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Railway Express Agency Truck
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Railway Express Agency truck in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway station. Seated or standing on the truck are five people (Frost family?). The truck features advertising showing a milk shake and cheeseburger.
December 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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