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Views of Chicago – Vintage Wall Art

Views of Chicago, [1893?] — historic print
Views of Chicago, [1893?]. Historic print from the Chicago collection.

(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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This view comes from the 1893 Rand McNally guide to Chicago, a book that pictured the city from an elevated angle so that streets, rooftops, and landmarks could be read at a glance. Chicago had rebuilt after the 1871 fire into one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and by 1893 it was hosting the World's Columbian Exposition, which drew millions of visitors to the city that year. Maps and pictorial views like this one were prepared for those visitors, who needed to find their way and to see how the city had changed. The bird's-eye convention makes the scene useful as a record of the built environment of the period, with its dense blocks of commercial and residential buildings.

Created / published[1893?]
Medium1 print.
GenreBird's-eye view prints 1890-1900.Book illustrations 1890-1900.Prints 1890-1900.
NotesIllus. in: Rand McNally & Co.'s bird's-eye views and guide to Chicago ... Chicago and New York : Rand, McNally & Co., 1893.
SubjectsBuildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900. Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 969 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168229

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