Chicago, Illinois - corn exchange and grain market – Historic Reproduction
(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 antique engraving captures Chicago, Illinois - corn exchange and grain market in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chicago, Illinois - corn exchange and grain market
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Chicago's corn exchange and grain market, shown in this wood engraving, reflects the city's rise as a national center for grain by the late 1860s. Published in *Harper's Weekly* on 31 October 1868, the scene captures a trading floor where corn arriving by rail and canal from the Midwest was bought and sold for markets in the East and abroad. Illustrated weeklies like *Harper's* relied on engravers working from sketches, so views like this one show how the period's commerce looked to readers far from the Great Lakes.
| Created / published | 1868 October 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, 31 October 1868. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Illinois--Chicago; Markets; Farms--Corn; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 865 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139463 |
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