolley wires, with brick buildings, billboards, a gas station and parked 1950s cars and trucks behind it. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7010, signed for route 4 Cottage Grove, crosses a cobblestone intersection, likely at Indiana and Cermak in Chicago. October 19, 1952 · Indiana and Cermak / Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole crosses a cobblestone intersection with tracks in front of a brick corner building with a Walgreens store, and a dark sedan is parked at left. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on Route 4 Cottage Grove crosses a cobbled intersection beside a Walgreens store in Chicago. October 19, 1952 · Indiana and Cermak and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a lit 49 Western-Berwyn sign stands under a web of overhead wires beside a passenger shelter, with another streetcar to the right and two buses to the left. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed 49 Western-Berwyn waits at the terminal at Western & 79th, Chicago, with a second PCC and two buses nearby. November 23, 1952 · Western and 79th, 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 7030 with a trolley pole up stands on brick-paved track under a web of overhead wires, with another streetcar behind it and a red brick building at right. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 7030 signed for route 4 Cottage Grove–Downtown, likely at 115th Street and Cottage Grove in Chicago. 1953 · 115th and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar rounds a snowy street corner under overhead wires, next to a brick tavern and a painted Drewrys Beer sign. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 40[?]6 on route 4 in the snow at 115th and St. Lawrence, Chicago. 1953 · 115th and St. Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 7178 on a Chicago street in 1953, surrounded by 1950s automobiles and storefronts. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 7178, travels down a city street in 1953. 1953 · Clark and Devon, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph of a classic PCC streetcar in Chicago, numbered 1208 and heading for Morgan Street, passing under a large bridge sign for Englewood Union Station. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1208, on route 36 to Morgan Street, is pictured under the Englewood Union Station bridge. 1953 · 36 and State A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street with tracks under overhead wires. A pale blue station wagon and a man crossing the street are in the foreground, and parked cars and old brick buildings with shop signs line the street. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for Route 22 in summer street traffic in Chicago, Illinois. 1953 · Clark and Chicago, Chicago, IL Black-and-white photo of a streamlined streetcar with a single trolley pole, signed 36 119-MORGAN, coming out from beneath a riveted steel railroad bridge lettered ENGLEWOOD UNION STATION. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on route 36, signed for 119-Morgan, comes out from under the Englewood Union Station railroad bridge on State Street near 64th Street, Chicago. 1953 · State and 64th St., Chicago, IL Elevated view down a busy downtown Chicago street with a green and cream streetcar on double track, crowded sidewalks, a mail truck in the foreground and a neon Harding's sign at lower right. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar approaches on a brick-paved downtown street lined with shoppers and Harding's restaurant sign, seen from an elevated vantage point. June 15, 1953 · Washington and Franklin, Chicago, IL Front view of a dark-bodied CTA bus with the number 5306 and a 'Van Buren - Racine' destination sign, driving on a snowy city street next to elevated train tracks. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 5306, on the Van Buren-Racine route in winter. August 9, 1953 · Van Buren and Racine, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on tracks in the middle of a busy downtown street lined with tall buildings, parked cars, a yellow taxi and pennant banners on the lamp posts. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar heads south on State Street at Van Buren under "College Days" banners, about 1953–57. August 23, 1953 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 1788 is on a city street, with a green and white elevated train passing overhead on a steel structure, surrounded by 1950s-era cars and storefronts. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 1788, travels on the street below an elevated Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train at the Lake and Dearborn intersection. September 26, 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, 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 black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9523, parked on a street with overhead wires and buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9523, is shown on a city street, likely in the late 1960s or early 1970s. c. 1954 to 1973 Two green and cream streetcars with trolley poles stand side by side on a street under overhead wires, with 1950s cars and trucks at the left and brick buildings behind. PCC streetcars 4396 and 7223 meet on route 22, with 4396 signed for 81-Halsted, likely at Wentworth and Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. 1954 · Wentworth and Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus from the 1950s on a crowded city street, surrounded by pedestrians, vintage cars, and theater marquees. Chicago Transit Authority bus #1829 on route 49 State St, navigating a busy downtown street in the mid-1950s, with the State Lake Theater and vintage automobiles in the background. 1954 · 149 and Lake, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes down a cobbled street with rails, past parked 1940s and 1950s cars and storefronts with Hotel, Tally Ho and Schlitz signs, with a green and cream taxicab in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on Clark Street near Adams, passing hotels, taverns and clothing stores in the Loop, early 1950s. 1954 · Clark and Adams, Chicago, IL Elevated view along a busy downtown street lined with neon signs: a green and cream streetcar and two green and cream buses are in the foreground, with cars, a taxi and a red-fronted bus behind them. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar and buses on State Street, seen from above near Van Buren in Chicago. 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A vintage photo show a CTA bus on a city street with people boarding and various store signs including 'HOT PEANUTS' and 'GREYHOUND' in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 2724, on route 27 in a street scene with storefronts and pedestrians. 1954 · 27 and Stony Island An elevated night view down a wet city street lined with neon store signs, with a bus in the center lane surrounded by taxicabs and 1950s automobiles and pedestrians on the sidewalks. A bus signed for Halsted-Armitage in heavy evening traffic on a rain-wet, neon-lit Halsted Street, likely near 63rd Place in Chicago's Englewood shopping district. April 19, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd Pl., Chicago, IL A green and cream streamlined streetcar on a wet street at night, with its headlight on and a roll sign reading 36 Broadway Devon. Two people stand beside it, and a lit theater marquee advertising Judy Holliday is at upper right. