City - Chicago - Traffic jam on Dearborn St 1909 Poster

Colorized photo from 1909, May
Original title: Traffic jam on Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
Photographer: V.O. Hammon Co
Location: Dearborn and Randolph, Chicago, IL

What a mess right? You would think it couldn't get this bad, but it did, but it's actually quite unusual that its this busy.

This image was a stunt, the police were told to hang back for five minutes. It was a demonstration, to show the importance of traffic police. It was set up by the Chicago Commerce and later published on May 19, 1911, titled, "For five minutes the police refrained from regulation of traffic at Randolph and Dearborn Streets". There were other photos taken at other loop intersections.

Then for some reason, this one was turned into a very detailed postcard, and it became the people's image of Chicago at the turn of the century.

It really shows off what life was like, the wagons were stopped but they were still doing their jobs, though I'm certain this was longe...

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