Ask Geoffrey: The Wild West History of Public Street Signs
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Geoffrey Baer brings us the history of the Chicago Motor Club and more forgotten stories.
Geoffrey Baer brings us the history of the Chicago Motor Club and its bygone penchant for posting traffic signs in the public way. Also: For many years, madcap merriment and music machines delighted guests at Svoboda’s Nickelodeon Museum in Chicago Heights. What happened to that odd assortment of instruments?
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Ask Geoffrey: The Wild West History of Public Street Signs
Clip: 4/4/2018 | 9m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Geoffrey Baer brings us the history of the Chicago Motor Club and its bygone penchant for posting traffic signs in the public way. Also: For many years, madcap merriment and music machines delighted guests at Svoboda’s Nickelodeon Museum in Chicago Heights. What happened to that odd assortment of instruments?
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