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1. Illinois Central Round House, from Chicago Illustrated Illinois Central Round House, from Chicago Illustrated Jetties; Lakes & ponds; Winds; Railroads; "The breakwater was essential for the protection of the land and the railroad tracks. Occasionally, an adventurous Chicagoan would venture out along its surface, only to be turned back by the force of...
2. S.S. Missouri, August 11, 1934 S.S. Missouri, August 11, 1934 Steamboats; Lakes & ponds; Built in 1904 for the Northern Michigan Transportation Company of Chicago, the Missouri was sister ship to the S.S. Illinois. In the days before highway transportation for freight and mail, these vessels...
3. View from Lake View House, from Chicago Illustrated View from Lake View House, from Chicago Illustrated Wooden buildings; Houses; Waterfronts; Trees; Sand; Settlements Chicagoans lived in houses built of wood, and the city extended several miles along the sandy dry shore of Lake Michigan.
Literary description by James W. Sheahan. Illustrations by the Chicago Lithographing...
4. Daniel H. Burnham to Lyman J. Gage, President of the World's Columbian Exposition, February 13, 1891. Daniel H. Burnham to Lyman J. Gage, President of the World’s Columbian Exposition, February 13, 1891. Daniel H. Burnham’s original 1891 cost estimate for construction of the World’s Columbian Exposition topped $16,000,000. While the Exposition company was expected to bear the greatest financial responsibility...
5. Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Newcastle and Richmond Railroad Company, et al., ca. 1853 Digital reproduction of the signed printed document: Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Newcastle and Richmond Railroad Company, et al.,...
6. Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands Covers (Illustration); Advertisements; Selling; Land 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...
7. Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Sailboats; Structures; In the mid-1800s, as today, Chicago was supplied with water from Lake Michigan. At that time however, water was drawn only about one mile north of the Chicago River, into which the city sewers discharged...
8. S.S. Illinois in Chicago, 1917 S.S. Illinois in Chicago, 1917 Steamboats; Ships; Photograph. A combination freight-and-passenger steamer, the all-steel Illinois, sister ship to the S.S. Missouri, was built in South Chicago in 1899 for the Northern Michigan Transit Company. In 1922,...
9. S.S. Manitou on Lake Michigan, 1917 S.S. Manitou on Lake Michigan, 1917 Steamboats; Lakes & ponds; Photograph. Built in 1893 for the Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Company, the Manitou provided express service for the Chicago-Mackinac Island route for 40 years. During this period she changed...
10. S.S. Alabama in the Chicago Harbor, 1934 S.S. Alabama in the Chicago Harbor, 1934 Steamboats; Buildings; Photograph. The most photographed Goodrich steamer of all time, the Alabama was commissioned in 1910, and served on the cross-lake passenger and cargo route for many years. The Goodrich Transit Company...
11. Kinzie House near Fort Dearborn in 1804, n.d. Kinzie House near Fort Dearborn in 1804, n.d. Tipis; Canoes; Coastlines; Houses Postcard. The Kinzie House near Fort Dearborn, 1804, from the painting by Lawrence C. Earle in the Banking Room of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, 152 Monroe St., Chicago. When DuSable sold his...
12. Last Council of the Pottawatomies, 1833 Last Council of the Pottawatomies, 1833 Meetings; People; Postcard. The Last Council of the Pottawatomies, 1833, from the painting by Lawrence C. Earle. Artist Lawrence C. Earle’s scenes depicting the history of Chicago were originally painted for the Banking...
13. "Received in store from Barge [Adrana] for Mr. Z. Brown, Chicago, to forward to M. Kingman & Company, "Received in store from Barge [Adrana] for Mr. Z. Brown, Chicago, to forward to M. Kingman & Company, Buffalo, April 29, 1840." Steamboats and vessels from the East stopped at Chicago's port, which served as a great thoroughfare for both goods and passengers bound for the interior of the country.
14. View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers Parks; Trails & paths; Trees; Buildings; Business enterprises; Stereograph. View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers. The main offices of the Pullman Palace Car Company dominate this early view of Dearborn Park. In the...
15. Western News Company, ca. 1871. J.H. Abbott, photographer Western News Company, ca. 1871. J.H. Abbott, photographer Ruins Stereograph. Western News Company, ca. 1871. J.H. Abbott, photographer
16. Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Vaux & Company, Landscape Architects, 1871 The design for Chicago's park system began in 1869, with Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s ambitious proposal for the South Park.
17. S.S. "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback), 1893 S.S. "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback), 1893 Ships; Passengers; Piers & wharves; Whalebacks; Steamboats The S.S. Christopher Columbus is the most famous "whaleback" of the 43 ships of this type built. Whalebacks were developed in Duluth, Minnesota, by Captain Alexander MacDougall for freight service. The...
18. S.S. Minnesota, n.d. S.S. Minnesota, n.d. Steamboats; Lakes & ponds; The S.S. Minnesota began as the iron-package freighter, the Harlem, in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1888. In 1911, she was converted to a passenger steamer for her new owner, the Chicago & Duluth Transportation...
19. World's Columbian Exposition Machinery Hall World's Columbian Exposition Machinery Hall Exhibition buildings; Exhibitions; Sculpture; Columns; Water; Fairs; Temporary buildings The World's Columbian Exposition ran from May 1 to October 30, 1893. Machinery Hall "is 846 feet long by 492 feet wide, not including the annex which is 490 feet by 550 feet, or the power house 100 by...
20. World's Columbian Exposition Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building World's Columbian Exposition Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Exhibition buildings; Exhibitions; Water; Boats; People; Fairs; Temporary buildings The World's Columbian Exposition ran from May 1 to October 30, 1893. One guidebook described the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building as "The greatest structure on the Exposition grounds and the largest...
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