Center of commerce
A Pennsylvania Railroad Geep pulls a string of express cars in front of railroad’s Polk Street freight station near Chicago Union Station. Polk was the country’s largest freight terminal when built in 1918. Ed DeRouin photo
Center of commerce
By Brian Schmidt | June 30, 2021
This photo is a perfect metaphor for the late Ed DeRouin’s great eye for capturing the behind-the-scenes activities of moving mail and express around the Chicago terminal district during the 1960s.
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