Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson. – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Chicago's beautiful churches by the elevated lines / O.R. Hanson.
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Few travel posters of the 1920s pair stained glass with elevated railways, but this one, titled *Chicago's Beautiful Churches by the Elevated Lines*, does just that, setting church architecture beside the city's transit. Printed in Chicago in 1923 by the National Printing & Engraving Company, it is a chromolithograph, a color process that built up the image from several separate printing plates. Its juxtaposition of worship spaces and steel tracks reflects how Chicago presented itself to visitors in the period, as a city of both striking architecture and fast urban movement.
| Created / published | Chicago : National Ptg. & Eng. Co., 1923. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 208 x 107 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters American 1920-1930.Chromolithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Church design no. 2 3 sht. no. 1 014134." Promotional goal: U.S. E2. 1923. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1995:008)." |
| Subjects | Churches--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Stained glass--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Elevated railroads--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,029 × 4,000 px · prints to 7 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220112 |
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