What can we infer from the photo below? 1.) The
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1.) The name of the 'excursion' tells us that if the fare was 10 cents, it was overpriced by at least 5 cents.
2.) The photo was taken approx. 30 seconds after the guy standing on the river bank knocked on the caboose door and yelled, "hey Vern, come on out and look at THESE assholes!"
Hey, who WOULDN'T want to take an excursion to the Drainage Canal? The daily excursion boat carrying passengers on the Chicago River under the 12st Street bascule Bridge. Factories, smokestacks and railroads. Chicago. Circa 1900. by Andy Blair, on Flickr
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