Dearborn Street Bridge, looking North

Title

Dearborn Street Bridge, looking North

Subject

Hunter, Walton & Co.
Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Street cleaners

Description

This view taken by Edward H. Bennett as a study image for redevelopment of the the Chicago river front, 1913-15, shows the Dearborn Street bridge, looking north. A trolley track follows the road north, with a street cleaner at work.

Businesses immediately north of the river at Dearborn and identifiable include: Hunter, Walton & Co., a dairy company housed in architect Henry Ives Cobb's distinctive 1895 Caravetta building (in 2010 Harry Caray's Restaurant) at 33 West Kinzie, a building relating to the former Chicago and Northwestern Railway station, and a sign on a warehouse for Italian-Swiss Colony "fine wines...."

A man is sweeping the bridge surface with a push broom, upper left.

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

lfspbennett00036.tif

Coverage

1913-1915

Resolution

400 pixels per inch

Dimensions

4000 × 2854 pixels

Original Format

photographic print

Physical Dimensions

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

Files

lfspbennett00036.tif

Citation

Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954 , “Dearborn Street Bridge, looking North,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed December 26, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/2022.

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