Name/Title
Ballou "L" StationEntry/Object ID
2026.02.000Tags
TransportationDescription
Real photo postcard view of St. Louis Ave (formerly Ballou St) station of no-longer-extant Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Humboldt Park branch line, with no-longer-extant frame newspaper store on left and no-longer-extant frame mixed-use building on right, circa 1910. Boys on right buying matches from vending machine outside candy store.Subject Person/Organization
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad, Grace Truesdell ConfectionerySubject Place
Location
1618 N St Louis Ave (Ballou L Station), 1620 N St Louis AveNeighborhood
Humboldt ParkDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in