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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. — Download original ↓

April 19, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd Pl., Chicago, IL

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.

Date: April 19, 1954
Location: Halsted and 63rd Pl., Chicago, ILApproximate location, placed at the center of the town.
Vehicle: Motor bus
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority

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