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Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands
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| Title | Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2, 400, 000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands |
| Description | In the decade between 1850 and 1860, the Illinois Central had transformed the face of the Chicago lakefront, and had stimulated the development of the city's outlying areas. The era of railroad growth in Chicago paralleled the growth of timber shipping in the area as the number of lumber vessels arriving at Chicago's harbor matched the demand for timber for the railroad track. |
| Subject.TGM1 | Covers (Illustration)
Advertisements
Selling
Land
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| Subject.LCSH | Illinois -- Description and travel
Railroad land grants -- Illinois
Railroads -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- History -- 19th century
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| Photographer/Artist/Creator | Illinois Central Railroad Company
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| Contributors | Amerman, John W., 1808 or 9-1876
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| DateOfOriginal | 1855 |
| Time Period | 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | DOCUMENT SPE-CCW 40/20 cover |
| Source | Illinois Central Railroad Company. Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2, 400, 000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands. New York: John W. Amerman, printer, 1855 |
| Language | eng; |
| Collection | Chicago City-wide Collection
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image; |
| Format | image/jpeg; |
| Original format | Documents
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| Size | 6 x 9 in. |
| Subject.LOCAL | Harbor
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