Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1857

Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1857

Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1857
(Lithograph, Christian Inger, after a drawing by I.T. Palmatary, published by Braunhold & Sonne, Chicago) Bird's-Eye Views of the City

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Largeness of scale, attention to detail, and bold perspective combine to make this one of the most appealing views of the city in the nineteenth century. From up close, one can make out clearly individual buildings along the urban grid. Note here the railroad traffic on the lakefront breakwater in this young transportation capital.


	Bird's Eye View of Chicago, 1857 (Lithograph, Christian Inger, after a drawing by I.T. Palmatary, published by Braunhold & Sonne, Chicago)	Bird's-Eye Views of the City
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	Largeness of scale, attention to detail, and bold perspective combine to make this one of the most appealing views of the city in the nineteenth century. From up close, one can make out clearly individual buildings along the urban grid. Note here the railroad traffic on the lakefront breakwater in this young transportation capital.