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Berteau Avenue, view inside 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 foot concrete sewer near outfall showing method of lagging by means of 6 inch ship channel ribs, October 23, 1930

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This 1930 photo shows the Market Street terminal in front of the Civic Opera building at Market/Madison. (Market Street later became part of Wacker Drive.)


This station was the original downtown terminal of the Lake Street 'L' before the Loop…

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Photograph of the Chicago Theatre.

A Century of Progress
Part of a set of official photographs taken by Kaufman & Farby Co. for the Century of Progress World's Fair in 1933. This image shows a man walking toward the Travel and Transport Pavilion in the background, featuring Art Deco architecture.

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A crane sits on the bank of the Chicago River and is set along side the equipment to straighten the chicago River in 1929
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