Chicago, Illinois, 1893 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(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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Chicago, Illinois, 1893 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: 1893 grand view of Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois, 1893
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Chicago in 1893 was hosting the World's Columbian Exposition, which opened in May on the lakefront in Jackson Park and drew crowds from across the country. The fair's white exhibition halls and the Midway Plaisance were built for a single season, and the city's streetcars and rail lines were pressed to carry visitors each day through the summer. That same year the national economy slid into the Panic of 1893, and banks and businesses failing elsewhere made the fair's ticket sales feel vital to local merchants. Factory hands and packinghouse workers on the south and west sides felt the downturn in lower wages and layoffs.
| Created / published | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Creator | eagle lithographing co, reynertson & beckerman |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Chicago, Illinois, drawn in 1893. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 14,336 × 9,792 px · prints to 48 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 1893 grand view of Chicago |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488572 |
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