Construction of railway bridges and roads in Chicago lantern
slide collection
Finding Aid for the Collection at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center
Rev. by D. Rinder, 2008
© Copyright 2008, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
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Title:
Construction of railway
bridges and roads in Chicago lantern slide collection [graphic]
Inclusive dates: 1896-1924, bulk 1903-1904
Size: 87
transparencies : lantern slide, b&w ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/3 x 4 in.)
Accession #: 1986.0591
Call #: 1986.0591 PLS0191-0197
Restriction: To consult this
collection in the Research Center it is necessary to make an advance
appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).
Description of the collection:
Construction
of railroad bridges, trestles, and stations in the Englewood community,
1903-1904, with one photo of a bridge in 1924. Also excavation, curbing and putting
down cedar block roads in various areas of Chicago and Oak Park in 1896 and
views of the dirt and cedar block roads after rains.
Gift of Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1959 (1986.0591).
Storage: Lantern Slide (7 4 x 5 in. boxes)
List of online
catalog headings:
Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company
Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Chicago
and North Western Railway Company
Chicago
and Western Indiana Railroad Company
Chicago,
Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company
Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Illinois
Central Railroad Company
Railroad
construction & maintenance -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Streets
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Streets
-- Illinois -- Oak Park.
Construction
industry -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Construction
industry -- Illinois -- Oak Park.
Railroad
bridges -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Trestles
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Chicago
(Ill.) -- Pictorial works.
Englewood
(Chicago, Ill.)
Oak
Park (Ill.) -- Pictorial works.
Lantern slides.
Container list
of box and folder numbers and titles:
Box
1 Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Illinois Central Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway/Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Box
2 Chicago and Western Indiana Railway,
1903-1904
61st to 68th Street area
Box
3 Chicago and Western Indiana Railway
Box
4 Chicago and Western Indiana Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Box
5 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway
Box
6 Map of Chicago with RR lines
Union Stockyard track
Train & bridge, 1924
Bridges
Bridges
- diagram of construction
Box
7 Wooden street construction of:
Humboldt Blvd.
North Ave,
Washington Blvd.
Sheridan Drive
Wood pavement after heavy rain
Courtland St.