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Chicago River bank and Bascule bridge, from opposite side
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…
Chicago River and quay, south side looking west
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…
Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Images of the rail cars and locomotives of Chicago Rapid Transit Company from 1900s.
Chicago Portraits Index: a Listing of Selected Published Photographic Print and Reproduced Portraits of Pioneers and Leaders of Nature's Metropolis's First Century
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…
Chicago pamphlet printing of the July 1862 Pacific Railroad Acts, creating (July 1) and calling the first meeting of commissioners (July 12), September 2, 1862, at Chicago's Bryan Hall, for organizing the Union Pacific Railroad Company and commencing construction of the transcontinental railroad west of the Missouri River.
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…
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Images of the rail cars and locomotives from early 1900s.
Chicago Loop interior rooftops, 1909 - 1920
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…
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
Images of the rail cars and locomotives of Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad from 1900s.
Chicago & North Western Railway diesel engine #4054, mid 20th c., and "Pioneer" steam locomotive, mid 19th c.
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…
Sketch of column from Chartres Cathedral, north portal
A detailed sketch completed by Bennett while studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.