Chicago, Illinois : extent of view, one mile, taken from the prairie

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Title: Chicago, Illinois : extent of view, one mile, taken from the prairie
Contributor: Childs, Shubael D., engraver.
Published / Created: [1845?]
Publication Place: Chicago and United States Illinois Chicago
Publisher: Childs & White
Abstract: Print shows a view of Chicago after 1840; in foreground, a rural scene with cattle, horses, carts, and men; in middle-ground, the city; ship on a river to right; church steeple to right; in center, more ships' masts rising above the buildings; in background, sky and clouds
Description: BEIN WA Prints +84: Handwritten on recto below image: 1845.
Title from caption below image.
Additional text below image describes situation, commercial advantages, and population as of 1840.
Print issued with different accompanying text as frontispiece to the Norris Business Advertiser.
Extent: 1 print : 15 x 33 cm, on sheet 28 x 45 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Wood engravings
Material: black and white wood engraving ;, paper, ink, woodcut making, and single sided
Resource Type: still image
text
Subject (Geographic): Chicago (Ill.)
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) > Pictorial works

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.