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Subway Station Dedication Plaques, Chicago, Illinois
Catalog #: 2003.0074.07AB,
Accession #: 2003.0074
Currently on display
From the Smithsonian Collection
This set of dedication plaques was installed in the CTA's Lake, Randolph, State Street subway station until the transit agency removed them to donate to NMAH for the America on the Move exhibition. |
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Physical Description |
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Artifact. One set of two glass dedication plaques. A: "Federal Works Agency, Public Works Administration... Chicago Subway, 1943" B: "Initial System of Subways, City of Chicago, Edward J. Kelly, Mayor, Built By Department of Subways and Superhighways...1939-1943." 21"wide x 20" high x 7/16" deep
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Details |
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Credit: | Gifts of Chicago Transit Authority |
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History |
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The City of Chicago broke ground in 1938 to begin building two subway lines. Work was slow due to construction difficulties and then the outbreak of World War II. The State Street subway opened in 1943, the Dearborn subway not until 1951.
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Related People, Places, and Events |
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Donor
Chicago Transit Authority
Use
Chicago, Illinois
Related Event
Construction of Chicago's subway system (1939 - 1943)
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