The Great American Derby, Chicago, Illinois, 1904 – Vintage 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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A window into the past: The Great American Derby, Chicago, Illinois, 1904, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: The Great American Derby, Chicago, June 18, 1904.
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The Great American Derby, Chicago, Illinois, 1904
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Chicago in 1904 was a city of about 1.7 million people, and its economy rested on the stockyards, meatpacking, railroad freight, and the grain and commodity trading of the Loop. Lake Michigan gave the city its harbor, and the Sanitary and Ship Canal, opened in 1900, had recently reversed the flow of the Chicago River to carry sewage away from the lake. Civic life was lively and often contentious, with machine politics shaping city hall and neighborhoods divided by language and class. The Iroquois theater fire of December 1903 had killed more than 500 people, and the city was still grieving and debating public safety when this crowd gathered for the Great American Derby. Residents of the day would have known the city first for its commerce and its rapid growth.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,268 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Great American Derby, Chicago, June 18, 1904. |
| Reference | IL The Great American Derby, Chicago, 1904 |
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