re: Interesting historical pictures thread (add captions please)

Before automated, electric traffic signals, many busy intersections were controlled by a police officer in a tower.

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Lakeland, Florida (mid-1920s) This traffic tower was erected at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and Main Street to allow police officers to better direct traffic at the increasingly busy intersection. It was equipped with traffic lights controlled by the officer in the tower.

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Chicago traffic tower (1927). These came in a variety of shapes and sizes, with, or without electric signals mounted on them. This photo is of one with a signal atop built by the Yellow Cab Co. of Chicago.

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New York City traffic tower (1920s). This one was located on the busiest corner of that time in the US...Fifth and 42nd St. in New York City. This tower was made out of bronze.

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Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, 1922

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42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 1928

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Ashville, NC (1920s)

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Deroit, MI (1920s)

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