City - Chicago, IL - Touring Chicago 1908 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
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City - Chicago, IL - Touring Chicago 1908 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1908
Original title: Seeing Chicago, Auto at Monroe near State
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 2 Monroe St, Chicago, IL
When I first made this, I was told this was an electric bus, but apparently it's just a boring gas model. I had some help identifying it, this is a Rapid sightseeing bus, made in 1902-1909. While I found out later on that it was black. I'm still going to say that it was a lighter color, something showy. There were wagons of a similar shape with bright colors. And this had a lot of locomotive pinstripes.
It's possible that this was its first voyage, as a few of the ladies have a flower. And everyone is staring at it and the photographer. It's hard to know if this was a promo shot for the company or they flagged this weird looking vehicle and asked them all to pose.
I had a hard time finding this corner, but I think this is the same building used in this shot.
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January 27th, 2022
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