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Front view of a vintage Chicago Transit Authority bus on a snowy street, with a 1950s car parked to the side and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1301, operates on route 76 - Diversey during a snowy winter day, with a snow-covered 1950s Chevrolet parked nearby. 1955 A vintage black and white photo shows a CTA bus on a snow-covered street with a 1950s car parked nearby and bare trees lining the road. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1301, on route 76 Diversey, navigating a snowy street. 1955 · Diversey and Springfield, Chicago, IL A vintage CTA bus numbered 1121 is shown on a city street with pedestrians and classic cars, in front of a building with a sign for Bedford Shirt Co. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 1121, operating on the State - 15th route in downtown Chicago, likely in the mid-1950s. March 28, 1955 · Jackson and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A vintage Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 516, is shown on a city street with other vehicles and large advertisements, including a Coca-Cola sign, under an overcast sky. Chicago Transit Authority bus 516, a GM New Look model, navigates a busy city street in the late 1950s or early 1960s, with a classic automobile and iconic billboards in the background. July 3, 1955 · Michigan and Washington, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on brick-paved double track under overhead wire, on a wide street lined with used car lots and large signs. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for route 49 Western-79 runs on Western Avenue near 66th Street, Chicago, in the mid-1950s. October 9, 1955 · Western and 66th, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar drives toward the camera on tracks set in cobblestone paving, under a web of overhead trolley wires, with cars, billboards and a water tower along the street. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 711[?] running on State Street near 62nd Place, Chicago. November 9, 1955 · State and 62nd Pl., Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a CTA bus, number 664, on a street with brick buildings and a 'National Bank' sign in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 664, on the 5 Jefferson route, parked on a city street in the late 1950s. c. 1956 to 1960 A black and white photograph of a Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus numbered 7206 on a city street in winter, with vintage cars and a building labeled 'Air Line Pilots Association Int'l' in the background. CTA Flxible motor bus number 7206 on route 6 CICERO - 55TH, photographed at the intersection of 55th and Cicero in Chicago during the winter, likely in the 1960s. 1956 · 55th and Cicero, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on a city street in front of a brightly lit theatre marquee advertising Run for Cover, with a bus and 1950s cars behind it. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 40[?][?] passes the Chicago Theatre on State Street near Lake Street, Chicago, about 1955. 1956 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL A CTA bus travels down a bustling Chicago street lined with vintage cars and illuminated signs, with people boarding and walking on the sidewalk. Chicago Transit Authority bus 638 on route 8 Halsted, navigating a busy street with embedded streetcar tracks in the early 1950s. 1956 · Halsted and 64th St. A red and white streetcar numbered 144 moves along a city street under a dark elevated train structure, with vintage cars and a billboard visible in the background. A red Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 144, travels under an elevated 'L' station in the 1950s. 1956 · Clark Lake, Chicago, IL A red and white streetcar numbered 144 runs on tracks in a city street, with an elevated train station and vintage cars in the background. A red Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 144, navigates a city street beneath an elevated 'L' station in the 1950s. 1956 · Clark and Lake, Chicago, IL A green and cream PCC streetcar with the number 4382 and destination sign '22 HALSTED' is shown on a sunlit, cobblestone city street, surrounded by 1950s cars and storefronts under a clear blue sky. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4382, on the 22 Halsted route in 1956, running on cobblestone tracks in a bustling city street. 1956 · Clark and Schiller, Chicago, IL Front view of a dark-colored CTA bus with the number 2603 and route 49 A Western-79 displayed, stopped at an intersection with a stop sign and a street sign for W 119th St visible. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 2603, on route 49 A Western-79 at the intersection of 119th Street and Western Avenue on an overcast winter day. 1956 · 119th and Western, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus turning at a street intersection with a stop sign and a street sign for 119th Street visible. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 2603, on route 49A Western at 119th Street on an overcast winter day. 1956 · 49A and 119th St Two stripped green-and-cream streetcars with their windows removed sit among scrap metal behind a black Frisco gondola and rail tracks, with six smokestacks against an overcast sky. Stripped PCC streetcars, likely of the Chicago Transit Authority and including car 706[?], stand behind St. Louis-San Francisco Railway gondola 61[...]496, likely in St. Louis. February 27, 1956 · St. Louis A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a city street under a steel elevated structure carrying a two-car train, with neon signs, a yellow truck, a sedan and pedestrians in winter coats. