Ballou L Station

Postcard

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Logan Square Preservation Archive

Ballou "L" Station: Front of postcard
Ballou "L" Station

Front of postcard

Name/Title

Ballou "L" Station

Entry/Object ID

2026.02.000

Tags

Transportation

Description

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 Confectionery

Subject Place

Location

1618 N St Louis Ave (Ballou L Station), 1620 N St Louis Ave

Neighborhood

Humboldt Park

Postcard Details

Publisher

ML Photo

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in