tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2023-11-30T16:47:35Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391762016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZCorner of State and WashingtonCaption: "Corner of State and Washington Streets, showing the Marshall Field establishment[.] Marshall Field's retail dry goods store, the largest in the world, is located at the corner of State and Washington streets. The great Field store extends along State Street to the next block. On the corner fronting the pedestrian from almost any angle, hangs a huge clock which an enterprising person has figured is sought for the time 107,516 times a day." View is looking northeast.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391782016-08-11T14:59:56Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZSiegel, Cooper & CompanyCaption: "This is another of the mammoth department stores of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391652016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZArmour elevatorCaption: "The Armour grain elevator is the largest in the city, and belongs to the millionaire meat packer. The owner is noted for his great wheat operations on the Board of Trade. The vast quantities of the actual product in this immense elevator have often been able to turn the market in his favor. The elevator is located on Goose Island in the Chicago River. The combined capacity of the Chicago elevator warehouses is thirty-one million bushels."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392042016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZStock yards and towerCaption: "All visitors to Chicago are sure to include a trip to the celebrated stock yards during their sojourn in the city. Thousands of head of cattle are slaughtered here daily. The cattle are housed in hundreds of pens covering three hundred and twenty acres. The problem of supplying this immense area with water was solved by the building of a great tower, from which it is distributed among the pens."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391582016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZJackson BoulevardCaption: "Another of Chicago's famous streets. It is paved with asphalt and lined with substantial buildings. The striking facade of the Chicago Board of Trade and the new Post Office Building adorn this thoroughfare. Some portions of Jackson Boulevard resemble the great canyons of lower Manhattan."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391622016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZPost OfficeCaption: "The Post Office The new Post Office Building, one of the most magnificent postal structures in the United States, is located in a square formed by Adams, Clark and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. The delay in its completion caused many spirited controversies. From this great central station radiate forty-seven carrier stations, four stations without carriers, and two hundred sub-stations, in all employing 1,633 clerks, 1,400 carriers and collectors. The annual receipts aggregate about $10,000,000 and more than 50,000 tons of mail are handled each year." View is looking northwest. Building was designed by Henry Ives Cobb.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391632016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZPublic LibraryCaption: "Chicago's Public Library building bears the reputation of being one of the finest library structures in the world. The interior is exquisitely finished in marble, mother-of-pearl and onyx. It is situated on Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington streets, and commands a view of Lake Michigan. Upon its shelves are more than three hundred thousand volumes. Here the sewing girl and the society women meet on a common level and the millionaire and tramp brush elbows. The institution is maintained at an annual cost of over one hundred thousand dollars."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391642016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZArt InstituteCaption: "This structure stands on the lake front facing Michigan Avenue, near the foot of Adams Street and was erected in 1893 at a cost of $785,000. It contains a rare collection of paintings, statuary and other objects of art. Many wealthy Chicagoans take especial pride in this institution and have enriched it by their liberal gifts. It is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Schools of art and design are maintained here by the city."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392102016-08-11T14:59:58Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZField MuseumCaption: "The Art Building of the famous World's Fair of 1893, is the only one of the white structures preserved in Jackson Park. It had its beginnings as a permanent institution from the contributions of rare articles by exhibitors at the Exposition. It was first intended to be called "The Columbian Museum," but on an endowment of one million dollars from Marshall Field, its name was changed to "The Field Columbian Museum." It has a course of popular lectures, an established series of publications and several scientific expeditions have been sent out to augment the collections of the museum. A new site has been obtained on the lake front and Mr. Field has donated ten million dollars for the purpose of erecting the finest museum structure in the world."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391982016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:40ZDearborn StreetCaption: "Dearborn Street, the "Sixth Avenue" of Chicago, is one of the city's leading retail business thoroughfares. Here are banks, hotels and cafes in confusing array. It is also noted as a street of outfitters, haberdashers and stores of that type. Finer or handsomer business structures are not to be found on this continent. At one end is Polk Street DepotUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391692016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZMasonic TempleCaption: "The Masonic Temple, situated at the corner of Randolph and State streets, is two hundred and sixty-five feet high. The number of its tenants would be sufficient to populate a fair sized village. Although not owned by the Masonic Order, several lodges meet here, paying an annual rental for the privilege. It contains fourteen passenger and two freight elevators." Building designed by the architectural firm of Burnham and Root.