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In the heart of the great shopping center, State Street, Chicago, Ill.

Photographer
Date
  • 1915/1925
Description
  • With an estimated population in 1925 of 2,999,239, Chicago is the second largest city in the United States, and although it is a thousand miles from the ocean, it is one of the greatest ports in our country. The low, flat land on which the city is built was once covered by the waters of Lake Michigan. Chicago has no natural harbor, but by widening and deepening the mouth of the Chicago river and by protecting it by breakwaters an excellent harbor has been made. The River itself, which used to flow into the lake, has been transformed into a drainage canal by which the waters of Lake Michigan flow into the Illinois River and finally into the Mississippi. Chicago is the largest meat market in the world and the greatest railroad center.
MODS Note
  • Hand-tinted
Work Type
Location
Identifier
  • P217:33:47
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 51 - Great Cities of the World
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (25 Apr 2024). In the heart of the great shopping center, State Street, Chicago, Ill. Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q97g

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "In the heart of the great shopping center, State Street, Chicago, Ill." Oregon Digital. 25 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q97g

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "In the heart of the great shopping center, State Street, Chicago, Ill." Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q97g

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q97g | title= In the heart of the great shopping center, State Street, Chicago, Ill. |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-25 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Keystone View Company http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82029025
2 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
3 Chicago >> Chicago >> Cook County >> Illinois >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/4887398/
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
5 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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