Pictures 11B-4 and 11B-5.
These two postcards show the ITS depot and its next-door
neighbor, the Inman Hotel, on University Ave. in Champaign between Walnut
and Market Streets. Both pictures show the alley between the buildings,
which had sidings for local interurban cars. The lack of shadows in the upper
picture suggests that the Inman Hotel had not yet been built, so this is a very early
view of the depot. In the alley to our right (the west side of the depot),
we see a self-propelled freight car. The lower picture shows a local car
in the alley, waiting for passengers to board. The depot was constructed in
1913 on the site of an old mill. For the preceding several years, ITS had used
the site as a freight depot. — C. T. Photochrom (upper)
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