Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s

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A vintage red streetcar with the number 357 and destination 'California + Roscoe' is shown on a snowy street, with a driver visible in the cab and overhead wires above. A red Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 357, displays its California + Roscoe destination on a winter day. 1951 · California and Roscoe, CA A vintage red and cream streetcar with the number 6296 and route 4 sign is moving down a street with overhead wires and a building labeled 'GUARDIT' in the background. A red Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 6296, on route 4 to Cottage Grove 65, is seen on a street with a 'GUARDIT' building in the background. 1951 · Cottage Grove and 96th St., Chicago, IL Black-and-white street scene with a streamlined streetcar under overhead wires, large rug cleaner signs on buildings at left and a tall GRANADA sign down the street. A PCC streetcar signed for route 36 to 119th and Morgan on a Chicago commercial street, with the Granada theater sign in the distance. 1951 · 4134 Broadway Sepia street scene with a streamlined streetcar under trolley wires on a shop-lined street, while pedestrians cross the intersection and a crowd stands on the corner. A PCC streetcar signed 63-Stony Island, likely Chicago Transit Authority, at 63rd Street and Loomis Boulevard, Chicago, with pedestrians crossing in the foreground. 1951 · 63rd and Loomis Blvd, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train, car number 6150, travels on an elevated track with a destination sign reading 'JACKSON PARK', set against an urban skyline with water towers. A CTA 6000-series rapid transit car, number 6150, heads toward Jackson Park on an elevated structure in Chicago, likely in the 1950s or 1960s. 1951 · Racine Ave A green and cream streetcar with its trolley pole raised sits on a curved track beside a covered shelter and a wooden fence. A longer, older streetcar and part of another car stand across a paved loop under overhead wires. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for Western stands at an off-street loop with a passenger shelter, with older streetcars in the background. 1951 · Western and 49 and Berwyn, Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a CTA bus on a city street at dusk, surrounded by parked cars and pedestrians, with large glowing signs for shops like Sears and Bond's above. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 638, on route 8 Halsted, moves down a busy street at dusk, flanked by vintage automobiles and illuminated storefronts. 1951 · 64th St. A black-and-white photo shows a 1950s CTA bus numbered 5207 on a cobblestone street with trolley tracks, a dark streetcar behind it, and brick buildings lining the road. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus on route 73 at Armitage and Clark, with a vintage streetcar in the background. 1951 · Armitage and Campbell, Chicago, IL A vintage streetcar and a bus on a wide Chicago street lined with tall buildings and 1940s cars. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 629, on a downtown street in the 1940s, sharing the road with buses and vintage automobiles. 1951 · 4 and Washington, Chicago, IL A red Birney streetcar marked 351 travels down a busy State Street in Chicago, flanked by buildings with signs for 'BOND' and 'COLE JEWELERS', with vintage cars and pedestrians on the sidewalks. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 351, operates on State Street in downtown Chicago, surrounded by mid-century traffic and pedestrians. 1951 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a vintage wooden 'L' car with a clerestory roof, stopped at an elevated station. The front sign reads 'A LAKE', and a 'Del Monte Fruit Co.' ad is visible on the platform wall. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company Master Unit rapid transit car at an elevated station platform, with a destination sign reading 'A LAKE'. 1951 · Wells and Madison, Chicago, IL A vintage tan and cream interurban railcar with the number 268 and a 'LOCAL KENWOOD' sign, stopped on elevated tracks near a signal tower. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car, number 268, in its original tan and cream livery, stopped at an elevated station. 1951 · 40th and Indiana, Chicago, IL Two Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban cars on an elevated track, surrounded by buildings. A Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car on an elevated structure in Chicago, with another car visible in the distance. 1951 · Wells St. Terminal, Chicago, IL A red and cream interurban car with the number 505 on its side, labeled 'MILWAUKEE' on its front, is shown on a snowy street with passengers visible through its windows, in front of a Tudor-style building. A Milwaukee Road Master Unit interurban car, number 505, in orange and cream livery, stands on a snow-dusted street with passengers on board. January 1951 · Logan Blvd, Milwaukee, WI A vintage electric work car with the number W 205 on its front, parked on a snow-covered track in a rail yard with overhead wires and other cars in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines electric work car, number W 205, stands in a snow-covered yard, its dual control cabs and flatcar body clearly visible under overhead wires. January 1951 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL The interior of an old streetcar with wooden walls, woven seats, and overhead light bulbs illuminating vintage advertisements. The warmly lit interior of a vintage streetcar, featuring wooden paneling and woven cane seats, viewed from the rear toward the front door. March 1951 A red Birney streetcar, number 277, travels on a snowy city street under trolley wires, with large brick and white factory buildings behind it. