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[Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.] – Antique Wall Art

[Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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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[Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Grant Park, Chicago, Ill.]

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A flag on the hotel at the center of this view reads "The Blackstone," which identifies the building as the Blackstone Hotel on Michigan Avenue, across from Grant Park. The hotel opened in 1910, and its location on the park's western edge made it a prominent landmark for travelers arriving in the city. The picture is an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for large-format views of American cities and landscapes made in the early 1900s. The catalog title was supplied by a cataloger, so the park's identification rests on the flag and the hotel's position in the scene.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. The Blackstone" on flag on hotel in center. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Commercial facilities.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75083

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