IL Chicago 1898 MAP – Vintage Map 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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A window into the past: IL Chicago 1898 MAP, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's-eye-view of the business district of Chicago
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IL Chicago 1898 MAP
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Few American cities grew as quickly in the late 1800s as Chicago, and this 1898 panorama shows it at a moment of intense expansion. Poole Brothers, a Chicago firm known for bird's-eye city views, drew the city from an elevated oblique angle, so streets, rail lines, and the lakefront appear together in one sweep. Viewers can trace the street grid that took shape after the Great Fire of 1871 and see how built-up areas pushed outward toward the city's edges. Maps like this were popular with businesses and civic boosters, who used them to show off a city's scale and ambition.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Creator | poole brothers |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,023 × 6,452 px · prints to 30 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's-eye-view of the business district of Chicago |
| Reference | IL-Chicago-1898 |
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