Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1892 – Antique Wall Map
(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 rare antique map captures Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1892 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1892
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Few cities of the 1890s were as visibly rebuilt as Chicago, and this 1892 panorama shows the city from a high oblique angle, with its streets, rail lines, and the Chicago River laid out toward the shore of Lake Michigan. Bird's-eye views like this were popular in the late 19th century because they let viewers take in a whole city at once, in a way a flat street map could not. The map appeared only about two decades after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 had destroyed much of the city, and the dense blocks of rebuilt commercial and residential districts reflect that rapid recovery. Peter Roy's name is recorded as the creator.
| Created / published | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Creator | roy, peter |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,952 × 2,824 px · prints to 17 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Chicago, 1892 |
| Reference | IL-Chicago-1892 |
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