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City Cab Company Taxicabs
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Lineup of 13 Ford City Car Company taxicabs and their drivers in front of the City Car Co., 601 - 603 West Washington Avenue. The view also contains Madison Hardware, 615 West Washington Avenue, and Fiore Service Station, 601 West Washington Avenue. The building was the Illinois Central Railroad Station.
October 24, 1935
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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