Birds eye view of Waukegan, 1908a, Illinois – Antique Wall Map
(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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Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Waukegan, Ill., from Lawrence Captive Airship at 1000 ft. altitude. Published exclusively for W[...] Wandel, Waukegan, Ill.
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Birds eye view of Waukegan, 1908a, Illinois
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Waukegan, the Lake County seat on the Lake Michigan shore about 35 miles north of Chicago, is the subject of this 1908 bird's-eye view. By then the city had grown on the strength of its harbor, its lakefront trade, and its rail connections, which tied it to Chicago and to the farm and resort country inland. Lumber, grain, and manufacturing shaped the local economy, and the courthouse, churches, and downtown blocks made the town the center of county government and commerce. Residents of the period knew Waukegan as a lakeside working town with a growing population, a busy harbor, and an increasingly settled city grid spreading from the lake toward the railroad lines. The 1908 view records that mix of commerce, residential streets, and open lake frontage at a moment when the city was expanding steadily.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co., w. wandel (firm) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,295 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Waukegan, Ill., from Lawrence Captive Airship at 1000 ft. altitude. Published exclusively for W[...] Wandel, Waukegan, Ill. |
| Reference | IL Birds eye view of Waukegan, 1908a |
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