Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

How About It? (1933)

“The Interior Court of the Hall of Science by Night, Brilliantly Illuminated by Indirect Colored Flood Lights,” (Chicago: Max Rigot Selling Co., 1933).

Friday, August 5, 2016

Arrived in Chicago after 30 Consecutive Hours of Riding (1933)

“Pylons Hall of Science and Science Bridge,” World’s Fair, Chicago 1933 (Chicago: J.O. Stoll Co., 1933).

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Ma Is No Better or No Worse (1907)



Postcard. “Night on the Lagoon. Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.” (Chicago & Lepsig: Alfred Helmann, circa 1907).

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Proposed Double Roadway (1908)

Proposed double roadway.
Charles Moore, ed. Plan of Chicago. (Chicago: The Commercial Club, 1988).

Friday, September 28, 2012

Chicago's Worst Cow (1888)

Chicago's worst cow; Chicago fire
Chicago: An Instructive and Entertaining History of a Wonderful City; With a Useful Stranger's Guide.  (Chicago: Rhodes and McClure, 1888).

Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Dream (1889)

The Dream of Chicago Cregier's Clean City or, The World's Fair
The Dream of Chicago Cregier's Clean City or, A Full Account of the World's Fair at Chicago, U.S.A. (Chicago, 1889.)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Greater Than Any Sermon (1893)

This is greater than any sermon I ever heard.  Lincon statue, Lincoln Park, Chicago
Charles McClellan Stevens. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair. (Chicago: Laird and Lee, 1893).

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

If Christ Came to Chicago (1894)

Ninteenth Precinct, Harrison & Dearborn, Chicago 1984 showing location of brothels, pawnbrokers, saloons & lodging houses.
Ninteenth Precinct, Dearborn & Polk, Chicago 1984 showing location of brothels, pawnbrokers, saloons & lodging houses.
William Thomas Stead. If Christ Came to Chicago: A Plea for the Union of All Who Love in the Service of All Who Suffer. (Chicago: Laird and Lee Publishers, 1894).


Monday, September 24, 2012

In The Stockyards (1917)

In the Stockyards-Armour
H.C. Chatfield-Taylor. Chicago. Illustrations by Lester G. Hornby. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917).

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Bigelow House & Pacific Hotel (1871)

Bigelow House & Pacific Hotel after great Chicago fire.
Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin. Chicago and the Great Conflagration. Illustrations by Capin and Gullick. (Cincinnati and New York: C.F. Vent, 1871).

Saturday, September 22, 2012

1893 Court of Honor (1902)

Court of Honor, 1893 World's Fair  (Chicago Exposition)
Chicago. HIstorical. Pictorial. (Chicago: Rand, McNally, and Company, 1902).

Friday, September 21, 2012

Embryonic Dune (1899)

Embryonic dune on the beach at South Chicago
Henry Chandler Cowes. The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1899).

Thursday, September 20, 2012

City of Chicago (1912)

City of Chicago 1912 map
Chicago for the Tourist. (Chicago: Passenger Department, Illinois Central Railroad, 1912).

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Freight Tunnels in Chicago (1904)

Branch tunnels leaving main shaft.  Superintendent Jackson at lower level of train on the left.
George W. Jackson. "Freight Tunnels in Chicago." The Independent. 57 (November 3, 1904).

Monday, September 17, 2012

Hydraulic Suction Dredge (1896)

Charles Shadduck Hill. The Chicago Main Drainage Channel: A description of the machinery used and methods of work adopted in excavating the 28-mile drainage canal from Chicago to Lockport, Ill.  (New York: The Engineering News Publishing Company, 1986).

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Art and Utility (1924)

Venetian-like plan submitted as means of solving Chicago's problems of civic improvement by building roomy underground tunnels for shipping beneath structural combinations of art and utility.
"The City of the Future." Popular Mechanics. 42 (August 1924).

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Narrow Way (1901)

Passage to rear tenements
Robert Hunter. Tenement Conditions in Chicago: Report by the Investigating Committee of the City Homes Association. (Chicago: City Homes Association, 1901).