Shadowland: 1940

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 3:03am.

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July 1940. Under the El in Chicago. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.

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Submitted by Talkendo on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 8:16am.

If the Chicago Daily Tribune from June 2, 1942, is accurate, this place was at 53 West Van Buren.

The building's long gone by now (I certainly don't remember anything like it), but it would have been under what is now the Library/State/Van Buren Stop.

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