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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. — Download original ↓

November 3, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL

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.

Date: November 3, 1954
Location: Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL
Vehicle: PCC streetcar, Rapid transit car
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: PCC

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1950s Autumn Chicago

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