The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection

"Keep pounding, Bill, we'll bust this thing up yet!"

Father Dearborn holds a nail in the ground (subway opposition which has been holding up traction development for the past 25 years) while Chicago Mayor William E. Dever attempts to push down the nail with a hammer (subway plan). Another hammer (first subway plan) lays broken next to the two men,and an incomplete railway can be seen unfinished.


1926-11-06

1926

18.4 x 15.8 cm

Tribune Company

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  • The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

  • Chicago Daily Tribune (November 6, 1926), Section One, p. 5

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