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Dearborn Street station, Chicago, Ill. – Vintage Wall Art

Dearborn Street station, Chicago, Ill., [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
Dearborn Street station, Chicago, Ill., [between 1900 and 1915]. 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 Dearborn Street station, Chicago, Ill. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dearborn Street station, Chicago, Ill.

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The subject is Dearborn Street Station, one of the passenger terminals that served Chicago's South Loop, a stop for trains arriving from the western and southern rail lines. Its brick headhouse and train sheds were typical of the large railroad stations built in American cities during the late 1800s. This view was made on a 5 by 7 inch glass dry plate negative between 1900 and 1915 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for photographing towns, rail lines and landmarks across the country for sale as prints and postcards. The plate later passed to the State Historical Society of Colorado, which gave it to the Library of Congress in 1949.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 072294. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 704 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76992

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