Title: J.W. Taylor Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1900

Storage: Box Lot (3 11 x 14 in. boxes)

Accession number: G1985.4

Description of the Collection:
Photographs of Chicago's buildings, parks, and streets by professional photographer, Taylor. Includes specific buildings and general views of Loop area streets, such as Adams, Clark, Dearborn, LaSalle and Michigan Avenue, plus a few residential streets. Also includes scenes of Jackson Park, Lincoln Park, South Park, and Washington Park with its racetrack. Miscellaneous photographs depict a few animals, scenes of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, a bird's eye view from the Auditorium Building, residential interiors and a baseball game at the West Side Ball Park in 1891.

Container List
Box 1
1 Animals
2 Bodies of water--Chicago River
3 Bodies of water--Lake Michigan
4 Buildings--Commercial buildings--Auditorium Building

Interiors
Exterior
5 Buildings--Residences
Along Michigan Avenue
Along Prairie Avenue
Along Boulevard in Pullman (111th St.)
Edward Ayer Residence
Unknown mansions
6 Building --Residences--Interiors
Unknown interiors
7 Cityscapes
Bird's eye view from Auditorium Tower
8 Parks
Beaches
Carriages
Conservatories
Elks Club Picnic
Lagoons
Roadways
Three women by rock formation

Box 2 Parks
1 Jackson Park

Bridge
Fieldhouse
Lagoons
Waterfront
2 Lincoln Park
Floral landscaping
Fountains
Grant Memorial and adjacent roadway
Lagoons
Statues
Waterfront
Zoo
3 Washington ParK
Floral landscaping
Floral landscaping with fieldhouse
World's Fair Globe
4 Washington Park Race Track
Carriages
Clubhouse
Derby Day Race with grandstands
Grandstand
Race horse with man
5 South Park
Floral landscaping
6 Sports--Baseball
West Side Ball Park, 1891

Box 3 Streets
1 Adams Street

Marshall Field Wholesale House--Adams & Franklin
Post office--Adams & Dearborn
Kingsley Hotel--Between Dearborn & Clark
Street--Adams & Dearborn
2 Clark Street
Sherman House--Clark & Randolph
Chicago Opera House--Clark & Washington
3 Dearborn Street
Owings Building--Dearborn & Adams
4 LaSalle Street
Board of Trade--LaSalle & Jackson
Building--189 S. LaSalle
Chamber of Commerce--LaSalle & Washington
City Hall--LaSalle & Washington
Germania Fire Insurance Building--280 S. LaSalle
Home Insurance Building--LaSalle & Adams
Rookery Building, Interior-209 S. LaSalle
Rookery Building, Exterior--209 S. LaSalle
Tacoma Building--LaSalle & Madison
5 Michigan Avenue
Art Institute--Michigan & Van Buren
Auditorium Hotel--Michigan & Congress
Fair-View RR Station--ca. 2000 South Michigan
Street--Between Adams & Congress