University of Chicago, Illinois, 1904 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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A window into the past: University of Chicago, Illinois, 1904, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: University of Chic[ago], bird's eye vie[w]
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University of Chicago, Illinois, 1904
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In 1904 the University of Chicago was only about a dozen years old, having opened in 1892 on the South Side with funding from John D. Rockefeller and a plan led by its first president, William Rainey Harper. Its Gothic quadrangles stood near the Midway Plaisance, the long strip left from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The campus sat in a city of more than a million people, a rail and meatpacking center whose stockyards and factories drew workers and investment. Football under coach Amos Alonzo Stagg had already brought the school public attention, and the campus was becoming a meeting point for the city's new wealth and ambitions.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,208 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | University of Chic[ago], bird's eye vie[w] |
| Reference | IL University of Chicago, 1904 |
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