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These photos are available thanks to the generosity of Kimberly Scalzo. Her husband, the late Steve Scalzo, was a prolific transit photographer. He was also extremely careful to mark the vast majority of his slides with dates and locations. Thanks to these two individuals, we are able to take a walk down memory lane and peer into the past.

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Page 7 - CSL/CTA Streetcars from the Steve Scalzo Photo Collection


00241-CTA #4219 on Halsted at the Amphitheatre - 08/1952




00242-CTA #4233 on the Clark-Wentworth Route on Clark at 12th - 03/1952




00243-CTA #4238 on Halsted at the Congress Expressway - 05/1952




00244-CTA #4260 on the Clark-Wentworth Route Turning Northbound from Cermak onto Clark - 11/1952




00245-CTA #4272 on Halsted at the Congress Expressway - 05/1952




00246-CTA #4276 on the Clark-Wentworth Route on Clark at 16th - 06/1950




00247-CTA #4286 on Halsted at the Congress Expressway - 05/1952




00248-CTA #4307 on the Halsted Route at the 63rd and Halsted Loop - 08/1953




00249-CTA #4318 & #4179 on the Clark-Wentworth Route on Clark at 16th - 04/1953




00250-CTA #4330 on Halsted at the Congressexpressway - 06/1952




00251-CTA #4367 on the Clark-Wentworth Route on Wentworth at Southport - 12/1950




00252-CTA #4372 on Wentworth at 59th - 07/05/1957




00253-CTA #4373 on the Halsted Route - 09/28/1956




00254-CTA #4390 on the Halsted Route at Kinzie and Clark - 12/1956




00255-CTA #4394 on Westrn at the Chicago River - 03/1952




00256-CTA #4397 Southbound on Western at Lincoln - 08/05/1949




00257-CTA #4403 on Western - 11/1951




00258-CTA #4405 on the Western Route - 08/05/1949




00259-CTA #4537 on the Cottage Grove Route - 03/24/1954




00260-CTA #4654 on the Cottage Grove Route - 08/1954




00261-CTA #4663 on Halsted at Clark - 02/22/1954




00262-CTA #5305 at 63rd and Oak Park (Marked "Last Day") - 04/10/1948




00263-CTA #5530 at 111th & Monteray at CRIP Crossing (Marked "Last Day") - 12/03/1949




00264-CSL #5315 - No Date (Originally from the Volkmer Collection)




00265-CTA #5320 at South Shops - 04/28/1952




00266-CTA #5348 on 63rd and Oak Park - 11/02/1947




00267-CSL #5721 on Windsor Park Route - No Date (Originally from the Volkmer Collection)




00268-CTA #6016 at the Cottage Grove Car Barn - 06/10/1951




00269-CTA #6063 on Chicago at Austin - 03/04/1951




00270-CTA #6111 on Halsted at Clark - 02/22/1954




00271-CTA #6118 on Halsted at Clark - 02/22/1954




00272-CTA #6148 on Cottage Grove at 115th - 12/1952




00273-CTA #6148 on Halsted at Clark - 02/22/1954




00274-CTA #6153 on the Cottage Grove Route - 01/1952




00275-CTA #6159 Eastbound on Roosevelt over the Illinois Central Tracks Near Lake Park Loop - 06/1953




00276-CTA #6171 Elston Tripper on Lawrence - No Date




00277-CTA #6172 on the Lake Route on Kinzie Near Pine - 06/1952




00278-CTA #6172 on the Lake Route Westbound on Lake at the Underpass at Pine - 06/1952




00279-CTA #6172 on Lake Near Laramie - 06/1952




00280-CTA #6177 on Cermak at Clark - 03/1952




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