The homeward traffic trek

A line of cars drive down Milwaukee Avenue in Lake County, Illinois, north of the unincorporated town of Half Day. Most of the cars contain July 4 weekend vacationers from the “lake country” of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.

Publication date: 1937-07-06

Size: 9.5 x 11 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Lake County (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Automobiles--American--Illinois--Lake County--1930-1940
• Milwaukee Avenue (Lake County, Ill.)
• Roads--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Fourth of July celebrations--Illinois--Lake County--1930-1940
• Holidays--Illinois--Lake County--1930-1940
• Vacations--Illinois--Lake County--1930-1940
• Traffic congestion--Illinois--Lake County--1930-1940

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 Daily Tribune (July 6, 1937), Section One, p. 9

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)