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392082016-08-11T14:59:58Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZWater TowerCaption: "The Water Tower[.] The North Water Works are situated on Chicago Avenue near the lake shore. Here a stone tower, one hundred and sixty feet high, receives water from the lake forced by four engines having a pumping capacity of ninety-nine million gallons daily. The water is conveyed to the tower through a brick tunnel five feet in diameter which extends two miles out and under the lake surface."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392022016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:40ZIllinois Trust and Savings BankCaption: "The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and La Salle Street is one of the oldest and most stable institutions in the city. The architecture of the building is particularly attractive, although the surrounding skyscrapers dwarf its really fine proportions. It is said to be an exact model of the Bank of England."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391742016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZRailway Exchange BuildingCaption: "This edifice is numbered among the handsomest office buildings in the city. It is located on Michigan Avenue, near the Art Institute, overlooking Lake Michigan. The structure is devoted to office purposes, being designed especially for the accommodation of railroad headquarters." Building designed by firm of Burnham and Root.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391592016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZHaymarket SquareCaption: "Haymarket Square is noted the world over as the scene of the anarchistic outrage on the night of May 4, 1886, when a bomb was hurled into the midst of a number of policemen who were attempting to disperse a disorderly crowd. In the center of the square stands a statue of a policeman with uplifted hand, erected to the memory of the officers who perished that night. This location was formerly a hay market, but in recent years has become a great produce market. In the early morning it is one of the busiest centers in Chicago."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391672016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZMontgomery Ward BuildingCaption: "Montgomery Ward & Company Building The headquarters of one of the largest mail order concerns in the world, located on Michigan Avenue and Madison Street. The structure enjoys the distinction of being the highest in Chicago. All orders come to Montgomery Ward & Company by mail, and sales are not otherwise made."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393072016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:53ZChicago and Northwestern terminalCaption: "Passenger Terminal, Chicago Chicago and North Western Railway"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392012016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:40ZDearborn StreetCaption: "Dearborn Street, the "Sixth Avenue" of Chicago, is one of the city's leading retail business thoroughfares. Here are banks, hotels and cafes in confusing array. It is also noted as a street of outfitters, haberdashers and stores of that type. Finer or handsomer business structures are not to be found on this continent. At one end is Polk Street DepotUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392062016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZPalmer HouseCaption: "This famous hotel, at the corner of State and Monroe streets, was built shortly after the great fire by Potter Palmer, to whose estate it now belongs. Many great political deals were consummated within its walls, and its name is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392072016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZCook County HospitalCaption: "The Cook County Hospital, the largest of the public charities of Chicago, occupies twelve acres on West Harrison and Polk streets. The main building is a handsome edifice of red brick with stone trimmings and contains twenty-four wards each devoted to a separate class of disease. Any patient without money is taken at this hospital and receives as good treatment as if he were wealthy. Other structures are a detention hospital, a building devoted to contagious diseases, and a morgue."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391572016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZState StreetCaption: "State Street is the "Broadway of the West." Here are located the great department stores. Upon a bright day its sidewalks swarm with shoppers and pleasure seekers. Among the massive structures towering toward the sky are the Masonic Temple, Palmer House and Columbus Memorial Building." View is looking northeast.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391612016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZCity Hall and County CourthouseCaption: "City Hall and Cook County Court House The administrative offices of the city of Chicago and the court-rooms and offices of Cook County, Illinois, are in this massive building which occupies the entire square bounded by Washington, Clark, La Salle and Randolph streets. It was five years in building and cost six million dollars. The heavy style of architecture gives a mistaken impression of solidity and permanency, as the structure has begun to show signs of decay. Provision for a new building has been made by the County Board, which will probably be constructed on this site."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391682016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZStock ExchangeCaption: "The Chicago Stock Exchange Building is located at the corner of Washington and La Salle streets, diagonally across from City Hall. It is one of the largest office structures in the city. The exchange is on the second floor. Here a large volume of speculative business is done every day in the week, except Sundays and holidays." The building, designed by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, was demolished in 1972.