File:Chicago and Joliet electric railway at Dellwood Park.jpg

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Description Postcard of a Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway train arriving at Dellwood Park, Lockport, Illinois. en:Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway The railway built this amusement park to increase ridership on its line in 1905. The park continued until it burnt down in the 1930s; the railway went out of business in 1933.
Date Postmark isn't complete. The women in the photo are wearing full length skirts. The park opened in 1905 and the postmark appears to be from 1910. By 1920, women were no longer wearing skirts that went to the ground.
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