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar runs under the Loop elevated at Clark and Van Buren while a two-car 'L' train passes overhead. April 19, 1956 · Clark and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A yellow CTA bus with floral decorations and a 'Make Chicago America's Cleanest City' slogan is parked on a city street, with a green and white bus and a yellow taxi cab visible in the background. A yellow Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 565, decorated with daisies and the slogan 'Make Chicago America's Cleanest City,' is seen on a city street. May 16, 1956 · Michigan and Jackson, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a wide street, under a steel elevated railway bridge that carries a CTA 'Park and Ride' sign, with 1950s cars on both sides. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar passing under the elevated line at Western and Leland, Chicago, mid-1950s. June 10, 1956 · Western and Leland, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on a wide street passes an ornate red, white and blue amusement park gate with onion domes, flags and a roller coaster behind it, while pedestrians walk along the sidewalk. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4060 passes the striped, onion-domed entrance of Riverview amusement park on Western Avenue near Roscoe, Chicago, in summer. June 10, 1956 · Western and Roscoe, Chicago, IL A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 4060 travels down a street lined with power poles, passing a large red, white, and blue amusement park entrance with a roller coaster in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4060, runs past the colorful entrance of Riverview Amusement Park on a sunny summer day. June 10, 1956 · Roscoe, Chicago, IL A vintage green and cream Chicago streetcar with number 4059 travels down a wide, sunlit street lined with 1950s cars and storefronts. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4059, runs on Western Avenue at Leland in the early 1950s under a clear sky. June 10, 1956 · Western and Leland, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar signed 36 Broadway-Devon turns across a brick-paved intersection, with 1950s cars, a corner drug store and an overpass behind it. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7148 on route 36 Broadway turns through the intersection at Broadway and Devon in Chicago. August 14, 1956 · Broadway and Devon, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar sits under an elevated railway station that carries red and cream CTA banners, with a second streetcar beside it and traffic going off into the distance. Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars on State Street under the Loop 'L' station at Van Buren Street in Chicago, likely in the mid-1950s. August 24, 1956 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on a wide downtown street lined with theater marquees, with an elevated railway crossing the street in the distance. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 7174 on State Street at Randolph, Chicago, with the State Lake and Chicago theaters and the Lake Street 'L' behind it, likely summer 1956. August 24, 1956 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar approaches on double track in a busy downtown street lined with tall buildings, with 1950s cars, a Jim Beam wall sign and a movie marquee behind it. A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Madison in Chicago, likely in 1956. August 24, 1956 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A light-colored streamlined streetcar stops at a busy downtown corner under tall buildings, with many pedestrians crossing the tracks in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Jackson, as pedestrians cross in front of it, likely in the 1950s. August 24, 1956 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 4318 is parked in a gravel yard. Behind it is a red and white bus, a yellow freight car on a flatcar, and a dark railcar to the left. Overhead wires and a water tower are visible in the background under an overcast sky. Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus 4318 parked in a yard next to a yellow freight car and another bus. October 21, 1956 · South Shops, IL Three-quarter front view of a green and cream CTA bus numbered 4318 parked in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with another bus and a yellow freight car visible behind it. A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 4318, parked in a yard with other buses and freight cars in the background. October 21, 1956 A dark green CTA bus with a yellow magnet sweeper attachment on its front, parked in a yard with a freight car visible behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look motor bus, number 5720, equipped with a front-mounted magnet sweeper, sits in a yard. October 21, 1956 A dark green CTA bus with a large yellow magnet plow attached to its front, parked in a gravel yard with the number 6720 visible on the fender and BW 12 on the side. