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Black-and-white photo of a streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised, on a snowy street in front of a brick factory lettered MACHINE CO., with overhead wires above. — Download original ↓

c. 1948 to 1953 · Madison and 5th Av., Chicago, IL

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 406[?] signed for route 20 Monroe-Dearborn, likely at Madison Street and Fifth Avenue on Chicago's West Side, in winter.

Date: c. 1948 to 1953Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Location: Madison and 5th Av., Chicago, IL
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: Pullman-Standard PCC

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1940s 1950s Winter Chicago

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