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Library of Congress1897

All elevated trains in Chicago stop at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Station, only one on the Loop

C² 29397 U.S. Copyright Office Shows Rock Island ticket offices and stations, cable and electric street car system, and elevated system in the city. Title in Copyright record, v. 15, 1897: Birdseye view of portion of Chicago showing elevated railway system and Loop in connection with Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Stations. Includes indexes to points of interest and col. ill. of "Elevated station at the 'Rock Island' Van Buren St. station." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3

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Library of Congress1897

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. E, 1897. 132 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Blue Island, Bremen, Tinley Park, Burnside, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Clifton, Columbia Heights, Dolton, Fernwood, Gano, Glenwood, Harvey, Homewood, Kensington, Matteson, Morgan Park, Mount Greenwood, New Chicago, Orland, Palos Springs, Pullman, Purington, Riverdale, Roseland, South Holland, Thornton, Washington Heights, West Pullman, Wireton Park, Worth.

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Library of Congress1950

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. I, 1911 - Aug 1950. 116 sheet(s). 057. Other places as they appear on original: Chicago Heights, South Chicago Heights, Steger, Bernice, Burnham, Dolton, Glenwood, Globe Station, Lansing, Oak Glen, South Holland, Thornton, West Hammond.

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Library of Congress1874

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway

Includes inset map of the business district of Chicago, and 8 views. Timetables and advertisements on verso. LC North America, railroad maps, 44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1879

Chicago to San Franciso via the Burlington Route

Stylized, diagramatic strip map in three sections: Chicago to Omaha; Omaha; Omaha to Salt Lake and Ogden (via the Union Pacific); Ogden to San Francisco (via the Central Pacific)

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Library of Congress1881

Map of the railroads and extensions of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

Detailed map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with names and emphasis on the main line. Incorporated in 1863 as the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. See items 464 and 465. In 1874 the word Chicago was added to the name. LC has a Rand McNally and Company map, measuring 35 x 45 cm., which uses the new name for the first time.

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Library of Congress1897

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. D, 1897. 127 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Auburn Park, Brainerd, Brookline, Burnside, Chicago Lawn, Dauphine Park, Eggleston, Elsdon, Englewood Heights, Evergreen Park, Grand Crossing, Hayford Elevator, Forest Hill Elevator, Lemont, Morrell Park, Mount Forest, Oakdale, Penn Transfer Elevator, Sag Bridge, South Englewood, Stony Island, Summit, Willow Springs.

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Library of Congress1897

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. F, 1897. 115 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Bernice, Bryn Mawr, Burnham, Cheltenham, Colehour, Globe Station, Hedgewisch, Irondale, Lansing, Seester, Oak Glen, South Chicago, South Junction, West Hammond, Windsor Park.

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Library of Congress1911

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. H, 1911. 113 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Argo, Blue Island, Chicago Ridge, Clearing, Evergreen Park, Flossmoor, Harvey, Highland, Homewood, Lemont, Matteson, Midlothian, Morgan Park, Mount Forest, Mount Greenwood, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland, Palos Park, Phoenix, Posen, Riverdale, Spring Forest, Summit, Tinley Park, Willow Springs, Wireton, Worth.

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