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lfspbennett00027.tif
Shown behind the bridge, according to the sign painted on the building is the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight house no. 5. The 1914 telephone book lists the downtown freight headquarters as Kinzie Street. The bridge is also labelled…

lfspbennett00040.tif
One of Edward H. Bennett's study or "before" photos, apparently taken between 1913 and 1915, for developing the design of Wacker Drive in Chicago. The date of the Butler Brothers building and the latest date the boat could have been present establish…

IMG_0362.jpg
Images of the rail cars and locomotives of Chicago Rapid Transit Company from 1900s.              

Chicago Portraits index.pdf
This 32-page listing is a guide to portraits of Chicagoans (men) that appear in biographical and historical works published between 1868 and 1912, plus one composite photograph of pioneers in the city, from 1876. These works in chronological order…

Pacific Railroad Acts 1862 (July 1 and July 12), Chicago printing .pdf
This is a sixteen-page Chicago pamphlet reprinting of the July 1, 1862 approved Act leading to the creation of the Union Pacific Railroad and the construction of the first transcontinental rail line to the Pacific Ocean in California. It also…

IMG_0016.jpg
Images of the rail cars and locomotives from early 1900s.                                

lfspbennett00091.tif
This black and white photo by Edward H. Bennett awaits closer study and possibly comparison to outline drawings of rooftops in Frank A. Randall's History of Chicago Buildings (Urbana: U. of Ill. Press, 1949). It shows central city rooftops shrouded…

IMG_0348.jpg
Images of the rail cars and locomotives of Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad from 1900s.                                  

C & NW diesel and Pioneer in shop.jpg
This large format (approx. 14" x 11"), black and white photographic print is from the collection of late Glencoe resident William Crosby, now in Special Collections, Lake Forest College library. Crosby was a railfan, friend of Elliott Donnelley and…

lfspbennett00081.tif
A detailed sketch completed by Bennett while studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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