La Grange, at 800 ft elevation, Illinois, 1908 – 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: La Grange, at 800 ft elevation, Illinois, 1908, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [La Grange, Illinois, at 800 ft. elevation]
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La Grange, at 800 ft elevation, Illinois, 1908
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La Grange, a village in Cook County on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line about 14 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, was a commuter-minded community in 1908. The Burlington's suburban service had made it a place where businessmen could live in quiet residential streets and ride into the city each day, and the village's growth in the early 1900s reflected that pattern across the western suburbs. Local life centered on the depot, churches, schools and small commercial blocks along its main streets. Residents of the period would have known La Grange as a leafy, rail-linked suburb rather than an industrial town, a reputation that shaped its development for decades.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,702 px · prints to 18 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [La Grange, Illinois, at 800 ft. elevation] |
| Reference | IL La Grange, at 800 ft elevation 1908 |
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