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Andy Marfia 📸Welcome to "Turtle Square", the intersection of Ashland, Madison, and Ogden Ave, late 1950s. Yes, Chicago once had a 34 foot turtle statue perched above the traffic. For #throwbackthursday, the photographer of this one is sadly unknown.
If anyone is interesting, you can find more info about this piece of Chicago history here: https://lookbackchicago.com/2021/04/26/from-worlds-fair-to-turtle-square-a-lost-landmark-building-on-chicagos-west-side/ and here: https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/turtle-wax/
I tried to track down the photographer, but with no luck. If this photo is in a library archive somewhere, I can't find it, and reverse image search isn't yielding any helpful results.
From World’s Fair to Turtle Square: A Lost Landmark Building on Chicago’s West Side
“I remember the turtle.” “That turtle was a piece of my childhood.” If you grew up on the West Side of Chicago in the 1950s and 60s, you’re probably familiar with it. The building, once locat…