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Black-and-white photo of a two-tone streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised, signed 36 STATE-KINZIE, on a street under tall trees. — Download original ↓

1952 · 36 and Wisconsin

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar [?]197 on route 36, signed STATE-KINZIE, on a tree-lined street, likely in the 1950s.

Date: 1952
Location: 36 and Wisconsin
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: PCC

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