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Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill. – Historic Reproduction

Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill., c1912. — historic photograph
Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill., c1912.. 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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A window into the past: Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

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The Madison Street entrance of the Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger terminal shows the side of the station that faced the city's busy downtown streets, where commuters and travelers came and went on foot and by streetcar. The railway ran its main Chicago depot near Canal and Madison streets, and by the early 1910s the building was a major point of arrival for the region's rail passengers. The picture was made around 1912 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its widely sold views of American cities, landscapes and railroads. Its record also notes that the image was registered for copyright, which was common for commercial views of this period.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ165443 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 072520.
SubjectsChicago and North Western Railway Company--Buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920. Railroad stations--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178458

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