Originally posted on The Trolley Dodger:
CTA 7216 southbound on route 22. This is the second installment in our ongoing series featuring color pictures of Chicago streetcars. (You can read our earlier post here.) As always, half the fun is…
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How Laurel and Hardy Filmed Another Fine Mess
Originally posted on Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more):
Click to enlarge each image. 1930 vs. 1958. Stan and Ollie (well, their stunt doubles) ride south down Sunset Blvd. from Grand at the conclusion of Another Fine Mess. Palmer Conner Collection.…
Chicago Streetcars in Black-and-White, Part 2
Originally posted on The Trolley Dodger:
It’s August 28, 1936 on north Ashland Avenue, and time for a parade. One week earlier, streetcar service had been extended north of Cortland in one of the final extensions under CSL. Prior to…
NORTH SHORE LINE ENCORE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. The Lake Room, University Center 525 South State Street, Chicago. IL July 25, 2015, marks the 60th anniversary of the North Shore Line’s “Shore Line Route” abandonment. January 21, 2015 marks… Read More ›
Myles A. Jarrow Memorial Service 12-30-14
Myles’ burial took place on Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota. The memorial service will be held on Tuesday, December 30, at 11:30 AM at North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, IL. Memorials may be made to the charity of… Read More ›
Myles A. Jarrow
During his childhood, Myles Jarrow traveled to many places with his family using streetcars, interurbans, and intercity trains. His earliest memories of riding streetcars in Chicago dated back to the mid-1920s. Among other local attractions, he enjoyed visiting the Balaban… Read More ›
One Moment Please…
The CERA Members Blog will be back up and running in 2015. In the meantime the organization’s main target will be to have the completed B-146 off to the printer this month so it will be ready for distribution to… Read More ›
CERA Mailbag for August 3, 2014
John F. Bromley writes: You may be interested in this view I picked off the internet. ID’d as Madison Street circa 1910 but no cross-street given, but it’s by Hotel Brevoort so should be easy to determine, and of course… Read More ›
Along the Illinois Terminal Railroad – Part 2
We hope that you will join us this Friday for our January program on the Illinois Terminal Railroad by Robert Heinlein. To get you in the mood, we present the second of three generous helpings of IT photos, this batch… Read More ›
I Love a Mystery Photo Contest! (Transit Trivia #3)
(This contest has ended, but you can read the answers here.) We all love a mystery, don’t we? But our readers especially seem to like our mystery photo contests, so we thought we would try another one. This time, we… Read More ›