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 277, is shown on a winter day at the intersection of State and Wacker, with the Steele-Wedeles and Central Cold Storage buildings in the background. March 1951 · State and Wacker, Chicago, IL Three red and white interurban cars from the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee line are parked side-by-side in a snowy yard, with complex overhead wiring above them. A lineup of Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars, including car 330, in a snow-dusted yard under an intricate web of overhead wires. March 13, 1951 · Kedzie Jackson Barn A blue and white streamlined interurban car, number 716, travels on a curved track through a snowy, industrial landscape. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Electroliner 716 rounding a curve on a snowy day. March 30, 1951 · N. Elgin Dv. A line of red interurban railcars on a city street with steam rising from factory chimneys behind them, surrounded by 1950s cars. Three red South Shore Line interurban cars on street running trackage in Chicago, with factory smokestacks in the background. April 1951 · 40th and Ashland Two dark green and cream rapid transit cars travel on an elevated steel trestle above a street scene with a large black steam crane and several vintage automobiles. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series rapid transit car on an elevated structure above street-level construction featuring an American Bridge Company steam crane, likely in the late 1930s or early 1940s. April 28, 1951 · Lake Market Two red streetcars and vintage cars on a cobblestone street in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1951, with overhead wires and buildings in the background. A street scene in Chicago, Illinois, circa June 1951, featuring two red streetcars and several automobiles on a cobblestone street with streetcar tracks and overhead wires. June 1951 · Ogden and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a red stripe, signed 63-CENTRAL PARK, rounds a curve on a brick street with streetcar tracks; a brick hotel building is at left, trees and parked 1940s cars are behind it, and a dark storm sky is overhead. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 4023 on route 63 to Central Park on the brick pavement at 64th Street and Stony Island Avenue, likely about 1949 to 1953. July 1, 1951 · 64th and Stony Island, Chicago, IL A white, orange, and blue streetcar with the number 1023 on its front is stopped at an intersection on a cobblestone street, with vintage cars and a brick building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1023, heads toward 63-Central Park on a cobblestone street lined with 1950s cars and a brick hotel. July 1, 1951 · 64th and Stony Island, Chicago, IL An overhead view of a red and cream Peter Witt streetcar on a wide city street with vintage automobiles and crowds of pedestrians on the sidewalks. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 3, travels down a busy downtown street, likely State Street, in the late 1940s. July 17, 1951 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photo showing two trolleybuses on a city street with multiple vintage automobiles and a Sears store in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority trolleybuses, including number 788, operate on a city street lined with 1950s-era buildings and automobiles. 1952 · Lawrence and Ravenswood, Chicago, IL A two-story brick carbarn lettered Chicago City Railway Company with numbered open bays. Three streamlined streetcars are parked inside, with curving tracks and overhead wires in front. Three Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars stand in the bays of the old Chicago City Railway carbarn at 38th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. 1952 · 38th and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photo of a long two-story brick carbarn lettered CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY COMPANY and dated 1907, with five streamlined two-tone streetcars nosed out of its numbered bays under trolley wires. PCC streetcars, including car 4004, rest in the bays of the 1907 Chicago City Railway Company carbarn at 38th Street and Cottage Grove in Chicago. 1952 · 38th and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL Sepia photo of a streetcar numbered 7180 entering an indoor car wash, between tall rotating brushes on a wet floor with track, under a steel-beamed roof with brick walls and tall windows. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7180 passes through the brushes of a car washer, likely at Devon carbarn, Chicago. 1952 · 7180 Devon, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with snow on its roof travels toward the camera on a slushy street lined with bare trees and snow-covered lawns, with another streetcar farther back. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 7154, signed for route 22 Vincennes-80th, on snowy Clark Street, likely near Chase Avenue. 1952 · Clark and Chase, Chicago, IL Black-and-white photo of a streamlined two-tone streetcar numbered 4008 with its trolley pole raised, moving past a tall brick building and a Y.M.C.A. billboard. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4008 at Wabash and 8th in Chicago, with a Y.M.C.A. hotel billboard behind it. 1952 · Wabash and 8th, Chicago, IL Black-and-white photo of a two-tone streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised, signed 36 STATE-KINZIE, on a street under tall trees. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar [?]197 on route 36, signed STATE-KINZIE, on a tree-lined street, likely in the 1950s. 1952 · 36 and Wisconsin Black-and-white photo of a two-tone streamlined streetcar signed 36 119 - Morgan on a bridge under overhead wires, with a riveted steel railing, an ornate street light and tall downtown office towers behind it. