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A vintage black-and-white photo of a Chicago streetcar, number 270, on a street with a building and a car in the background. — Download original ↓

c. 1930 to 1940

A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 270, is shown on a city street in the late 1930s.

Date: c. 1930 to 1940Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Streetcar
Operator: Chicago Surface Lines
Equipment: Birney
Fleet numbers: Chicago Surface Lines 270

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1930s 1940s Autumn

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