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A green and cream PCC streetcar with the number 4382 and destination sign '22 HALSTED' is shown on a sunlit, cobblestone city street, surrounded by 1950s cars and storefronts under a clear blue sky.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4382, on the 22 Halsted route in 1956, running on cobblestone tracks in a bustling city street. 1956 · Clark and Schiller, Chicago, IL

Front view of a dark-colored CTA bus with the number 2603 and route 49 A Western-79 displayed, stopped at an intersection with a stop sign and a street sign for W 119th St visible.

A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 2603, on route 49 A Western-79 at the intersection of 119th Street and Western Avenue on an overcast winter day. 1956 · 119th and Western, Chicago, IL

A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus turning at a street intersection with a stop sign and a street sign for 119th Street visible.

A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 2603, on route 49A Western at 119th Street on an overcast winter day. 1956 · 49A and 119th St

Two stripped green-and-cream streetcars with their windows removed sit among scrap metal behind a black Frisco gondola and rail tracks, with six smokestacks against an overcast sky.

Stripped PCC streetcars, likely of the Chicago Transit Authority and including car 706[?], stand behind St. Louis-San Francisco Railway gondola 61[...]496, likely in St. Louis. February 27, 1956 · St. Louis

A vintage black and white photo shows a streetcar on fire in the snow, with the number 542 visible on its front.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 542, is engulfed in flames during winter. March 23, 1956 · 77th Vincennes

A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a city street under a steel elevated structure carrying a two-car train, with neon signs, a yellow truck, a sedan and pedestrians in winter coats.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar runs under the Loop elevated at Clark and Van Buren while a two-car 'L' train passes overhead. April 19, 1956 · Clark and Van Buren, Chicago, IL

A yellow CTA bus with floral decorations and a 'Make Chicago America's Cleanest City' slogan is parked on a city street, with a green and white bus and a yellow taxi cab visible in the background.

A yellow Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 565, decorated with daisies and the slogan 'Make Chicago America's Cleanest City,' is seen on a city street. May 16, 1956 · Michigan and Jackson, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a wide street, under a steel elevated railway bridge that carries a CTA 'Park and Ride' sign, with 1950s cars on both sides.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar passing under the elevated line at Western and Leland, Chicago, mid-1950s. June 10, 1956 · Western and Leland, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar on a wide street passes an ornate red, white and blue amusement park gate with onion domes, flags and a roller coaster behind it, while pedestrians walk along the sidewalk.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4060 passes the striped, onion-domed entrance of Riverview amusement park on Western Avenue near Roscoe, Chicago, in summer. June 10, 1956 · Western and Roscoe, Chicago, IL

A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 4060 travels down a street lined with power poles, passing a large red, white, and blue amusement park entrance with a roller coaster in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4060, runs past the colorful entrance of Riverview Amusement Park on a sunny summer day. June 10, 1956 · Roscoe, Chicago, IL

A vintage green and cream Chicago streetcar with number 4059 travels down a wide, sunlit street lined with 1950s cars and storefronts.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4059, runs on Western Avenue at Leland in the early 1950s under a clear sky. June 10, 1956 · Western and Leland, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar signed 36 Broadway-Devon turns across a brick-paved intersection, with 1950s cars, a corner drug store and an overpass behind it.

Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7148 on route 36 Broadway turns through the intersection at Broadway and Devon in Chicago. August 14, 1956 · Broadway and Devon, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar sits under an elevated railway station that carries red and cream CTA banners, with a second streetcar beside it and traffic going off into the distance.

Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars on State Street under the Loop 'L' station at Van Buren Street in Chicago, likely in the mid-1950s. August 24, 1956 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar on a wide downtown street lined with theater marquees, with an elevated railway crossing the street in the distance.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 7174 on State Street at Randolph, Chicago, with the State Lake and Chicago theaters and the Lake Street 'L' behind it, likely summer 1956. August 24, 1956 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar approaches on double track in a busy downtown street lined with tall buildings, with 1950s cars, a Jim Beam wall sign and a movie marquee behind it.

A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Madison in Chicago, likely in 1956. August 24, 1956 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL

A light-colored streamlined streetcar stops at a busy downtown corner under tall buildings, with many pedestrians crossing the tracks in the foreground.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Jackson, as pedestrians cross in front of it, likely in the 1950s. August 24, 1956 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL

A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 4318 is parked in a gravel yard. Behind it is a red and white bus, a yellow freight car on a flatcar, and a dark railcar to the left. Overhead wires and a water tower are visible in the background under an overcast sky.

Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus 4318 parked in a yard next to a yellow freight car and another bus. October 21, 1956 · South Shops, IL

Three-quarter front view of a green and cream CTA bus numbered 4318 parked in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with another bus and a yellow freight car visible behind it.

A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 4318, parked in a yard with other buses and freight cars in the background. October 21, 1956

A dark green CTA bus with a yellow magnet sweeper attachment on its front, parked in a yard with a freight car visible behind it.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look motor bus, number 5720, equipped with a front-mounted magnet sweeper, sits in a yard. October 21, 1956

A dark green CTA bus with a large yellow magnet plow attached to its front, parked in a gravel yard with the number 6720 visible on the fender and BW 12 on the side.

A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 6720, modified with a front-mounted magnet plow and labeled 'BW 12', parked in a yard on an overcast day. October 21, 1956

A green and yellow single-ended streetcar with a trolley pole comes down a wide street with crossing tracks, a dense web of overhead wire, storefronts, and 1950s cars and a red pickup truck.

A green and yellow streetcar, likely Los Angeles Transit Lines car 14[?]8, approaches an intersection under heavy overhead wire at what the note gives as Washington and Vermont in Los Angeles. November 15, 1956 · Washington and Vermont, Los Angeles, CA

Two green and cream interurban cars, numbered 7210 and 7201, sit on tracks in a gravel yard with a clear sky and leafless trees in the background.

Two Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars, numbered 7210 and 7201, are parked in a yard in 1957. 1957 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL

A vintage photograph of a green and orange interurban railcar, number 162, stopped at a wooden station platform with people boarding, under a clear sky with overhead wires.

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit car 162, in its distinctive green and orange livery, is shown at a station platform in 1957, with passengers boarding. 1957 · North Chicago, IL

A black-and-white, high-angle shot of a busy Chicago street, showing a line of Drewry's buses and vintage cars at a bus stop.

A Drewry's bus line at the Washington and Wabash terminal in Chicago, with a GMC New Look bus number 5329 front and center. 1957 · Washington and Wabash, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar seen from above runs on cobblestone tracks between a red Budweiser truck and parked cars, with neon store signs on the left and a large red brick warehouse in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on a busy downtown Chicago street, likely near Clark and Wacker, with the Central Cold Storage Company building behind it. 1957 · Clark and Wacker, Chicago, IL

A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1181 and destination '63 STONEY ISLAND' driving on a multi-lane expressway filled with 1950s cars and surrounded by bare trees.

A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 1181, heads down an expressway median lane with 1950s traffic in the late 1950s. 1957 · North Ave and Outer Drive, Chicago, IL

A vintage red streetcar with the number 565 on its front, shown at an angle on a city street with cars parked nearby and buildings in the background.

A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 565, on a winter day at the intersection of Paulina and J Polk streets. March 1957 · Paulina and J Polk

A dark green Pacific Electric electric locomotive numbered 1622, with a yellow and black striped front, is parked on a street under overhead wires, with a tan passenger car partially visible behind it.

Pacific Electric electric locomotive number 1622, a Baldwin-Westinghouse boxcab, stands on a street under overhead wires. March 22, 1957 · West Hollywood, CA

A three-quarter rear view of a vintage brown and yellow interurban car, numbered 2858, sitting on tracks in a yard with a building and a blue car visible in the background.

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Interurban car 2858 is shown in a yard on a clear winter day, its brown and yellow livery intact, likely in the 1950s. April 14, 1957 · Kimball, Chicago, IL

A green and cream city bus with the number 1806 and route 84 on its sign drives down a paved street on a sunny winter day, with parked and moving cars and bare trees lining the road.

A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1806, heads down a street on route 84 Ridge-Broadway, with vintage cars and bare trees in the background. April 21, 1957

An old, light-colored wooden interurban car with many windows travels on elevated tracks alongside buildings and trees under an overcast sky.

A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, lettered with an 'A' for the Skokie Valley route, travels on an elevated structure on a summer day in the 1950s. June 1957 · Diversey, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar signed 22 81-HALSTED comes up a downtown street under bright neon signs for Borden's Milk, the Blue Note and Wimpy, while a traffic officer directs a crowd of pedestrians.

Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7194 on Route 22 to 81st-Halsted on Clark Street in downtown Chicago, likely at Madison Street. August 2, 1957 · Clark and Madison, Chicago, IL

A vintage brown and cream Chicago transit train runs on an elevated track above a street lined with classic 1950s cars and a lone pedestrian.

