Coal wagons waiting in line 6 blocks long to get coal at one of the largest coal yards in Chicago ... – Antique Wall Art
![Coal wagons waiting in line 6 blocks long to get coal at one of the largest coal yards in Chicago ..., [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d4/d4a8d43fdcae-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Coal wagons waiting in line 6 blocks long to get coal at one of the largest coal yards in Chicago ... comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Coal wagons waiting in line 6 blocks long to get coal at one of the largest coal yards in Chicago ...
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Wagons stretch back six blocks in this scene, all waiting their turn at one of the largest coal yards in Chicago. Coal was the main fuel for heating homes and running factories in the city at the time, so a line this long shows how much daily life depended on a steady supply moved by wagon from rail yards to back doors and cellars. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that documented American life in the early twentieth century, made the picture between 1909 and 1932, when motor trucks were beginning to share city streets with horses. The queue is a useful record of the crowding and slow pace of urban freight before trucks took over.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1940. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. |
| Subjects | Coal--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1940. Queues--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1940. Trucks--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1940. Carts & wagons--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183792 |
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