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A red and cream streetcar with the number 1788 is on a city street, with a green and white elevated train passing overhead on a steel structure, surrounded by 1950s-era cars and storefronts.
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September 26, 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL

A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 1788, travels on the street below an elevated Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train at the Lake and Dearborn intersection.

Date
September 26, 1953
Location
Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL
Vehicle
Streetcar, Rapid transit car
Operator
Chicago Surface Lines, Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment
Peter Witt
Fleet numbers
Chicago Surface Lines 1788
Tags
1950s Autumn Chicago

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