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PCC Streetcar

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A green and cream streetcar numbered 4064 moves along a wet city street between early-1950s cars and a delivery truck loaded with bottle crates, with large stone buildings and a clock tower behind. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4064, signed for Fifth-Pulaski, on a slushy winter street near Madison and Canal in Chicago, likely in the early 1950s. November 25, 1953 · Canal, Chicago, IL Two green and cream streetcars with trolley poles stand side by side on a street under overhead wires, with 1950s cars and trucks at the left and brick buildings behind. PCC streetcars 4396 and 7223 meet on route 22, with 4396 signed for 81-Halsted, likely at Wentworth and Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. 1954 · Wentworth and Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes down a cobbled street with rails, past parked 1940s and 1950s cars and storefronts with Hotel, Tally Ho and Schlitz signs, with a green and cream taxicab in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on Clark Street near Adams, passing hotels, taverns and clothing stores in the Loop, early 1950s. 1954 · Clark and Adams, Chicago, IL Elevated view along a busy downtown street lined with neon signs: a green and cream streetcar and two green and cream buses are in the foreground, with cars, a taxi and a red-fronted bus behind them. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar and buses on State Street, seen from above near Van Buren in Chicago. 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A red-tinted photograph of a vintage streetcar on a city street, with storefronts and other cars in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar, number 3890, runs on a city street with its destination sign reading 'JBS STATE 04'. 1954 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A green and cream streamlined streetcar on a wet street at night, with its headlight on and a roll sign reading 36 Broadway Devon. Two people stand beside it, and a lit theater marquee advertising Judy Holliday is at upper right. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on route 36 Broadway-State, signed for Devon, passes a lit theater marquee on a rainy night, likely at State and Lake in 1954. April 21, 1954 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL Two green and cream streamlined streetcars numbered 7123 and 4400 stand beside a faded red older streetcar on curved track in a cobblestone yard, with more streetcars lined up behind a green fence. Chicago Transit Authority streetcars 7123 and 4400, signed for Western-63 and Ashland-71, beside an older red streetcar at a carbarn yard in Chicago. April 25, 1954 · 76th and Ashland / 69th and Ashland, Chicago, IL Two vintage Chicago streetcars, a green PCC and a red Peter Witt, are stopped at a grade crossing with automobiles and pedestrians nearby on a sunny day. Two Chicago Transit Authority streetcars, a green PCC 9720 and a red Peter Witt 658, meet at a grade crossing on a city street. May 18, 1954 · Larrabee, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar on center tracks in a downtown street lined with tall buildings, ornate lamp posts and 1950s cars, seen from above. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar [?]240, signed for route 36, heads down a busy State Street in downtown Chicago. June 6, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL Looking down a downtown street lined with neon signs, a green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a single track that is under repair, with red warning flags, piles of crushed stone and construction machines beside it, and a yellow taxi in the next lane. A PCC streetcar approaches on a downtown Chicago street where the track is being rebuilt, likely Clark Street near Monroe. June 6, 1954 · Clark and Monroe, Chicago, IL A vintage street scene in Chicago showing a green and cream PCC streetcar on tracks, with GMC buses and a yellow car nearby. Construction equipment and piles of gravel line the street, while neon signs for hotels and restaurants adorn the tall buildings. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar and GMC buses navigate a street under construction on a sunny day, surrounded by neon signs and vintage automobiles. June 6, 1954 · Clark and Madison, Chicago, IL A green and cream two-car rapid transit train crossing a street with embedded streetcar tracks, next to a green and cream streetcar under overhead wires, with a man walking at right. A two-car Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train crosses the street at grade beside a Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar at Western and Van Buren, Chicago. June 16, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A high view down a downtown street lined with tall buildings and lamp posts. A green and cream streetcar runs on center tracks among parked cars, buses and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Van Buren, Chicago, with buses and mid-1950s traffic, likely 1955–1957. July 25, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 7156 crosses a street intersection with diagonal track crossings, while an old wooden elevated train car stands on ground-level tracks behind barricades at left under overhead wires. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7156 crosses Van Buren Street at Western Avenue in Chicago while a wooden 'L' train waits on the ground-level tracks behind. August 13, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A light green and cream streetcar on cobblestone-paved tracks under an elevated railway station, with parked cars along the curb at left and tall downtown buildings behind. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar passes under the elevated Loop station, likely at State and Van Buren. August 29, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A dark brick two-story carbarn with numbered open bays holding about ten green and cream streamlined streetcars, with curving tracks set in brick pavement and overhead wires in the foreground. A row of green and cream PCC streetcars in the numbered bays of a Chicago carbarn lettered for a city railway company, likely the Chicago Transit Authority's car station at Cottage Grove and 38th. September 26, 1954 · Cottage Grove and 38th, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar signed 49 Western-Archer stands on cobblestone track while a uniformed crew member bends down to throw a switch with an iron bar. