Waukegan Illinois Business District Including Electric Street Car Real Photo Postcard

This postcard depicts a quintessential early 20th-century American urban commercial street, likely dating from the 1900s to early 1920s. The prominent electric streetcar, with its overhead power lines, signifies a period of rapid urbanization and the expansion of public transit networks, which were vital for connecting growing communities and facilitating commerce. Brick commercial buildings, some with distinctive architectural features like corner turrets, line the street, indicating a bustling business district with various establishments such as The Fox Store and The Spot Cash Dry Goods Store.