| 561 |
Labor Unrest in Chicago, April 25-May 4, 1886, (
Map
) ...join them. On two separate days, thousands of railroad freight handlers marched for miles from one...
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| 562 |
Chicago's Lakefront Landfill, (
Map
) ...to the lake, and in 1852 the Illinois Central Railroad was allowed to enter the city on an offshore...
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| 563 |
Year Page: 1848, Douglas Knox and Michael Conzen(
Year Page
) ...Canal, the inception of the city's first railroad, the first telegraph connection, the founding of...
...the end of 1848 the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad track extended just 10 miles west. Within three...
...weatherarrived.d Background: Chicago's first railroad depot, theGalena & Chicago Union, stood on...
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| 564 |
Rees & Rucker Map of Chicago and Vicinity, 1849, Compiler: Rees and Rucker; Artist: Wm. Clogher(
Historical Source
) ...this 1849 map marks the route of the first railroad in Chicago, the Galena & Chicago Union (1848),...
Date Created: 1849,
Date Depicted: 1849
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| 565 |
Calumet River South from 95th Street, 1991, Photographer: John McCarthy(
Historical Source
) ...south from the 95th Street Bridge. Both are railroad bridges. The first is permanently open, while...
Date Created: 1991,
Date Depicted: 1991
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| 566 |
Pioneer, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...the first leg of the Galena and Chicago Railroad. The locomotive is now part of the collections of...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: 1848
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| 567 |
"Chicago's Place In Industrial America," 1952, Creator: Chicago Plan Commission(
Historical Source
) ...the city's traditionally important industries like railroads and farm equipment began to decline....
Date Created: 1952,
Date Depicted: 1952
|
| 568 |
Chicago's Central Business District and Principal Transportation Lines, 1904, Creator: American Society of Mechanical Engineers(
Historical Source
) ...left. One can readily see the Loop Elevated Railroad (or Union Loop) that defines the downtown to...
...as well as the several scattered passenger railroad stations (and the lines they served) that the...
Date Created: 1904,
Date Depicted: 1904
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| 569 |
Chicago River Straightening, 1929, Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Company(
Historical Source
) ...makes evident how much of the real estate in this area was devoted to railroad tracks and yards....
Date Created: 1929,
Date Depicted: 1929
|
| 570 |
"Typical Goose Island Residence," 1891, Creator: Chicago Times(
Historical Source
) ...a backdrop of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and the smokestacks of local industries,...
Date Created: 1891,
Date Depicted: 1891
|
| 571 |
Advertisement for D. S. Taylor Property, c. 1873, Cartographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...the Calumet River, as well as adjacent railroads, provided excellent transportation for industry and...
Date Created: c.1873,
Date Depicted: c.1873
|
| 572 |
Union Station at Canal and Jackson Streets, 2004, Photographer: Stefani Foster(
Historical Source
) ...as a commuter terminal and as the sole remaining national railroad passenger station in the city....
Date Created: 2004,
Date Depicted: 2004
|
| 573 |
"Brotherhood Week in Chicago," 1928, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...before it happened in 1937. Excluded from most railroad unions because of their race and faced with...
Date Created: 1928,
Date Depicted: 1928
|
| 574 |
John L. Shortall's Letter to His Daughters, 1895, Author: John L. Shortall(
Historical Source
) ...170-mile ride on the Michigan Central Railroad: stands of trees, farm animals, windmills, and, for...
Date Created: 1895,
Date Depicted: 1895
|
| 575 |
Riverside in 1871, Creator: Riverside Improvement Company(
Historical Source
) ...Railroads ran out from Chicago’s center to a growing hinterland by the mid-nineteenth century....
Date Created: 1871,
Date Depicted: 1871
|
| 576 |
Menu from a Ball in Honor of the Prince of Wales, 1860, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...at the Richmond House at Michigan and Water, just west of the Michigan Central Railroad depot....
Date Created: 1860,
Date Depicted: 1860
|
| 577 |
Edward E. Ayer Residence, 1964, Photographer: Harold Allen(
Historical Source
) ...neighborhood. Ayer made his fortune in the railroad commission business. He became one of the most...
Date Created: 1964,
Date Depicted: 1964
|
| 578 |
Bird's Eye View of South Chicago and Calumet Harbor, 1874, Creator: Land Owner Press and Engraving(
Historical Source
) ...a lighthouse, breakwater and dredging. Nearby railroads fostered both industry and trade, as the...
Date Created: 1874,
Date Depicted: 1874
|
| 579 |
"Goose Island," 1885, Creator: Chicago Tribune(
Historical Source
) ...in 1887 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad (of which Armour was an major investor) to...
Date Created: 1885,
Date Depicted: 1885
|
| 580 |
"Matter for Financiers," 1887, Creator: Chicago Tribune(
Historical Source
) ...in 1887 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad (of which Armour was an major investor) to...
Date Created: 1887,
Date Depicted: 1887
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