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Decades before jazz was heard in Bronzeville, sleigh bells rang as horses raced its snow-covered boulevard

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F.T. Wetzel, 82, of 3641 N. Kedvale Ave., rides down a street in Chicago in his prized possession, a horse and sleigh more than 20 years old in February 1939. Cars had taken over the road from the days when horses and sleighs ruled the winter streets. Editor’s note: This historical print has some hand-painting on it. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

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