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| Title | Signal tower at Western Ave. Station |
| Alternative Title | Signal tower at Halsted St. Station |
| Creator | Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
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| Date Created | 1948-05 |
| Extent (Original) | 1 negative : b&w
8 x 11 cm. (3 x 4 in.)
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| Medium (Original) | Negatives |
| Description | Image misidentified as Western Ave. station, but is actually Halsted St. station. A row of signal towers seen down an empty track next to a deserted platform. On a track to the left is a steam engine with two men standing on a platform at the rear. On a track to the right is a line of freight cars next to the wall of the Griswold & Walker building. |
| Note 1 | Photograph titles supplied from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Granger project scrapbook captions. |
| Note 2 | Selected photographs published in Granger country : a pictorial social history of the Burlington Railroad / edited by Lloyd Lewis and Stanley Pargellis. Boston : Little, Brown, 1949. |
| Type | StillImage |
| Subject 1 | Railroad signal towers -- Illinois -- Chicago
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| Subject 2 | Railroad stations -- Illinois -- Chicago
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| Subject 3 | Halsted Street Station (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject 4 | Griswold & Walker
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| Coverage (Spatial) 1 | Chicago (Ill.)
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| Coverage (Spatial) 2 | 41.86026048666784, -87.6472520828247 |
| Coverage (Temporal) | 1948 |
| Contributors 1 | Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949
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| Contributors 2 | Pargellis, Stanley McCrory, 1898-
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| Contributors 3 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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| Photo Number | Granger 188 |
| Collection | Daily Life Along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Newberry Library) |
| Is Part Of | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Archives |
| Extent (Digital) | 8308 KB |
| Medium (Digital) | jpeg |
| Date Issued (Digital) | 2009-08-11 |
| Publisher | Newberry Library |
| Rights | All rights reserved by the Newberry Library. Permission to reproduce in any format must be requested in writing. Contact Photoduplication Department, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: 312-255-3566 E-mail: photoduplication@newberry.org |
| Filename | CBQGR188.jpg |
