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Aerial view of 79th & Western (Hinkamp & Co.'s Western Avenue subdivision), 1926
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 Aerial view of 79th & Western (Hinkamp & Co.'s Western Avenue subdivision), 1926

Few images show the city's grid more clearly than this one does, with the empty checkerboard of streets in the foreground sprinkled with billboards and a few apartment buildings.

Photographer: Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37278)

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