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[Steamboat United States passing State Street bridge, Chicago River, Chicago, Ill.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Steamboat United States passing State Street bridge, Chicago River, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Steamboat United States passing State Street bridge, Chicago River, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(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 photograph captures [Steamboat United States passing State Street bridge, Chicago River, Chicago, Ill.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Steamboat United States passing State Street bridge, Chicago River, Chicago, Ill.]

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A lake steamer named *United States* glides past the State Street bridge on the Chicago River, its hull marked for the Michigan City to Chicago line. Vessels like this carried passengers and freight across the southern end of Lake Michigan, and each trip had to pass the river's drawbridges, which swung open to admit boats into the city. The Detroit Publishing Company made the glass negative between about 1900 and 1915, when it was recording American cities and waterways for sale as views. The scene shows how closely shipping, bridges and downtown streets were packed together along the river.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle based on negative D4-500198. Michigan City-Chicago Line" on boat." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031577. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUnited States (Steamboat) Steamboats. Rivers. Drawbridges.United States--Illinois--Chicago.United States--Illinois--Chicago River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 720 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76876

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