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391732016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZMonadnock BuildingCaption: "This building presents the appearance of being the most substantial structure in Chicago. It occupies the entire block bounded by Jackson Boulevard, Clark, Dearborn and Van Buren streets. Several of the railroad systems have their general offices here. Seven thousand persons are employed within its walls." Building designed by firm of Burnham and Root.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/19333892023-05-10T17:34:02Z2023-07-21T15:58:56ZRailway terminal map of ChicagoIndex to railroads shows company and depot.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391752016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZMichigan Avenue, showing AuditoriumCaption: "Michigan Avenue, showing the Auditorium[.] Michigan Avenue lies along the lake front and is a favorite driveway. No obstructing buildings lie between it and the lake and the cool breezes make it a most inviting thoroughfare on a warm day. The Auditorium Building, one of the largest in the whole country, covering an area of sixty-two thousand feet, is located between Congress Street and Wabash Avenue. The Auditorium Hotel is one of the best appointed in the world. The splendid stage of the Auditorium is modeled after that in the opera houses of Buda-Pesth." View is looking northwest, from present-day Grant Park. Nearest building on left is the Auditorium Annex. The original Auditorium Building, in the middle distance, was designed by the firm of Adler and Sullivan.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391702016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:36ZWoman's TempleCaption: "The Woman's Temple, at the corner of Monroe and La Salle streets, stands as a monument to the untiring temperance workers of Chicago. It is twelve stories high and contains three hundred offices. The building is a fire-proof structure of steel, granite and terra cotta, and was built by the W. C. T. U. at a cost of $1,500,000." The building was designed by the firm of Burnham and Root.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391712016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZCarson, Pirie, Scott & Co. BuildingCaption: "One of the largest department stores on State Street is that of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company. For years it was located in the building here shown, diagonally across the city from the Marshall Field store. The concern recently removed to more ample quarters in a new structure at the corner of Madison and State streets." Building was designed by architect Louis H. Sullivan.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391722016-08-11T14:59:55Z2023-11-30T16:47:37ZThe RookeryCaption: "When the great fire of 1871 destroyed the City Hall at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets a temporary building erected on the site was jokingly called " The Rookery." The twelve story building erected later upon this spot retained the name of ""The Rookery." It is built of gray granite and fire proof brick." Designed by Burnham and Root. The base is of red granite and the facades and ornament are of pressed brick and terra-cotta.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392092016-08-11T14:59:58Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZWashington Park Club HouseCaption: "Washington Park Club House, and "Derby Day"[.] The most notable of racing tracks in Chicago is Washington Park, especially famous for its "Derby Day," usually run some Saturday in June. This event attracts from seventy-five thousand to one hundred thousand people, and the splendid turn-outs of beauty and fashion and gay equipages rival in interest the great racing event itself. The driving park, one of the best in the country, is located at Sixty-first Street and South Park Avenue.""University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392122016-08-11T14:59:58Z2023-11-30T16:47:42ZHumboldt Park boathouseCaption: "Free Bathing Pool[.] One of the most beneficent of Chicago's charities is the public bathing system, a comparatively recent institution. The baths are spacious and well-equipped and the best evidence of their importance is found in the numbers resorting daily to their use. They are open and free to all. The Carter H. Harrison Bath at 192 Mather Street is noted for its especially large patronage." Carter H. Harrison Bath was the first public bath in Chicago, and was located near Hull House in the Near West Side neighborhood. This photograph depicts the Humboldt Park boat house, located in the West Town neighborhood.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392032016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:40ZChicago RiverCaption: "The Chicago River formerly emptied into Lake Michigan, but with the digging of the drainage canal, the current was reversed and the waters now find their way into the Mississippi, much to the disgust of St. Louis, transforming the once ill-smelling stream into a clean river. It is narrow and deep, but easily entered by the largest lake steamers. The question of lowering the street car tunnels which pass under the river, to obtain a still greater depth, has been an issue at several city elections."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392052016-08-11T14:59:57Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZStock yards and PackingtownCaption: "Stock yards and Packingtown in distance[.] Beyond the pens at the stock yards, lies Packingtown, where the slaughtered meats are prepared for the markets of the world. It is here that several of the famous millionaires of Chicago made their great fortunes. One noted packing firm killed 712,000 cattle, 1,714,000 hogs, and nearly 500,000 sheep in a single year. The meat sales aggregated $66,000,000."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391602016-08-11T14:59:54Z2023-11-30T16:47:35ZClark StreetCaption: "Clark Street resembles no other street in the world. Even "The Bowery" lacks many of its fascinating peculiarities. Types of every nation on the earth may be found on this cosmopolitan thoroughfare. Nearly every other building is a "hotel" or a lodging house. Chinatown is located here and the odor of burning opium is even now not unfamiliar in that quarter. Ticket scalpers, cheap restaurants, labor agencies and museums with their horrors, make the street a most attractive one to the passing sightseer."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library