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Two red and cream streetcars, numbered 473 and 857, are stopped on a city street lined with tall buildings and large store signs for Spiegel and Wieboldt under a clear sky. Two Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcars, numbers 473 and 857, on a downtown street with prominent store signs for Spiegel and Wieboldt in the background. May 1, 1952 · 63rd and Green, Chicago, IL Two vintage wooden interurban cars in brown and cream livery are parked on an elevated wooden platform, with overhead wires visible. Two brown and cream Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars on an elevated platform, likely at Lawndale station. May 3, 1952 An old photograph of a vintage interurban car on an elevated wooden track platform, showing its rear with decorative festoons and a matching car on a parallel track. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, decorated with festoons, sits on an elevated wooden platform, with a second identical car on an adjacent track. May 3, 1952 A dark blue Pacific Electric Railway electric locomotive numbered 1622 is coupled to a brown caboose on a street with overhead wires. Pacific Electric Railway electric locomotive 1622, a C-1 class unit, is seen coupled to a caboose on a street-running track. June 1952 · Torrance, CA A red and cream vintage streetcar numbered 3164, identified as a Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit, is parked in a rail yard with overhead wires visible and a route number 4 sign on the front. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 3164, painted in red and cream livery, is pictured in a yard under an overcast sky, with its route number 4 displayed on the front. June 1952 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL A red and cream interurban car numbered 396 travels on an elevated wooden trestle, surrounded by greenery with a network of tracks in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car, number 396, navigates a wooden trestle in a lush, green setting. June 1952 · Loop, Chicago, IL A cream and green streetcar with a trolley pole and a C route sign turns across a downtown intersection with tracks, while pedestrians cross in front of tall office buildings. A San Francisco Municipal Railway streetcar showing route C turns through the intersection of 1st and Market streets in San Francisco. July 1952 · Cline and 1st and Market, San Francisco, CA A row of red Birney streetcars is parked inside a large brick carbarn with the number 5, 6, and 7 painted above the bays; a 'CITIES SERVICE' sign is visible on the building's corner. Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcars at the South Chicago carbarn in the 1930s. July 1, 1952 · 69th and Lashland, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph of a vintage interurban car, numbered 4, with a destination sign reading 'HOWARD B', on a set of tracks with overhead wires and a wooden utility pole in the background. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car #4, a Master Unit, photographed on its private right-of-way in Skokie, Illinois. July 29, 1952 · Skokie, IL A red wooden interurban car with round end windows and a trolley pole rounds a curve at a multi-track junction under a dense web of overhead wires, with a red wooden car parked beside a white building at right. Pacific Electric interurban car 435 at Dominguez Jct. October 1952 · Dominguez Jct. A green and cream streetcar numbered 7010, its sign reading 4 Cottage Grove, turns across a cobblestone street under overhead trolley wires, with brick buildings, billboards, a gas station and parked 1950s cars and trucks behind it. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7010, signed for route 4 Cottage Grove, crosses a cobblestone intersection, likely at Indiana and Cermak in Chicago. October 19, 1952 · Indiana and Cermak / Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A vintage green and cream streetcar numbered 3141 with a 'LAKE' destination sign, parked on cobblestone tracks under a steel elevated structure in a city. A green and cream Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 3141, on a city street under an elevated structure, showing its destination as LAKE. October 19, 1952 · Franklin and Lake, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole crosses a cobblestone intersection with tracks in front of a brick corner building with a Walgreens store, and a dark sedan is parked at left. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on Route 4 Cottage Grove crosses a cobbled intersection beside a Walgreens store in Chicago. October 19, 1952 · Indiana and Cermak and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A black Santa Fe steam locomotive numbered 3760 is on the tracks in a yard with a red and silver diesel locomotive visible behind it. Santa Fe steam locomotive 3760, a 2-10-4, is shown in a yard with a diesel locomotive in the background. November 1952 · Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar with a lit 49 Western-Berwyn sign stands under a web of overhead wires beside a passenger shelter, with another streetcar to the right and two buses to the left. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed 49 Western-Berwyn waits at the terminal at Western & 79th, Chicago, with a second PCC and two buses nearby. November 23, 1952 · Western and 79th, Chicago, IL An elevated view of a city street in winter with two vintage streetcars in the foreground, one red and one green, surrounded by cars and brick buildings with signs. Two Chicago Surface Lines streetcars, a Master Unit and a PCC, pass on a city street lined with vintage storefronts in the late 1940s. December 1952 · 63rd and Harvard, Chicago, IL A dark green and orange interurban train with the number 176 is stopped at a small station platform in a bare-treed winter scene, with a man standing nearby. North Shore Line interurban car 176 at the Wilmette station in winter. 