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89 photographic views and illustrations of Chicago, Illinois, 1890s
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Marshall Field & Co's retail store, State, Randolph and Washington Streets and Wabash Avenue (reduced in size)
Although originals of these old photographic views and illustrations of Chicago in the 1890s, you can now get them on a cd-rom prepared from original items held in a private collection.
The photographs were published as "Pictorial Chicago" in three editions between 1893 and 1901. Some of the photographs were heavily retouched or reworked for their original publication as explained by the introductory note to the "Pictorial Chicago" album : "The truthfulness of the camera is combined with the highest arts of the printer in portraying the massiveness and grandeur of the city's architecture, with its towering structures, the substantial and beautiful churches, its elegant private residences, its crowded thoroughfares ..."
The cd-rom isn't mass produced but is compiled individually and personally for each purchaser so there are very few copies in existence. You can get one of them here.
A few sample images, greatly reduced in size, are set out below, followed by a complete list of all the views.
State Street, north from Madison Street (reduced in size)
The Palmer House, corner Monroe and State Streets (reduced in size)
Armour Mission Flats, Dearborn and Thirty-Fourth Streets (reduced in size)
Hyde Park Club, Fifty-First Street and Washington Avenue (reduced in size)
Residence of the late George M. Pullman, Prairie Avenue and Eighteenth Street (reduced in size)
Residence of Mr. Emanuel Mandel, 3400 Michigan Avenue (reduced in size)
The 89 views, similar to the above but much larger, with their page numbers on the cd-rom are:
7. The Art Institute, Michigan Avenue and Adams Street
8. The new Post Office Building, corner Adams and Clark Streets
9. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. Building, corner Clark and Adams Streets
10. Young Men's Christian Association Building, 153 and 155 La Salle Street
11. Marshall Field & Co's retail store, State, Randolph and Washington Streets and Wabash Avenue
12. New Tribune Building, corner Madison and Dearborn Streets
13. State Street, north from Madison Street
14. Real Estate Board, Dearborn and Randolph Streets
15. Champlain Building, corner State and Madison Streets
16. The Great Northern Hotel, corner Jackson Boulevard and Dearborn Street
17. Randolph Street, west of Wabash Avenue
18. Montgomery Ward & Co's new Building, Michigan Avenue and Madison Street
19. Clark Street, south from Lake Street
20. The Palmer House, corner Monroe and State Streets
21. Fisher Building, northeast corner Van Buren and Dearborn Streets
22. Reliance Building, State and Washington Streets
23. The Masonic Temple, State and Randolph Streets
24. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, N.E. Corner La Salle Street and Jackson Boulevard
25. Ashland Building, Clark and Randolph Streets
26. Chamber of Commerce Building, La Salle and Washington Streets
27. The Woman's Temple, La Salle and Monroe Streets
28. The Monadnock Building, Jackson, Dearborn and Van Buren Streets and Custom House Place
29. The Venetian Building, 34-35 Washington Street, between State Street and Wabash Avenue
30. Columbus Memorial Building, State and Washington Streets
31. Lees Building, 147 to 153 Fifth Avenue
32. Marshall Field's Building, annex to retail store, Wabash Avenue and Washington Street
33. Rand McNally Building, 160-174 Adams Street
34. Tacoma Building, La Salle and Madison Streets
35. Rialto Building, Sherman and Van Buren Streets
36. Pontiac Building, Dearborn and Harrison Streets
37. Court House, Clark and Washington Streets
38. Chicago Athletic Association Building, 124-126 Michigan Avenue
39. Chicago Public Library
40. N.W. corner, Market and Van Buren Streets
41. Main entrance, Auditorium Hotel, Michigan Avenue
42. Auditorium Building and Annex, Michigan Avenue and Congress Street
43. Hyde Park Hotel, Jefferson and Fifty-First Streets
44. Hotel Metropole, Michigan Avenue and Twenty-Third Street
45. University of Chicago
46. Sheridan Club, Michigan Avenue and Forty-First Street
47. Armour Institute, Armour Avenue and Thirty-Third Street
48. De la Salle Institute, Thirty-Fifth Street and Wabash Avenue
49. Armour Mission Flats, Dearborn and Thirty-Fourth Streets
50. Jewish Synagogue, Sinai Congregation, Indiana Avenue and Twenty-First Street
51. Hyde Park Presbytarian Church, Washington Avenue and Fifty-Third Street
52. Residence of Dr. Almon Brooks, 4643 Lake Avenue
53. Hyde Park Club, Fifty-First Street and Washington Avenue
54. Michigan Avenue, looking north from Thirty-Fifth Street
55. Chicago Historical Society, Dearborn Avenue and Ontario Street
56. Residence of Mrs Catherine Seipp, Michigan Avenue and Thirty-Third Street
57. Residence of Mr. W.E. Hale, 4545 Drexel Boulevard
58. Residence of Mr. J.J. Glessner, Eighteenth Street and Prairie Avenue
59. Residence of Mr. Marshall Field, 1905 Prairie Avenue
60. Residence of the late George M. Pullman, Prairie Avenue and Eighteenth Street
61. Residence of Mr. W.W. Kimball, 1801 Prairie Avenue
62. Residence of Mr. N.K. Fairbank, 1801 Michigan Avenue
63. Residence of Mr. N.B. Ream, 1901 Prairie Avenue
64. Residence of Mr. C.H. Matthieson, 4917 Drexel Boulevard
65. Residence of Mr. C.H. Smith, Drexel Boulevard and Forty-Fifth Street
66. Residence of Mr. Emanuel Mandel, 3400 Michigan Avenue
67. Residence of Mr. J.O. Armour, 3724 Michigan Avenue
68. Residence of J.A. Davidson, 2128 Calumet Avenue
69. North Side Water Works
70. Newberry Library, Clark and Oak Streets
71. McCormick Seminary, North Halsted Street and Fullerton Avenue
72. Plaza Hotel, North Avenue and Clark Street
73. St James Church, Cass and Huron Streets
74. New England Congregational Church, Dearborn Avenue and Delaware Place
75. Residence of Mr. Franklin MacVeagh, 103 Lake Shore Drive, and Mr. S.E. Barrett, 109 Lake Shore Drive
76. Residences of Mr. Charles B. Farwell, 99 East Pearson Street, and Mr. J.V. Farwell, Lake Shore Drive and East Pearson Street
77. Residences, 18, 19, 20 and 21 Lake Shore Drive (north side)
78. Residence of Mr. Potter Palmer, 100 Lake Shore Drive
79. Lately the residence of Mr. R.R. Cable, Cass and Erie Streets
80. Residence of Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick, Rush and Erie Streets
81. Residence of Harold F. McCormick, Lake Shore Drive and Bellevue Place
82. Residence of the late Professor David Swing, 66 Lake Shore Drive
83. Residence of Mr. O.W. Potter, 130 Lake Shore Drive
84. Marquette Club, Dearborn Avenue and Maple Street
85. Residence of Mr. A.C. McClurg, 125 Lake Shore Drive
86. Residence of Mr. F.W. Stanley, North State Street and Burton Place
87. Residence of Mr. C.C. Heisen 65 Lake Shore Drive
88. Lincoln Park, looking south from the Palm House
89. A lily pond, Lincoln Park
90. Flower-beds and conservatory, Lincoln Park
91. School of Dentistry, University of Illinois, 1813 West Harrison Street
92. Rush Medical College, 761 West Harrison Street
93. Medinah Temple, Dearborn Avenue and Walton Place
94. Second Baptist Church, West Monroe and Morgan Streets
95. Union Stock Yards
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