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Looking north on State from Madison St.
Chicago, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated

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Title
Looking north on State from Madison St.
Creator
Vandercook Co.  
Description
Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Looking north on State From Madison St. [See "Guide."]". From text: "[W]e will endeavor to do the great retail avenue of Chicago, or at least a portion of it, before the day closes. This thoroughfare ... is one of the grandest commercial arteries in the world. By looking up "State Street" in the Index, you will learn that it is the longest in the city, extending as it does from North ave. to the southern limits, a distance of eighteen miles."
Date
1893  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0741.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/584/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin
Subject
Commercial streets  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (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
TitleLooking north on State from Madison St.
CreatorVandercook Co.  
DescriptionCaption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Looking north on State From Madison St. [See "Guide."]". From text: "[W]e will endeavor to do the great retail avenue of Chicago, or at least a portion of it, before the day closes. This thoroughfare ... is one of the grandest commercial arteries in the world. By looking up "State Street" in the Index, you will learn that it is the longest in the city, extending as it does from North ave. to the southern limits, a distance of eighteen miles."
Date1893  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0741.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/584/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin
SubjectCommercial streets  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (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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