1953 · Wilmette, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 4008 with a sign reading 4 Cottage Grove runs along a street in the shadow of a steel elevated railway, with piano store signs on the buildings at left. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 4008 on route 4 Cottage Grove passes beneath the 'L' structure, likely at Wabash and Jackson in the Loop. 1953 · Wabash and Jackson, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a rounded front and a trolley pole turns on a curved brick-paved track between dark brick buildings on a sunny day. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 707[?], signed 22 81-HALSTED, rounds the loop track at Clark and Howard in Chicago. 1953 · Clark and Howard, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 7030 with a trolley pole up stands on brick-paved track under a web of overhead wires, with another streetcar behind it and a red brick building at right. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 7030 signed for route 4 Cottage Grove–Downtown, likely at 115th Street and Cottage Grove in Chicago. 1953 · 115th and Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar rounds a snowy street corner under overhead wires, next to a brick tavern and a painted Drewrys Beer sign. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 40[?]6 on route 4 in the snow at 115th and St. Lawrence, Chicago. 1953 · 115th and St. Lawrence, Chicago, IL A vintage Chicago streetcar numbered 1783, running on the Lake route, is shown in a city street with a Ford dealership sign in the background and passengers visible inside. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 1783 on the Lake route at the intersection of Lake and Dearborn Streets in Chicago, circa 1950s. 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Surface Lines streetcar numbered 1733 is stopped on a city street under an elevated structure, with pedestrians nearby and storefronts in the background. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 1733 on Lake Street under the elevated tracks on a sunny day. 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A red electric interurban train car numbered 34 is on a set of tracks next to a grassy area, with a water tower and vintage cars in the background. A red Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car, number 34, heads toward Wheaton on a private right-of-way in Maywood, Illinois. 1953 · 1st Ave, Maywood, IL Two vintage Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban railcars, 3003 and 3004, travel on a track bordered by grass and trees, with a large water tank visible behind them under an overcast sky. A pair of Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban cars, numbered 3003 and 3004, on a private right-of-way with a water tower in the background. 1953 · Elgin Gas Work Spur A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 7178 on a Chicago street in 1953, surrounded by 1950s automobiles and storefronts. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 7178, travels down a city street in 1953. 1953 · Clark and Devon, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph of a classic PCC streetcar in Chicago, numbered 1208 and heading for Morgan Street, passing under a large bridge sign for Englewood Union Station. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1208, on route 36 to Morgan Street, is pictured under the Englewood Union Station bridge. 1953 · 36 and State A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street with tracks under overhead wires. A pale blue station wagon and a man crossing the street are in the foreground, and parked cars and old brick buildings with shop signs line the street. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for Route 22 in summer street traffic in Chicago, Illinois. 1953 · Clark and Chicago, Chicago, IL Black-and-white photo of a streamlined streetcar with a single trolley pole, signed 36 119-MORGAN, coming out from beneath a riveted steel railroad bridge lettered ENGLEWOOD UNION STATION. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on route 36, signed for 119-Morgan, comes out from under the Englewood Union Station railroad bridge on State Street near 64th Street, Chicago. 1953 · State and 64th St., Chicago, IL An orange and dark blue interurban car, number 411, with 'Chicago & North Western' lettering, is rounding a curve on a private right-of-way with overhead wires, passing a wooden signal tower and a parked automobile in the background. A Chicago & North Western Master Unit interurban car, number 411, rounds a curve on a private right-of-way in Maywood, Illinois, likely in the 1940s. 1953 · Cate 9th Ave, Maywood, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 141 travels down a city street lined with shops and cars from the late 1940s, while a police officer directs traffic. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 141, operates on a city street in the late 1940s, surrounded by 1950s automobiles and period storefronts. May 20, 1953 · 63rd Western, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar, number 1759, turns on a city street with an elevated train structure overhead, surrounded by 1950s-era cars and a large movie billboard on a building. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1759, navigates a turn on a city street under an elevated structure, with a 1950s Billboard for 'Red Stiff' visible in the background. June 14, 1953 · Randolph and Franklin, Chicago, IL Elevated view down a busy downtown Chicago street with a green and cream streetcar on double track, crowded sidewalks, a mail truck in the foreground and a neon Harding's sign at lower right. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar approaches on a brick-paved downtown street lined with shoppers and Harding's restaurant sign, seen from an elevated vantage point. June 15, 1953 · Washington and Franklin, Chicago, IL A green and cream PCC streetcar on a cobblestone street in Chicago, surrounded by pedestrians, vintage cars, and storefront signs including 'Harding's' and 'U.S. Mail'. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar travels downtown on a sunny day in the late 1930s or 1940s, passing storefronts and pedestrians. June 15, 1953 · Washington and Franklin, Chicago, IL A vintage elevated train with a cream and maroon livery travels on wooden-decked tracks between tall buildings, passing a signal marked '0' and a building with a 'Rubin Grand' sign. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series car, number 2[?]94, navigates the complex trackwork of the Wells Street Terminal, with a second car in the background. July 1953 · Wells St. Term. A red streetcar runs down the center of a bustling city street, surrounded by vintage cars and pedestrians under an elevated structure. A red Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar navigates a busy city street lined with mid-century storefronts and parked cars. August 2, 1953 · 52 and Garfield Front view of a dark-bodied CTA bus with the number 5306 and a 'Van Buren - Racine' destination sign, driving on a snowy city street next to elevated train tracks. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 5306, on the Van Buren-Racine route in winter. August 9, 1953 · Van Buren and Racine, Chicago, IL Three vintage red and white streetcars parked in front of a brick carhouse on a sunny day. Three Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcars, numbers 6151, 3196, and 554, parked in front of the Ashland Carhouse. August 23, 1953 · Ashland Carhouse A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 4263 travels down a busy Chicago street with vintage cars and pedestrians, under clear skies. Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar #4263 on State Street, likely in the early 1950s, surrounded by vintage automobiles and city storefronts. August 23, 1953 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on tracks in the middle of a busy downtown street lined with tall buildings, parked cars, a yellow taxi and pennant banners on the lamp posts. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar heads south on State Street at Van Buren under "College Days" banners, about 1953–57. August 23, 1953 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A vintage red-roofed Chicago Motor Coach Company bus, number 64, is parked on a paved lot, with a man walking nearby and trees and buildings in the background. A Chicago Motor Coach Company bus, number 64, operating on the Lake Front-State Street Shuttle Service in a parking lot area. August 27, 1953 · Columbus Dr. and Monroe, Chicago, IL 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. 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. September 26, 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar marked 'LAKE' and numbered 1758 runs on a city street beneath an elevated green and cream rapid transit train, surrounded by 1940s automobiles and storefront signs including 'ENNEPER' and 'Ford'. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 1758, on a street below an elevated 'L' line carrying a Chicago Rapid Transit Company train, with vintage automobiles and storefronts in the background. September 26, 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL Side view of two green and cream Chicago Surface Lines buses, numbered 1201 and 645, on a city street with a building labeled CHAS T WILT behind them. Two Chicago Surface Lines buses, numbered 1201 and 645, operate on The Boulevard Route along a city street with storefronts in the background. September 30, 1953 · Michigan and Jackson, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Motor Coach Company bus, number 1369, is parked on a city street with a pedestrian walking nearby and a large stone building in the background. Chicago Motor Coach Company bus number 1369, a GM New Look, is shown at Jackson and Canal in Chicago on a sunny day. October 2, 1953 · Jackson and Canal, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Motor Coach Company bus numbered 1369 is on a city street, with a pedestrian crossing nearby and a large building in the background. Chicago Motor Coach Company bus 1369, a GM Old Look, is seen on a city street with its destination sign reading '150 WALK'. October 2, 1953 · Jackson and Canal, Chicago, IL A vintage red streetcar labeled number 6435 and route 8 sits on tracks beside an elevated train station, with several people nearby and city buildings in the background. A red Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 6435, on route 8, is pictured on a city street next to an elevated station. October 5, 1953 · Halsted and Congress, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 507 is stopped at an intersection with an elevated train bridge in the background, under a clear sky, with several vintage automobiles and a person standing on the sidewalk. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 507, on a street crossing with a Chicago and North Western commuter train passing overhead on a bridge in the mid-1940s. October 15, 1953 · Archer and Clark, Chicago, IL