A Chicago Transit Authority 4000-series rapid transit car crosses an elevated structure over a parking lot filled with 1950s automobiles. September 3, 1957 · Stock Yards, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street under trolley wires. A truck and a bus follow it, a gray diesel passenger train runs on an embankment behind parked 1950s cars, and brick warehouses stand at right.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar crosses a cobblestone intersection near Archer Avenue, Chicago, as a New York Central passenger train passes behind. October 8, 1957 · Chicago, IL

A black and yellow Soo Line locomotive numbered 501 is parked in a snowy rail yard with multiple tracks and industrial buildings in the background.

Soo Line 501, an EMD SD24 locomotive, stands in a snow-covered yard. c. 1958 to 1970

Two vintage white and dark-striped buses with large windows, one showing the number 1756, on a paved street with trees and a blurred moving car in the background.

Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, including number 1756, are seen on a tree-lined street in the 1960s. 1958 · Caldwell

Two vintage city buses, one with the number 1756 on its front, are stopped on a tree-lined street with a telephone booth nearby.

Two Chicago Transit Authority buses, including 1756, are stopped at an intersection on a summer day in the late 1950s or 1960s. 1958 · Caldwell

A row of three orange and grey interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, belonging to the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, sit on tracks in a grassy yard under a cloudy sky.

Three Chicago Aurora and Elgin Master Unit interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, parked in a yard under an overcast sky. 1958 · Wheaton, IL

A yellow streetcar with an S route sign and the number 1428 on its dash crosses a railroad track at a street intersection under overhead wires, with a Texaco station and 1950s cars behind it.

Streetcar 1428 on route S crosses a railroad at grade, likely at Avalon Boulevard and Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles, in the mid-1950s. 1958 · Avalon and Slauson Ave, Los Angeles, CA

A white streetcar with a red and blue stripe, signed 23 Chestnut Hill, rounds a corner on a street of brick rowhouses under overhead wires, with cars parked along the curbs.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcar 2158 on Route 23 to Chestnut Hill, likely at 16th & Bigler, 1958. 1958 · 16th and Bigler, Philadelphia, PA

A yellow and green streetcar showing route S and the number 1424 travels on street tracks under trolley wire past a gas station, palm trees and long lines of utility poles on an overcast day.

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1424 on the S line runs along a wide avenue in Los Angeles, likely at Central Avenue and 160th Street. 1958 · Central and 160th St., Los Angeles, CA

A yellow and green streetcar numbered 1400, with route 5 on its roof sign, stands on a street under trolley wires. A yellow bus with a white roof is parked beside a two-story drugstore building with Coca-Cola and Rexall signs, and hills rise behind.

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1400 on Line 5 passes an old-look bus in front of Eagle Rock Drugs in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. 1958 · 1400 Eagle Rock Blvd

A red and grey interurban car with the number 450 is parked on tracks in front of a brick building that reads 'Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee'.

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit #450 is pictured in a yard. 1958 · Highwood, IL

An orange and silver electric train with a pantograph on its roof travels on a two-track line surrounded by grass and utility poles under an overcast sky.

A South Shore Line Master Unit electric train in its classic orange and silver livery travels along a private right-of-way in Skokie, Illinois, circa 1950-1965. 1958 · Near East Prairie Road, Skokie, IL

A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1353, with a 'Shuttle Service' sign, driving down a city street lined with 1950s cars and tall buildings in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1353, operates a shuttle service on a downtown street in the mid-1950s, with the Chicago skyline in the background. 1958

A black and white photograph shows a Chicago Transit Authority bus at a busy street corner with Walgreens and Woolworth's stores, and a billboard advertising a 1962 Pontiac Tempest.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1346, is seen on a street corner with a Walgreens and a Woolworth's store in the background, under a billboard for a 1962 Pontiac Tempest. 1958 · 59th and Pulaski, Chicago, IL

A single-unit, streamlined railcar with a teal, orange, and silver paint scheme is shown on railroad tracks next to a snow-covered embankment and bare trees in the winter.

A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Budd-built doodlebug in its distinctive teal and orange livery travels along a private right-of-way in winter. 1958

A vintage Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 6571, is parked under a brick archway, displaying route 62 Archer-Harlem on its front sign and advertisements for Drewry's and Blatz beer on its bumper and side.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 6571, is shown parked under a brick underpass with its route sign reading 62 Archer-Harlem. March 1958 · Archer and Pershing, Chicago, IL