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Dearborn Foundry Co., 1525 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of architectural iron works – Antique Print

Dearborn Foundry Co., 1525 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of architectural iron works, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique lithograph
Dearborn Foundry Co., 1525 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of architectural iron works, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique lithograph 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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Dearborn Foundry Co., 1525 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of architectural iron works comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dearborn Foundry Co., 1525 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of architectural iron works

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Dearborn Foundry Co. stood at 1525 Dearborn Street in Chicago, and this tinted lithograph presents the firm as a maker of architectural iron works, the cast metal parts used in building facades, columns and storefronts. The view was drawn by G.A. May, Jr. and printed by the Chicago firm Huges & Johnson, a common route for businesses that wanted an advertising picture of their premises. The print carries no recorded date, and its caption data is unverified, but it belongs to a period when Chicago's rapid rebuilding after the 1871 fire created strong demand for iron construction.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : lithograph, tinted.
NotesTinted lithograph by Huges & Johnson, Chicago after drawing by G.A. May, Jr. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Foundries; Arch.; Publ. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155910

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