PHOTO - CHICAGO - CTA RAPID TRANSIT - NEW-LOOKING 4000 SERIES CAR - LOCATION UNKNOWN - ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CINCINNATI CAR IN 1922-24 - SOME REBUILT IN EARLY 1950s BY CTA AND SERVED TO 1973
A LARGE COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS ABOUT CHICAGO. MUCH OF THE BUILT-ENVIRONMENT OF THE EARLIER POSTCARDS SURVIVED INTO THE 1950-60s, THE TIME OF MY GREATEST INTEREST.
INCLUDED ALSO ARE MENUS, MATCHBOOKS, AND OTHER ITEMS REFLECTING CITY LIFE IN THE 1950s AND 1960s. IT IS HOPED THESE PRESERVE SOMETHING OF THE SENSE OF WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE THE CHICAGO OF THAT TIME WAS IN WHICH TO GROW UP.
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