Fifty years ago this week, during the Democratic National Convention in August 1968, the General John Logan Monument in Grant Park was surrounded by protesters, with Illinois Central’s Central Station in the background.
Anti-war protest in Chicago on May 9, 1970 with Chicago railroading in the background:
Top: Protesters at the General John Logan Monument in Grant Park, with Central Station and the Illinois Central “Main Line of Mid-America” sign in the background
Bottom: Protesters marching along Jackson Boulevard as a CTA Ravenswood L train crosses overhead along Wabash Avenue
Photos by David Wilson
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Top: A pair of Central of Georgia locomotives painted in Illinois Central colors near IC’s Central Station in Chicago. Note the General John Logan Monument in Grant Park in the background. June 6, 1967.
Bottom: Fourteen months later, during the Democratic National Convention in August 1968, the General Logan Monument was surrounded by protesters, with Central Station in the background.
Source: railpictures.net