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 6720, modified with a front-mounted magnet plow and labeled 'BW 12', parked in a yard on an overcast day. October 21, 1956 A green and cream streetcar seen from above runs on cobblestone tracks between a red Budweiser truck and parked cars, with neon store signs on the left and a large red brick warehouse in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on a busy downtown Chicago street, likely near Clark and Wacker, with the Central Cold Storage Company building behind it. 1957 · Clark and Wacker, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1181 and destination '63 STONEY ISLAND' driving on a multi-lane expressway filled with 1950s cars and surrounded by bare trees. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 1181, heads down an expressway median lane with 1950s traffic in the late 1950s. 1957 · North Ave and Outer Drive, Chicago, IL A green and cream city bus with the number 1806 and route 84 on its sign drives down a paved street on a sunny winter day, with parked and moving cars and bare trees lining the road. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1806, heads down a street on route 84 Ridge-Broadway, with vintage cars and bare trees in the background. April 21, 1957 A green and cream streetcar signed 22 81-HALSTED comes up a downtown street under bright neon signs for Borden's Milk, the Blue Note and Wimpy, while a traffic officer directs a crowd of pedestrians. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7194 on Route 22 to 81st-Halsted on Clark Street in downtown Chicago, likely at Madison Street. August 2, 1957 · Clark and Madison, Chicago, IL A vintage brown and cream Chicago transit train runs on an elevated track above a street lined with classic 1950s cars and a lone pedestrian. A Chicago Transit Authority 4000-series rapid transit car crosses an elevated structure over a parking lot filled with 1950s automobiles. September 3, 1957 · Stock Yards, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street under trolley wires. A truck and a bus follow it, a gray diesel passenger train runs on an embankment behind parked 1950s cars, and brick warehouses stand at right. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar crosses a cobblestone intersection near Archer Avenue, Chicago, as a New York Central passenger train passes behind. October 8, 1957 · Chicago, IL Two vintage white and dark-striped buses with large windows, one showing the number 1756, on a paved street with trees and a blurred moving car in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, including number 1756, are seen on a tree-lined street in the 1960s. 1958 · Caldwell Two vintage city buses, one with the number 1756 on its front, are stopped on a tree-lined street with a telephone booth nearby. Two Chicago Transit Authority buses, including 1756, are stopped at an intersection on a summer day in the late 1950s or 1960s. 1958 · Caldwell A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1353, with a 'Shuttle Service' sign, driving down a city street lined with 1950s cars and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1353, operates a shuttle service on a downtown street in the mid-1950s, with the Chicago skyline in the background. 1958 A black and white photograph shows a Chicago Transit Authority bus at a busy street corner with Walgreens and Woolworth's stores, and a billboard advertising a 1962 Pontiac Tempest. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1346, is seen on a street corner with a Walgreens and a Woolworth's store in the background, under a billboard for a 1962 Pontiac Tempest. 1958 · 59th and Pulaski, Chicago, IL A vintage Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 6571, is parked under a brick archway, displaying route 62 Archer-Harlem on its front sign and advertisements for Drewry's and Blatz beer on its bumper and side. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 6571, is shown parked under a brick underpass with its route sign reading 62 Archer-Harlem. March 1958 · Archer and Pershing, Chicago, IL A dark blue and cream CTA bus, number 2704, with a Vincennes-78 route sign and Drewry's Beer advertisement on the front, parked on a paved lot with a building in the background. A CTA Flxible New Look bus, number 2704, on the Vincennes-78 route, parked on a street in Chicago. May 1958 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3557, on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3557, on route 60 26-Kenton, navigating a city street. October 1958 · Adams J Canal A three-quarter front view of a dark green and white CTA motor bus with number 1787 on its side and front, showing a '82 KIMBALL-FOSTER' destination sign and vintage advertisements on its bumper and side. CTA New Look bus number 1787, assigned to route 82 Kimball-Foster, is parked on a winter street. c. 1959 to 1964 A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9657, is stopped at a curb with passengers nearby, under an overcast sky with autumn trees in the background. Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus 9657 on route 53 to Komensky, likely in the 1960s. c. 1959 to 1970 A side-view of a Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, numbered 500, painted in green and white, parked on a snow-covered lot with bare trees in the background. Chicago Transit Authority bus number 500, a GM New Look model, sits in a snowy yard during its service years in the 1960s. c. 1959 to 1970 A silver and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 8562, is shown from a three-quarter front view on a city street, with tall buildings and a cloudy sky behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 8562, runs the Wacker Express route on Adams and Canal streets, with the Chicago skyline in the background. c. 1959 to 1964