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed 49 Western-Archer, likely number 71[?]0, at Western and Archer in Chicago while a crew member throws a track switch. October 15, 1954 · Western and Archer, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a wide street with streetcar tracks; to the left, a brown wooden train car stands beside a brick tavern building, with a truck and a dark 1950s sedan between them. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for Western-Archer crosses Van Buren as a wooden 'L' car waits on the street-level tracks at Western Avenue. November 3, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL An elevated view down a busy downtown street decorated with Christmas trees on the lamp posts, with a green and cream streetcar coming toward the camera and another going away on the next track, among cars, shoppers and subway entrances. Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars pass on State Street at Van Buren, with the street decorated for Christmas. November 26, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A green and white streetcar turns through an intersection on a sunny downtown street beneath overhead wires, with a second streetcar, pedestrians and tall buildings behind it. A green and white PCC streetcar signed for S Central & Manchester on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, with a second PCC and Bullocks signs behind it. 1955 · S and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA A high view down a busy downtown street decorated for Christmas, with a green and cream streetcar in the center lanes, a bus at the left curb, cars and a taxi in front, and crowds on both sidewalks. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar heads up State Street near Jackson among Christmas decorations, taxis and shoppers, likely in the mid-1950s. 1955 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A yellow streetcar with the number 1399 and route 5 sign travels on embedded tracks beside a road with utility poles and palm trees. A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1399, operates on a sunny day along a palm-lined street in the 1950s. January 1955 A vintage green and orange streetcar with the number 1307 is stopped on a rain-slicked street, with overhead wires and a 'HUDSON' business sign visible in the background. A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1307, navigates a wet street under overcast skies. January 1, 1955 · 48th and Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA A red streetcar with a trolley pole crosses a long trestle with timber and steel spans against a blue sky. Utility poles and wires stand above it, a stucco building is at lower left, and a street with cars is at lower right. A Pacific Electric Railway PCC streetcar crosses the Fletcher Drive Trestle above a city street. February 25, 1955 · Fletcher Drive Trestle, Los Angeles, CA An orange, green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole runs down a sunny street under a web of overhead wires, with a Sinclair Paints billboard, an arcaded market building and small shops, and 1950s cars on the street. A PCC streetcar, likely of the Los Angeles Transit Lines, signed for East First St. and passing the Plaza Market in Los Angeles. March 1, 1955 · P Line Plaza Market, Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on brick-paved double track under overhead wire, on a wide street lined with used car lots and large signs. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar signed for route 49 Western-79 runs on Western Avenue near 66th Street, Chicago, in the mid-1950s. October 9, 1955 · Western and 66th, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar drives toward the camera on tracks set in cobblestone paving, under a web of overhead trolley wires, with cars, billboards and a water tower along the street. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 711[?] running on State Street near 62nd Place, Chicago. November 9, 1955 · State and 62nd Pl., Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole runs along a wide street under overhead wires, with tall white buildings and parked cars behind it. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3140 on 1st Street near Broadway in Los Angeles, likely between 1958 and 1963. 1956 · 1st and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar on a city street in front of a brightly lit theatre marquee advertising Run for Cover, with a bus and 1950s cars behind it. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 40[?][?] passes the Chicago Theatre on State Street near Lake Street, Chicago, about 1955. 1956 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Four green and cream streamlined streetcars without their trucks, two lying on their sides and two upright, in a yard full of scrap metal, with a crane and a wooden shed behind them under an overcast sky. Stripped Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars awaiting scrapping, likely at 69th and Cicero in Chicago. June 21, 1959 · 69th and Cicero, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar signed 22 Clark-Howard runs along a street under a rust-colored steel elevated structure, with a train of light-colored double-deck commuter coaches on top and parked cars and storefronts beyond. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7175 on route 22 Clark-Howard passes under an elevated railroad structure while bi-level commuter coaches cross overhead, likely at Clark and Roscoe in Chicago, in the mid-1950s. July 1, 1959 · Clark and Roscoe, Chicago, IL Three green and cream PCC streetcars, numbered 7218, 4378, and 2218, are parked nose-to-nose in a yard under an overcast sky, with overhead wires visible above. Three Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars, numbered 7218, 4378, and 2218, are parked side by side in a yard, showcasing the fleet's prewar and postwar models. August 1959 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL