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Grant Park adjoining Central Station

Public library and John Crerar Library

Chicago The Vacation City book cover

Chicago from the air

Navy Pier

State and Madison Streets

Illinois Central entrance to Chicago

Federal Building

Chicago theatres

  • Grant Park adjoining Central Station
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Grant Park, Adjoining Central Station, Showing the Buckingham Fountain and Other New Improvements Under Way." From text: "Buckingham Fountain, in Grant Park at the foot of Congress Street, is the largest and one of the most beautiful fountains in the world. It has several varieties of displays and is illuminated at night. Closed during the winter months."
  • Public library and John Crerar Library
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Chicago Public Library occupies one of the handsomest public buildings in the Loop, at Michigan Boulevard, Washington and Randolph Streets. The structure is of Bedford limestone upon a granite base, and its impressive architecture combines several classic styles, Greek, neo-Greek, and Roman. Entering from Washington Street, the visitor beholds the superb flyi...
  • Chicago The Vacation City book cover
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoText on cover: "Chicago The Vacation City Illinois Center The Road of Travel Luxury". From text: "Grant Park, between East 11th Place, Michigan Boulevard, Randolph Street, and Lake Michigan, is Chicago's down-town playground, 303 acres in extent. … In Grant Park are ... Buckingham Fountain ... [and] ... Ivan Mestrovic's bronze American Indians ..."
  • Chicago from the air
    Image | 1930 | Picture Chicagoon the other, the expanse of Lake Michigan which gives the glamour and color and bigness to this enchanted highway."
  • Navy Pier
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Navy Pier, an immense and impressive structure of concrete, steel and glass, nearly 300 feet wide, extends from the foot of Grand Avenue, 3,000 feet into Lake Michigan, at Chicago's harbor entrance, and affords a cool, delightful summer recreation place for the public. The pier has three tiers, the lowest for freight traffic, the middle for passenger traffic ...
  • State and Madison Streets
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "State and Madison Streets, World's Busiest Corner." From text: "The unceasing streams of parallel, mingling and intersecting traffic during the business hours is an extraordinary spectacle
  • Illinois Central entrance to Chicago
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Illinois Central Entrance to the Heart of Chicago
  • Federal Building
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Federal Building, at Clark, Adams, Dearborn, and Jackson, is a massive eight-story structure, in Roman Corinthian style, of granite, surmounted by a majestic dome 297 feet high
  • Chicago theatres
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "Chicago is one of the best theatre cities in the land, in number of playhouses, in the variety of entertainments presented, and in point of discriminating patronage. Many high-grade productions originate in Chicago, and practically all current plays of established merit may be seen there during the season. Most of Chicago's theatres are open all year."
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