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Byrd looks the city over, Chicago, Ill. / by Underwood & Underwood, New York. – Antique Wall Art

Byrd looks the city over, Chicago, Ill. / by Underwood & Underwood, New York., 1930 July 11. — historic photograph
Byrd looks the city over, Chicago, Ill. / by Underwood & Underwood, New York., 1930 July 11.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Byrd looks the city over, Chicago, Ill. / by Underwood & Underwood, New York.

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Naval aviator Richard E. Byrd appears in this July 1930 view, taking in Chicago a few months after returning from his expedition to Antarctica. He had gained wide fame in 1929 for flying over the South Pole, and his city visits drew large public interest. The photograph was made by Underwood & Underwood, a New York firm known for its portrait and press work of the period, and its subject list also tags crowds of sightseers, which points to the attention the visit attracted.

Created / published1930 July 11.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1930.Photographic prints 1930.
NotesNo. CH506249S"."
SubjectsByrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957--Military service. Sightseers--Illinois--Chicago--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169963

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