Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson. – 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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Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson.
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O.R. Hanson's 1923 chromolithograph sets Chicago's stained-glass churches beside the tracks of its elevated railroad. Printed in Chicago by the National Printing & Engraving Company, it was made by a process that built color through many successive stone impressions, a method well suited to the bold, saturated look of commercial art in that period. Its focus on church windows against the elevated lines, which had run through city neighborhoods since the 1890s, shows how Chicago's religious architecture and its transit system shared the same streets.
| Created / published | Chicago : National Ptg. & Eng. Co., 1923. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 208 x 107 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters American 1920-1930.Chromolithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Church design no. 2 3 sht. no. 1 014134." Promotional goal: U.S. E2. 1923. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1995:008)." |
| Subjects | Churches--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Stained glass--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Elevated railroads--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,730 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220112 |
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