VANISHING RACECD 1964033 E&MP26.019 Electric Light December 20, 1947 A Chicago lamplighter makes his rounds of the windy city’s few remaining gasoline lights, which will be replaced by the latest in residential street lights under a recently instituted street light replacement and rehabilitation program. Chicago has made a contract with the General Electric Company’s Lighting Division for 7,260 electric luminaires, one of the largest single contracts for street lights ever awarded in this country, according to G-E lighting specialists.
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