Street scene atop the Dearborn Street Bridge, looking north

Title

Street scene atop the Dearborn Street Bridge, looking north

Subject

Chicago River (Ill.)
Chicago Varnish Company Building
Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931
Caravetta Building
Wagons
Street cleaners

Description

Pictured here as one of Edward H. Bennett's study photos, 1913-1915, is the top of the Dearborn Street Bridge, looking north to the Caravetta or Chicago Varnish Co. Building, designed by Henry Ives Cobb, 1895 (AIC Burnham Library archives site).

The view is fascinating for its glimpse of street life in Chicago in ca. 1913-1915 when this sequence of photos apparently was taken, in preparation for design of Wacker Drive and the Chicago River bridges. There are single business-garbed men walking on both directions, wagons traveling in both directions on their own lanes, and a no-longer-young street sweeper at work with a push broom in the north-bound lane.

The bridge is of riveted metal, with no tall superstructure.

Creator

Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954

Publisher

Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection

Date

1913-1915

Relation

Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection (Lake Forest College)

Format

image/tiff

Type

Image

Identifier

lfspbennett00037.tif

Coverage

1913-1915

Resolution

400 pixels per inch

Dimensions

3999 × 2712 pixels

Original Format

photographic print

Physical Dimensions

14.2 x 8.7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in)

Files

lfspbennett00037.tif

Citation

Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954, “Street scene atop the Dearborn Street Bridge, looking north,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/2023.

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