Chicago's car barn bandits : when street cars were the chief means of transportation in Chicago

A traffic jam at Dearborn and Randolph Streets in Chicago when electric street cars, horse-drawn transport, or walking were the main means of locomotion.

Publication date: 1939-02-05

Size: 10.4 x 16.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Traffic congestion--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910
• Randolph Street (Chicago, Ill.)
• Dearborn Street (Chicago, Ill.)
• Street railroads--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910
• Vehicles--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910
• Horse teams--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910
• Streets--Illinois--Chciago--1900-1910
• Pedestrians--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 5, 1939), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)