High Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, 1914 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of High Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, 1914. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [High Bridge, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.]
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High Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, 1914
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High Bridge in Chicago, photographed in 1914, shows a stretch of the city's river and rail network at a time when Chicago was the nation's second-largest city, with roughly 2.4 million residents. Its economy rested on railroads, grain elevators, lumber yards, and the Union Stock Yards on the South Side, which made the city the center of American meatpacking. Freight moved in and out on dozens of lines that converged on the downtown rail terminals, so a bridge crossing like this one carried wagons, streetcars, and goods that kept the city supplied. The Sanitary and Ship Canal, finished in 1900, had already reversed the flow of the Chicago River, and by 1914 residents were used to a waterway that was shaped by engineering as much as by nature. For the people who lived and worked along these banks, the crossing was an ordinary part of daily commutes and deliveries.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | miller, f. a., kaufmann, weimer & fabry co., miller, f. a., active 20th century |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 2,700 × 1,139 px · prints to 9 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [High Bridge, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.] |
| Reference | IL High Bridge, Chicago, 1914 |
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