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A green and cream streetcar with a single trolley pole runs on a wide, curving bridge approach beneath a massive dark steel truss frame. A traffic signal stands on a concrete median, and a dark old sedan drives away at the right. — Download original ↓

1952 · Western and 31st Blvd, Chicago, IL

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, likely number 72[?]6, crosses a bridge under a large steel truss structure. The note places it at Western Avenue and 31st Boulevard in Chicago.

Date: 1952
Location: Western and 31st Blvd, Chicago, IL
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: PCC

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