Alternate title: | Train platform, Chicago's initial subways |
Summary: | Subway platform and train in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1930-1945. Caption reads: "In the downtown area, train platforms are continuous in Chicago's two initial subways, 8 3/4 miles long. Operating equipment is to include streamlined all-metal cars, escalators, automatic train control, rubber-insulated track and fluorescent lighting." Postmark date: July 19, 1947; Postcard number: 203; Message included. Message reads: "These are all in and working. We ride on them -Mom" |
Provider: | Curt Teich & Co. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Illinois |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Chicago |
Temporal subject: |
1921-1930
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1931-1940
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1941-1950
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Illinois |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Chicago |
Topical subjects: | Subway stations |
Subways |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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