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Chicago, Illinois: The Fair and west side of State Street – Antique Photo Print

Chicago, Illinois: The Fair and west side of State Street, c1906. — historic photograph
Chicago, Illinois: The Fair and west side of State Street, c1906.. 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 Chicago, Illinois: The Fair and west side of State Street in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Chicago, Illinois: The Fair and west side of State Street

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The landmark named in this record is The Fair, the department store that anchored the west side of State Street in Chicago's Loop, shown here as a busy commercial block around 1906. State Street was the city's main retail corridor in these years, and the crowded sidewalks and street traffic reflect how central it was to daily shopping and city life. The caption card credits the photoprint to Alvah C. Roebuck, a name associated with the Chicago mail-order firm Sears, Roebuck and Company, though the record notes that its data is unverified.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Alvah C. Roebuck. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,389 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151257

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