Chicago sky line, Illinois, 1926 – Antique Photo 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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Chicago sky line, Illinois, 1926 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: Chicago sky line
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Chicago sky line, Illinois, 1926
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Chicago in 1926 was the second-largest city in the United States, with a population of roughly 2.7 million and an economy built on meatpacking, steel, railroads, and grain shipped through its stockyards and rail yards. The skyline shown here was taking shape along the Loop, where office towers rose beside the Chicago River and the elevated train lines. The city was still recovering from the 1919 race riots and was deep into the Prohibition era, when bootlegging and gang rivalries drew national headlines. Chicagoans of the period knew their city as a restless center of commerce, architecture, and ambition, and the 1920s brought a building boom that gave the downtown its distinctive profile.
| Created / published | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hornby & freiberg |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,362 × 1,437 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Chicago sky line |
| Reference | IL Chicago sky line 1926 |
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