Libby Prison Museum
Chicago, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated
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| Title | Libby Prison Museum |
| Creator | Vandercook Co. |
| Description | Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Libby Prison Museum, Wabash Ave., South. [See "Amusements."]". From text: "Located on Wabash avenue, between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. One of the principal permanent attractions of the city. The original Libby prison (transported from Richmond, Va., and put up, brick after brick, just as it stood during the War of the Rebellion, when used as a prison for Union soldiers) is enclosed within massive walls, built after the manner of the middle ages." |
| Date | 1893 |
| Type | Photographs |
| File Name | chicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0372.jp2 |
| Source Page | http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/n369/mode/2up |
| Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Subject | |
| Coverage-Spatial | Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.) |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1890-1899 |
| Publisher | |
| Rights | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
| Book Title | Chicago, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated |
| Author of the Book | Flinn, John J. (John Joseph), 1851-1929 |
| Collection Title | Picture Chicago |
| Collection | Picture Chicago |
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