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Horse-drawn streetcars, South Cottage Grove Avenue

Chicago Daily News1903/1903

Chicago History Museum

Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Illinois, United States

By the late 1800s, technological improvements made horses unnecessary for public transportation in Chicago. Transit companies, however, relied on them when technology failed. A Chicago newspaper called it an inconvenience when a cable disconnection forced workers to harness these horses to cable cars in 1903.

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  • Title: Horse-drawn streetcars, South Cottage Grove Avenue
  • Creator: Chicago Daily News
  • Date: 1903/1903
  • Location: Chicago
  • To see more : Street Life
  • Medium: photographic negative
  • Credit: Chicago History Museum, DN-0000484, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum

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