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[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.] – Vintage Wall Art

[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph 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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[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.]

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Looking south from Randolph Street, this view shows the stretch of State Street that had become the heart of Chicago's retail trade by the early 1900s. The Marshall Field & Company store occupied much of the surrounding blocks and drew shoppers from across the Midwest, and streetcars and crowds of pedestrians filled the roadway. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, one of many American city views the Detroit Publishing Company made to document urban life for publishers and travelers.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 8272" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74598

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