Oakton Street "Elevated" Train Station Building Photograph, 1926
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1926
- Description
Photograph of the Oakton Street "elevated" train station for the North Shore Line on East Prairie Road and Mulford Street in Niles Center, Illinois in 1926. Sign on station reads: "East Prairie Road." Station was possibly of concrete and brick construction. Shown: waiting room and open platform; concrete pillars; Art Deco banisters on stairs. The Skokie Swift began service on this line in April 1964. This photograph is part of the collection of t...
- Contributing Institution
- Skokie Public Library
- Collection
- Skokie History Project
- Subjects
- Architecture
Railroads
Railroads -- Stations
Transportation
Building and construction materials
Depots
East Prairie Road
Elevated railroads
Mulford Street
North Shore Line
Oakton Street
Skokie Swift
Train stations
Trains - Location
- Skokie
Illinois
United States - Type
- image
- Format
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), 300 DPI, 24-bit color (16.7 million colors), Agfa Duoscan T1200, Adobe Photoshop v.6.0Paper
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This item may be protected by copyright and is made available here for noncommercial research and education purposes. You are responsible for ensuring your use of this image is in line with all applicable law and rights. Where copyright may fall to the Skokie Heritage Museum, we authorize a free CC-BY-NC-SA license. For commercial licensing, please contact the Skokie Heritage Museum.
- Chicago citation style
- Oakton Street "Elevated" Train Station Building Photograph, 1926. 1926. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1917. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1926) Oakton Street "Elevated" Train Station Building Photograph, 1926. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1917
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1917>.