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar [?]121, signed 36 119 - Morgan, crosses a bridge at State and Wacker in Chicago, likely the State Street bridge. 1952 · State and Wacker, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 3164 is parked in a rail yard, with overhead wires visible and other scrapped cars in the background. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar no. 3164, painted in red and cream livery, sits in a rail yard under overcast skies. 1952 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photograph of Chicago Surface Lines streetcar 3359 on a city street, with its destination sign reading 'Cottage Grove Ave' and an ad for Lincoln Park Zoo on the front. The car is on a street lined with buildings and has a Coca-Cola sign on a building above it. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 3359, operating on the Cottage Grove Avenue line, photographed in the 1930s or 1940s. 1952 · 4 and Wabash A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9563, on route 86 NARRAGANSETT, driving down a street with overhead wires and a building displaying ads for Jacob Loibl and City Club Beer. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9563, on route 86 NARRAGANSETT, captured on a winter day with overhead wires and period advertisements in the background. 1952 · 86 and Narragansett A green and cream streetcar signed 42 HALSTED-79 comes toward the camera under overhead wires. Old brick storefronts line the street, a man walks across the foreground, and a red truck blurs past at the right. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar signed 42 Halsted-79 approaches the Milwaukee and Grand intersection in Chicago. 1952 · Milwaukee and Grand, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a single trolley pole runs on a wide, curving bridge approach beneath a massive dark steel truss frame. A traffic signal stands on a concrete median, and a dark old sedan drives away at the right. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, likely number 72[?]6, crosses a bridge under a large steel truss structure. The note places it at Western Avenue and 31st Boulevard in Chicago. 1952 · Western and 31st Blvd, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole turns on a brick street next to a massive columned stone building. Cars of the early 1950s, including a yellow taxi, are in the street, with tall buildings behind. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, likely in service, rounds a corner on a brick-paved street at Madison and Clinton in Chicago. 1952 · Madison and Clinton, Chicago, IL A black and white photo from the 1950s shows a CTA bus on a city street with Wrigley Field in the background, surrounded by classic cars and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1005, on route 152 ADDISON, drives down Sheffield Avenue past Wrigley Field in the late 1950s. 1952 · 152 and Sheffield A vintage black-and-white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1327, with 'The Boulevard Route' written on its side and 'HARLEM 152 ADDISON' on its front sign, parked near a brick building. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 1327, in its 'Boulevard Route' livery, parked on a winter day. 1952 · Keeler and Diversey, Chicago, IL A black and white photo showing a line of dark-colored buses inside a garage with striped warning markings on the door; one bus has the number 1320 and a 'NOT IN SERVICE' sign; a man in overalls stands to the right. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus numbered 1320, marked 'NOT IN SERVICE', is parked inside a garage with other buses, as a man in work clothes stands in the doorway. 1952 A red and cream streetcar with the number 672 on its front navigates a sunny city street, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and storefronts in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar, number 672, travels down a city street lined with early 20th-century buildings and storefronts. 1952 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar travels down a busy urban street lined with vintage cars and tall buildings under a clear sky. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 2143, on route 25, travels down a bustling city street in the late 1940s. 1952 · 45 and Jackson, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a vintage Chicago Surface Lines motor bus, number 1327, parked on a city street with a destination sign reading 'Harlem 152 Addison' and an advertisement for Braumeister Beer on the front. A Chicago Surface Lines motor bus, number 1327, is parked on a city street, displaying 'Harlem 152 Addison' on its destination sign and 'The Boulevard Route' along its side. 1952 · Diversey and Keeler, Chicago, IL A red and green Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, led by car 759, on elevated tracks with city buildings in the background under a partly cloudy sky. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, led by car 759, rounds a curve on an elevated structure in Chicago. 1952 · Sheridan and Irving Pk., Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 4029 runs on a cobbled street with two sets of tracks, beside a two-story brick building with arched windows and GOLF and HOTEL signs, with bare trees and overhead wires behind it. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4029 runs on Stony Island Avenue near 64th Street, passing the Jackson Park View Hotel. March 10, 1952 · 64th and Stony Island, Chicago, IL A vintage orange streetcar with the number 75 runs on tracks embedded in a busy, wide city street lined with tall buildings and 1950s automobiles. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 75, navigates a cobblestone street in downtown Chicago, likely in the early 1950s. April 1952 · 45 and Roosevelt