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on route 36 Broadway-State, signed for Devon, passes a lit theater marquee on a rainy night, likely at State and Lake in 1954. April 21, 1954 · State and Lake, 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 vintage color photo showing a red and cream streetcar on a city street with cobblestones, yellow taxis parked along the curb, an elevated train platform above, and storefronts including 'Flagg Bros' and 'Hardy'. A red and cream Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar numbered 610 runs under an elevated structure with CTA signage, on a sunny street lined with 1950s automobiles and storefronts. May 25, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd PL, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 640 travels down a street under a dark elevated structure, with people on the sidewalk and vintage cars parked along the curb. A Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 640, travels under an elevated structure on a city street lined with 1940s-era automobiles and storefronts. May 25, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd PL, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on center tracks in a downtown street lined with tall buildings, ornate lamp posts and 1950s cars, seen from above. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar [?]240, signed for route 36, heads down a busy State Street in downtown Chicago. June 6, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and cream two-car rapid transit train crossing a street with embedded streetcar tracks, next to a green and cream streetcar under overhead wires, with a man walking at right. A two-car Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train crosses the street at grade beside a Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar at Western and Van Buren, Chicago. June 16, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A high view down a downtown street lined with tall buildings and lamp posts. A green and cream streetcar runs on center tracks among parked cars, buses and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Van Buren, Chicago, with buses and mid-1950s traffic, likely 1955–1957. July 25, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 7156 crosses a street intersection with diagonal track crossings, while an old wooden elevated train car stands on ground-level tracks behind barricades at left under overhead wires. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7156 crosses Van Buren Street at Western Avenue in Chicago while a wooden 'L' train waits on the ground-level tracks behind. August 13, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A light green and cream streetcar on cobblestone-paved tracks under an elevated railway station, with parked cars along the curb at left and tall downtown buildings behind. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar passes under the elevated Loop station, likely at State and Van Buren. August 29, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A dark brick two-story carbarn with numbered open bays holding about ten green and cream streamlined streetcars, with curving tracks set in brick pavement and overhead wires in the foreground. A row of green and cream PCC streetcars in the numbered bays of a Chicago carbarn lettered for a city railway company, likely the Chicago Transit Authority's car station at Cottage Grove and 38th. September 26, 1954 · Cottage Grove and 38th, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar signed 49 Western-Archer stands on cobblestone track while a uniformed crew member bends down to throw a switch with an iron bar. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed 49 Western-Archer, likely number 71[?]0, at Western and Archer in Chicago while a crew member throws a track switch. October 15, 1954 · Western and Archer, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a wide street with streetcar tracks; to the left, a brown wooden train car stands beside a brick tavern building, with a truck and a dark 1950s sedan between them. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for Western-Archer crosses Van Buren as a wooden 'L' car waits on the street-level tracks at Western Avenue. November 3, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1799, stopped at a street corner with passengers boarding. Chicago Transit Authority bus 1799, a GM New Look model, is shown at a stop near an elevated station, with passengers waiting to board. November 12, 1954 · Logan Square, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photograph of a vintage Chicago CTA bus, number 1799, stopped on a city street with a group of people waiting to board. The bus displays a route sign for '82 Kimball Lincoln Village' and a 'Drewry's Beer' advertisement on the front. An elevated train structure looms overhead. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1799, on route 82 to Kimball/Lincoln Village, is stopped at a curb with passengers waiting to board under an elevated 'L' structure at Logan Square. November 12, 1954 · Logan and Square, Chicago, IL An elevated view down a busy downtown street decorated with Christmas trees on the lamp posts, with a green and cream streetcar coming toward the camera and another going away on the next track, among cars, shoppers and subway entrances. Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars pass on State Street at Van Buren, with the street decorated for Christmas. November 26, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of several CTA trolleybuses lined up on a street in winter; the lead bus, number 9418, has its destination sign reading '47 47th - LAKE PARK' and a passenger is boarding. A line of Chicago Transit Authority Flxible trolleybuses, including number 9418 on route 47 to Lake Park, are stopped on a winter street. 1955 · 47th and Archer, Chicago, IL A vintage trolleybus travels down a busy street in Chicago, with storefronts like Citizens Loan Corp and a Fred Astaire dance studio sign in the background. A CTA trolleybus, number 8357 on route 77, navigates a busy Chicago street corner, surrounded by period automobiles and store signs. 1955 · Belmont Ashland A high view down a busy downtown street decorated for Christmas, with a green and cream streetcar in the center lanes, a bus at the left curb, cars and a taxi in front, and crowds on both sidewalks. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar heads up State Street near Jackson among Christmas decorations, taxis and shoppers, likely in the mid-1950s. 1955 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a Chicago Transit Authority bus driving on a wide highway with other cars; the surrounding trees are bare, indicating winter. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 6177, travels on a multi-lane highway alongside 1950s automobiles on a winter day. 1955 · Outer Drive and North Av., Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a vintage CTA bus labeled '8 HALSTED 79TH ST' and number 638 on a city street at dusk, surrounded by parked cars, pedestrians, and glowing signs for businesses like Sears and Norman Jewelers. The street has embedded trolley tracks, and the scene is bustling with activit A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 638, runs on route 8 Halsted at dusk on a busy street lined with 1950s-era cars and illuminated storefronts. 1955 · 64th and Halsted, Chicago, IL