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A red and cream streetcar with the number 6184 and route 81 on its destination board travels down a street lined with brick buildings and vintage automobiles.
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1950 · 81 and Lawrence

A red Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6184 on route 81, travels down a street in Chicago in the late 1930s or early 1940s.

Date
1950
Location
81 and Lawrence
Vehicle
Streetcar
Operator
Chicago Surface Lines
Equipment
Cincinnati Car Master Unit
Fleet numbers
Chicago Surface Lines 6184
Tags
1950s Spring

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