Chicago Heights, from Airship, 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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This rare historic image captures Chicago Heights, from Airship, Illinois, 1908 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Chicago Heights, Ill. from Lawrence Captive Airship
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Chicago Heights, from Airship, Illinois, 1908
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Chicago Heights, Illinois, in 1908 was a young industrial town south of Chicago, grown up around the rail lines that crossed there. Several railroads met in its yards, and factories and metal works located there to take advantage of freight service that could carry their products to markets across the Midwest. Its population had risen quickly over the previous two decades, bringing in immigrant families from southern and eastern Europe who settled alongside older American households. Residents knew it as a railroad and factory town on the southern edge of the Chicago metropolitan area, where the whistles and switching engines marked the working day. The aerial view of that year shows the crowded rail network and the street grid the town was still filling in.
| 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 × 2,191 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Chicago Heights, Ill. from Lawrence Captive Airship |
| Reference | IL Chicago Heights, from Airship 1908 |
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