Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Wilson El a Hundred Years Ago


View of North Western terminal (elevated train station) at West Wilson Avenue in the Uptown community area of Chicago, Illinois, 1907.

DN-0051864, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, Library of Congress, American Memory Collection.


View of St. Paul tracks at Wilson Avenue looking south towards Wilson Ave. This is the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The tracks are located in the Uptown community area of Chicago, Illinois, 1907.

DN-0063226, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, Library of Congress American Memory Collection.

2 comments:

Uptown Updater said...

What is the vantage point of the top pic? I can't pick anything out. Any idea?

Green Fairy said...

That's the only info on the pic; I don't know the orientation. I don't think any of what we're looking at exists anymore.