Water front of Chicago, Illinois, 1906 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Water front of Chicago, Illinois, 1906 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Water front of Chicago
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Water front of Chicago, Illinois, 1906
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Chicago's waterfront in 1906 was the working edge of a city of roughly two million people, where the Chicago River met Lake Michigan and the docks handled lumber, coal, grain, and iron ore. Ships and barges crowded the river slips while railroad lines ran along the shore, linking the lake trade to the rail network that made Chicago the country's central freight hub. The city had reversed the flow of its river in 1900 with the Sanitary and Ship Canal, a project meant to carry sewage away from the lake that supplied its drinking water. Residents also knew the port as the place where Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel *The Jungle* drew attention to the packing houses, and the city's business and civic life still centered on the grain and shipping trade close to these piers.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,135 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Water front of Chicago |
| Reference | IL Water front of Chicago 1906 |
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