title: 1861 Mitchell's Map of Illinois w Chicago Inset - Geographicus - IL-m-60

artist: Samuel Augustus Mitchell

date: 1861 (dated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=14 height=11

source: Mitchell's New General Atlas, containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Fifty-three Quarto Maps, forming a series of Eighty-Four map and Plans, together with Valuable Statistical Tables. (1864 Edition) Geographicus-source

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description: A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1861 map of Illinois and chicago. Depicts the state of Illinois in considerable detail with color coding at the county level. Also notes roads, railroads, rivers, cities towns, and some geographical features. Features a large and detailed inset plan of chicago in the lower left hand quadrant. Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S.Illinois for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.” Engraved by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. for inclusion as map no. 38 in the 1864 edition of Mitchell’s New General Atlas .

title: 1855 Colton Plan or Map of Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri Geographicus - StLouisChicago-colton-1855

artist: J. H. Colton

date: 1855 (dated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=16 height=13

source: Colton, G. W., <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i>, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition). Geographicus-source

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description: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's rare two part map of chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. Sheet is divided into two sections. Both are hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels to identify city wards. Both maps also offer extraordinary detail at level of individual streets and buildings. Both maps are drawn to the same scale. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. The right hand map, chicago, Illinois, depicts from Reuben Street to Lake Michigan and from Center Street to Bridge Street. In addition to all major streets, this map identifies various railroad depots, the Marine Hospital, the Railroad Depot, a market and a number of unnamed public squares. The left hand map, St. Louis, Missouri, covers from Pratte Avenue and Jefferson Avenue to the Mississippi River and from Branch Street to Bent Street. In addition to all major streets, this map identifies the Post Office, Court House, Chouteaus Pond, Exchange Square, the City Work House, the City Hospital, Washington Square, and Lucas Market. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City. Issued as page no. 45 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .

title: 1893 Novelty Cane Map of the Chicago World's Fair or Columbian Exposition Geographicus - ChicagoWorldsFair-columbiannovelty-1893

artist: link

date: 1893 (undated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=16 height=10

source: Geographicus-source

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description: An extremely rare and unusual cane and map prepared in 1893 for the chicago World's Fair or, as it is better known, the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The map extends from an internal roller mechanism in the top of the cane. It is printed and hand colored on both sides. The primary side shows the grounds of the Columbian Exposition, now Jackson Park and the Field Museum, naming all important buildings walks, pavilions, markets, etc. Among the specific sites noted are Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show & Congress of Rough Riders, the chicago University Grounds, and the various pavilions established for manufacturing, mining, transportation, liberal arts, agriculture, machinery, etc. In the upper left quadrant there is a aerial view of the entire fair. A larger inset along the right hand side of the map focuses on the Midway from Stony Island to Cottage Grove. The 1893 Columbian Exposition or chicago World's Fair was a pivotal moment in the history of the United States. chicago won the right to host the World's Fair over New York, Washington D.C., and St. Louis. During its six month run, nearly 27,000,000 people, roughly half the population of the United States at the time, attended the fair. Its numerous displays and exhibits established conventions for architecture, design, and decorative arts, in addition to initiating a new era of American industrial optimism. The layout and design of the fair, as seen here, is the world of Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted, the genius behind New York City's Central Park. Most of the fair was designed in the Beaux Arts tradition, a popular movement in Paris that was quickly gaining global momentum. In the years following the fair, this influential architectural style redefined the cityscape of chicago, Boston, New York, and many other prominent American cities. Printed by August Gast of St. Louis for the Columbian Novelty Company of chicago. Originally sold in the gift shops of the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

title: US-IL(1891) p219 CHICAGO, THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN

artist: unknown

date: 1891

source: Image extracted from page 219 of ''King's Hand-book of the United States planned and edited by M. King. Text by M. F. Sweetser'', by SWEETSER, Moses Forster. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied [link from Flickr]. ''Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.'' Mechanical Curator image

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title: COLBERT(1871) p019 MAP OF CHICAGO

artist: unknown

date: 1871

source: Image extracted from page 019 of ''chicago and the Great Conflagration ... With numerous illustrations, etc'', by COLBERT, Elias - and CHAMBERLIN, Everett. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied [link from Flickr]. ''Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.'' Mechanical Curator image

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title: 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps Illinois - Cook County - Chicago - ED 103-1 - ED 103-3270 - NARA - 5831430 (page 45)

artist:

date: 1880

current location: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD)

credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

title: Chicago NARA - 102278699

artist:

date: 1834

current location: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD)

credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

title: Standard atlas of Parke County, Indiana DPLA - c0bc7514bcca345adbd5ea3638a98867 (page 41)

artist: unknown

date: 1908

current location: Institution|wikidata=Q14688462

source: DPLA| Q14688462 |hub=Indiana Memory|url=link

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title: 1931 Bruce-Roberts Pictorial map of Gangland Chicago

artist: Bruce-Roberts, Inc.

date: 1931

source: link

credit: link

description: 1931 Bruce-Roberts Pictorial map of Gangland chicago