Rescan-Ice Cream Vendor Watches Soo Crew Work Peerless Confection Lakewood at Diversey Chicago 1987
On a summer day in 1987 an ice cream vendor watches the action as a Soo Line crew swaps out two tank cars of corn syrup for an empty covered hopper of sugar from Peerless Confection. Peerless was located along the east side of Lakewood Avenue and south of Diversey Parkway.
By this date Peerless was the last customer left on the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line north of Clybourn-a line that once went all the way to Wilmette at one time. The C&E under MILW, Soo/CP, and Chicago Terminal operation featured street running on Lakewood and Kingsbury.
This scan was made from a recently rediscovered Kodak 126 format negative that had deteriorated with age and cleaned up as much as possible with Adobe Photoshop. Note that the Peerless factory did not yet add the modern art to the side of the new extension.
Rescan-Ice Cream Vendor Watches Soo Crew Work Peerless Confection Lakewood at Diversey Chicago 1987
On a summer day in 1987 an ice cream vendor watches the action as a Soo Line crew swaps out two tank cars of corn syrup for an empty covered hopper of sugar from Peerless Confection. Peerless was located along the east side of Lakewood Avenue and south of Diversey Parkway.
By this date Peerless was the last customer left on the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line north of Clybourn-a line that once went all the way to Wilmette at one time. The C&E under MILW, Soo/CP, and Chicago Terminal operation featured street running on Lakewood and Kingsbury.
This scan was made from a recently rediscovered Kodak 126 format negative that had deteriorated with age and cleaned up as much as possible with Adobe Photoshop. Note that the Peerless factory did not yet add the modern art to the side of the new extension.