Birds eye view of Waukegan, Illinois, 1908 – Vintage Map 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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Birds eye view of Waukegan, Illinois, 1908 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Waukegan, Ill.
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Birds eye view of Waukegan, Illinois, 1908
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Waukegan, Illinois, in 1908 was the county seat of Lake County and a small industrial city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, about 35 miles north of Chicago. Its harbor let lake steamers and schooners carry lumber, coal, and manufactured goods, while rail lines running south toward Chicago tied the town to wider markets. Local factories and the businesses along its commercial streets gave the city its working character, and residents would have known it as a lakeside town shaped by shipping, rail traffic, and county government. The bird's-eye view shows the town as a dense grid of streets, church spires, and rooftops set between the lake and the open farmland to the west.
| 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 × 2,139 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Waukegan, Ill. |
| Reference | IL Birds eye view of Waukegan, 1908 |
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