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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the end of service on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an interurban railroad known best as the "North Shore Line." The North Shore ran passenger service, entirely with electric cars, at its greatest extent, from downtown Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI via the 'L' system (through an agreement that allowed them to use our tracks in the city) and its own tracks, connecting dozens of cities and towns along the way. The earliest incarnations of…

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Moose tracks — librar-y: Chicago, 1907. State Street south from...

1907 Chicago, State St. south from Lake

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Chicago Theater, 175 North State Street, 1927. Photograph from Kaufmann & Fabry

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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD – AERIAL – LOOKING SOUTH – DRAMATIC PERSPECTIVE – c1930

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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOOKING N ACROSS RIVER NEAR MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – CALLED BOULEVARD LINK BRIDGE – LOTS OF CARS ON BRIDGE – 1920s

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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WACKER DRIVE AND ITS LEVELS – SEEN FROM OVER THE RIVER – 1920s

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1920s Chicago Transit Posters - DesignObserver

Chicago-L.org has a small, but gem filled collection of Chicago transit posters from the 1920s.

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original 1924 photographic image of state street looking south from lake. rapp and rapp's chicago theater (1921) and vertical marquee sign in foreground...

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1907 Chicago, State St. south from Lake

Chicago Theater, 175 North State Street, 1927. Photograph from Kaufmann & Fabry

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1929 Chicago

Chicago-L.org has a small, but gem filled collection of Chicago transit posters from the 1920s.

original 1924 photographic image of state street looking south from lake. rapp and rapp's chicago theater (1921) and vertical marquee sign in foreground...

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