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A green and cream streetcar with its trolley pole raised stands beside a covered shelter, and a green and cream bus is parked on a dirt lane on the shelter's other side, under a cloudy blue sky. — Download original ↓

1950 · 63rd Pl and Narragansett, Chicago, IL

Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7010 and bus 3077 at the covered transfer shelter, likely at 63rd Place and Narragansett in Chicago.

Date: 1950
Location: 63rd Pl and Narragansett, Chicago, IL
Vehicle: Streetcar, Motor bus
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Fleet numbers: Chicago Transit Authority 7010, Chicago Transit Authority 3077

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