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Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) launch
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with Lt. Governor Neil Hartigan, Senator Cecil Partee, Illinois governor Dan Walker and others in front of a large transportation map for announcement of Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) launch.
Date:
circa 1974
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of Archer-Ashland Overpass
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Richard J. Daley beside a vintage automobile ("horseless carriage") at the Archer-Ashland Overpass opening ceremony.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of Archer-Ashland Overpass
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Mayor Richard J. Daley rides in the back seat of a vintage automobile ("horseless carriage") at the Archer-Ashland Overpass opening ceremony.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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A police three-wheeler and a school bus pass through the toll gates at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Crawford Parker (Indiana's lieutenant governor), and Richard J. Daley (right) open the barricades to through traffic at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Crawford Parker (Indiana's lieutenant governor), and Richard J. Daley (center left) pose on a dais with a group of officials including P.J. Cullerton (third from left) at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Crawford Parker (Indiana's lieutenant governor) and Mayor Richard J. Daley, with Tom Keane, P. J. "Parky" Cullerton, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and others on a dais at the Calumet Skyway opening ceremony.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with officials on podium listening to an unidentified man speaking at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
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Richard J. Daley with officials on the podium, listening to a band perform at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Crawford Parker (Lieutenant Governor of Indiana) stand next to a school bus filled with children during the Calumet Skyway opening ceremony. A banner on the side of the bus reads "Congratulations Mayor Daley, Jane Neil School for Crippled Children".
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
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Group of officials including Mayor Richard J. Daley standing on podium behind a sign reading "Know Chicago by Her Achievements", at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of Archer-Ashland Overpass
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Richard J. Daley rides in the back seat of a vintage automobile ("horseless carriage") with two unidentified men at the Archer-Ashland Overpass opening ceremony.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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View at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway, showing a marching band (left foreground), the assembled crowd, and a group of officials on the speakers' dias in front of the toll booths.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley accepts a rolled document from a young boy on crutches at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway, as Eleanor "Sis" Daley and other children and young people look on. The group stands on the roadway next to the traffic barricades.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley accepts plaque for completion of the Calumet Skyway
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Richard J. Daley accepts a plaque from a representative of the Illinois Road Builders Association in recognition of his achievement in completing the Calumet Skyway (renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 2, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass, Richard J. Daley speaking
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Richard J. Daley speaks from a raised platform at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
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Richard J. Daley with a group of officials at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) launch, Richard J. Daley and Dan Walker
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Mayor Richard J. Daley converses with Illinois governor Dan Walker at an event announcing the launch of the Rapid Transit Authority (RTA).
Date:
circa 1974
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley (center) stands behind the traffic barricades with a group of officials including Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Crawford Parker (on Daley's right), Dan Ryan Jr. (on Daley's left), P.J. Cullerton (second from left), and others at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley speaks from a dais at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (renamed Chicago Skyway). P.J. Cullerton and Eleanor "Sis" Daley are at the left.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Speaker at the opening of the Archer-Ashland Overpass
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An unidentified man speaks from the podium at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley, accompanied by Eleanor "Sis" Daley, accepts a rolled document from a group of young people. The group stands behind traffic barricades on the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway). A sign marking the Indiana-Illinois state line is partially visible behind them.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass, Richard J. Daley speaking
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Richard J. Daley speaks from a raised platform at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley raises a flag of Chicago at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway, while P.J. Cullerton (left), Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Crawford Parker (second from left), and others look on.
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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Richard J. Daley accepts a rolled document from a young boy on crutches at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway, as Eleanor "Sis" Daley and other children and young people look on. The group stands on the roadway next to the traffic barricades. A sign installed above the roadway reads "Entering Chicago - Calumet Skyway Toll Bridge".
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of Archer-Ashland Overpass
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Richard J. Daley and two men standing next to a man dressed in period costume with a nineteenth-century bicycle, at the Archer-Ashland Overpass opening ceremony. An Ashland-Archer Overpass sign stands behind them.
Date:
circa 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass, Richard J. Daley speaking
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A large crowd at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass listens as Richard J. Daley speaks from a raised platform.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Skyway opening ceremony
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View of the crowd at the opening ceremony for the Calumet Skyway (later renamed Chicago Skyway).
Date:
April 16, 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with officials on the podium listening to a speech by an unidentified clergyman at the opening of the Archer-Ashland overpass.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic under Archer-Ashland overpass
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View along Ashland Avenue. The Archer-Ashland overpass overpass carried Archer Avenue traffic over Ashland Avenue.
Date:
circa 1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Archer-Ashland Overpass sign
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View of a large sign on wheels at the opening ceremonies for the Archer-Ashland overpass. The text on the sign reads "Archer-Ashland Overpass - Another 'First' for Chicago - Richard J. Daley Mayor".
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) launch, Richard J. Daley and Dan Walker
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with Illinois governor Dan Walker at an event announcing the launch of the Rapid Transit Authority (RTA).
Date:
circa 1974
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access

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