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

[McKinley Park, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[McKinley Park, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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[McKinley Park, Chicago, Ill.]

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McKinley Park, on Chicago's Southwest Side, takes its name from President William McKinley, who was assassinated in 1901, so the park's name dates it to the years just after his death. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative was made sometime between 1900 and 1910, when the city was expanding its park system to serve crowded working-class neighborhoods. The Detroit Publishing Company sold views like this one as postcards and travel albums, and the record suggests Hans Behm as a possible photographer, though that attribution is unconfirmed.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Possibly by Hans Behm. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034720. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsParks.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67532

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