MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED ILLUSTRATIONS COLLECTED BY LAWRENCE E.

DICKE, 1872-1930

 

Storage:  Box Lot (2 11 x 14 in. boxes, 1 16 x 20 in. box)

Accession number:  G1986.0478

 

Description of the Collection

 

Summary: Primarily separately mounted photographs and snapshots of 

Jackson, Lincoln, Washington and South Parks in Chicago, and 

unidentified homes and people in Chicago (ca. 1890). Also includes 

loose album pages with unidentified park scenes, people, homes, and 

tunnel construction. Includes a few scenes of the lakefront and 

harbor, grain elevators and a policeman in uniform.  Unmounted 

photographs include unidentified portraits, some inscribed to Tom 

Wall, a manager for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (ca. 1930); and 

unidentified city scenes--a few of which may be in Chicago--that 

include a dentist (ca. 1920) and a general store (ca. 1900). 

Miscellaneous printed illustrations depict Chicago's new buildings 

after the fire, the stockyards, and the Illinois & Michigan canal.

 

 

Container List

 

Box 1  Chicago views

 

     1  Lincoln Park--Mounted snapshots, 1890.

        Lagoons and zoo animals in cages.

 

     2  Chicago parks--Mounted snapshots, 1890.

        Grounds and walks of Jackson, Washington and South Park.

 

     3  Chicago views--Mounted snapshots, 1892.

        Unidentified homes, people biking, baby in pram.

 

     4  Chicago views--Loose album pages, ca. 1890.

        Views of unidentified parks, homes, people, tunnel construction,

        and a policeman in uniform.

 

     5  Chicago views--Loose album pages, 1878

        Views of Jefferson Park, Lincoln Park, South Park, the lakefront

        and harbor, and grain elevators.

 

Box 2  Non-Chicago photographs

 

     1  Portraits--Friends of Tom Wall

     2  Portraits--Unidentified

     3  Portraits--Group--Unidentified

     4  United States views--Unidentified

     5  United States views--Unidentified

 

Box 3  Oversize material

 

     1  Portraits--Unidentified

     2  Chicago views--Unidentified

     3  Theater/film advertisements

     4  Illustrated articles and clippings

 

     "New Chicago."  The Aldine [n.d. 1872?]  Illustrated article.

 

     Chicago Illustrated [1872?]  Illustrated booklet.  Most illustrations

credited to the Land Owner.  Two copies, very brittle and lacking original

wrappers.

 

     Daily Graphic (New York) v. 7, n. 684 (May 19, 1875); v. 8, n. 748

(Aug. 3, 1875)

 

     Land Owner (Chicago) v. 4, n. 3. (March, 1872).  Two copies.*

 

     "Fresh beef from Chicago," Harper's Weekly, v. 26, n. 1349 (October 28,

1882):679-682.  Includes the illustrated centerfold, "The transportation of

dressed beef from the West--Chicago cattle yards and slaughter-houses.--From

sketches by Theo. R. Davis."

 

     "Pork-packing." Harper's Weekly (September 6, 1873):775-778.  Includes

the illustrations, "Hog-slaughtering and pork packing in Cincinnati.--From

drawings by H.F. Farny.

 

     Harper's Weekly 55 (September 28, 1901).  Memorial number regarding

President McKinley.

 

     "City of Chicago, Illinois."  [clipping from unknown source]. Includes

the illustration, "The Illinois and Michigan Canal, connecting Chicago and

the West with the head waters of the Mississippi."

 

     Folded sheet from newspaper, with illustration credited to the Land

Owner.  Torn and very brittle.

 

 

*Most illustrations from the Land Owner also appear in The Merchants and

Manufacturers of Chicago.  Chicago:  J.M. Wing & Co., 1873.  Cover title:

Rebuilt Chicago.  Illustrated.  Available in the Prints & Photographs

Department.

 

 

dmr

November, 1987