Cook County, Illinois Historic photos, documents, and people

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Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Passenger terminal, Madison St. Street entrance, C. & N.W. Ry. Chicago and North Western Railway, Chicago, Ill.

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Under the tracks, Washington Boulevard, C. & N.W. Ry. Chicago and North Western Railway station, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill.