Birds-eye view, Rockefeller, Illinois, 1907 – Historic Photo 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 historic image captures Birds-eye view, Rockefeller, Illinois, 1907 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's-eye view, Rockefeller, Ill.
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Birds-eye view, Rockefeller, Illinois, 1907
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Rockefeller, Illinois, in 1907 left little documentation in the sources I can confidently draw on, so this caption describes the state and region around it. Illinois drew its livelihood from farming, coal mining, and the railroads that carried both goods to Chicago, the great rail and meatpacking center on Lake Michigan. Many small towns of the period grew up around a single mine, mill, or depot, and their fortunes rose and fell with coal prices and harvests. Residents would have measured their year by wages, crop yields, and the trains passing through, while the mining districts were strongholds of the growing miners' unions. This bird's-eye view records a town laid out for those everyday economic concerns.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,968 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's-eye view, Rockefeller, Ill. |
| Reference | IL Birds-eye view, Rockefeller, 1907 |
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