Magnificent home of Mrs. Potter Palmer on Lake Shore Drive Chicago – Antique 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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Step back in time with Magnificent home of Mrs. Potter Palmer on Lake Shore Drive Chicago, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Magnificent home of Mrs. Potter Palmer on Lake Shore Drive Chicago
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Few homes in Chicago were as lavish as the one Mrs. Potter Palmer kept on Lake Shore Drive, and this 1909 stereograph shows it as a card made for viewing through a stereo viewer. The house belonged to Bertha Honoré Palmer, wife of Potter Palmer, the merchant and hotelier whose Palmer House was a downtown landmark. Built on the lakefront in the 1880s, it stood among the grandest residences along the city's Gold Coast, and Bertha Palmer became a prominent figure in Chicago's civic and social life. Cards like this one were a popular way for households to look at notable buildings they might never visit.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J135043 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8184. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Palmer Potter--Homes & haunts--Illinois--Chicago. Dwellings--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,261 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271132 |
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