Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts

January 18, 2011

Montrose Avenue Street Car Chicago


A view of the street car that used to run down Montrose Avenue. Currently available from this seller: Montrose Avenue Street Car

November 15, 2010

Elevated Train Car, 1939

Interior of one of the new elevated train cars, 1939.


Original image available for sale here: Chicago L Train Elevated Car 1939

December 26, 2008

Wright Hydroaeroplane Flies from Clarendon Beach to Grant Park, 1913

Original Caption: View of Wright hydroaeroplane owned by P. C. Davis that Harry Powers flew at Clarendon Beach at Lake Michigan, in the Uptown community area of Chicago, Illinois. This image shows the plane parked in the water at the beach.

Original Caption: Portrait of aviator Harry Powers, and mechanic Tony Stadduman belted inside a hydroaeroplane at the Lake Michigan lakefront in Chicago, Illinois. Harry Powers flew the Wright hydroaeroplane that was owned by P. C. Davis from Clarendon Beach to Grant Park.

Original Caption: Portrait of aviator Harry Powers, belted inside a hydroaeroplane, shaking hands with Theo Daves and mechanic Tony Stadduman at the Lake Michigan lakefront in Chicago, Illinois. Harry Powers flew the Wright hydroaeroplane that was owned by P. C. Davis from Clarendon Beach to Grant Park.

Source: DN-0009645, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Library of Congress; DN-0009646, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Library of Congress; DN-0009643, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Library of Congress.

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