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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
Photograph  
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
Subject
  • Galleries & museums  
  • Prisons  
Coverage-Spatial
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1890-1899  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
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
TitleLibby Prison Museum
CreatorVandercook Co.  
DescriptionCaption: "[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."
Date1893  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0372.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/n369/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin
Subject
  • Galleries & museums  
  • Prisons  
Coverage-SpatialNear South Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1890-1899  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages 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 TitleChicago, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated  
Author of the BookFlinn, John J. (John Joseph), 1851-1929  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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