Union Loop, Chicago, about 1913
Lent by Bonnie Lilienfeld
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Union Loop "L", Chicago, Illinois
Not a part of the official Smithsonian Collection
This bird's eye view from the early 1900's shows the entrance to the Union Loop at Wabash Avenue and Van Buren Street, on the south end of Chicago's Loop. A wooden South Side Elevated Railroad train passes Tower 12 as a Northwestern Elevated train approaches the junction. |
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Photograph. Post card view of Chicago's elevated Loop rapid transit track. Marked on front "Union Loop, Chicago." Tinted lithograph on cream colored stock, divided back. One cent U.S. stamp, postmarked 1913.
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Credit: | Lent by Bonnie Lilienfeld |
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With the full opening of Chicago's Union Loop "L" route in 1897, the city's competing transit companies agreed to share right-of-way, track, and platforms around the "L" structure circling the Loop. But each of the companies loaded trains at different positions on the platform, and each charged their own fare.
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Chicago Transit Authority
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Chicago, Illinois
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