Fire Insurance Map
Collection at the Chicago History Museum
The
Chicago History Museum holds approximately 210 fire insurance maps within this
collection, including over 160 volumes from the Sanborn Map Company. The
earliest copyright date in the collection is 1865, and the latest correction
date is 1978. Additional resources, such as indices and related material or
individual sheets, can be found within the library collection and in other map
collections.
This
inventory includes two sections: the first lists volumes from the Sanborn Map
Company by volume number or title. Maps named for specific industries (e.g.,
grain elevators, stockyards) and maps for cities outside of Chicago are listed
at the bottom of the section. The second section lists fire insurance maps by
other publishers, such as Rascher, Yerkes, Robinson, G.W. Bromley,
Greeley-Carlson, and others.
Volume
numbers between different publishers do not always align with the same
geographic boundaries.
In
the Abakanowicz Research Center, use a blue call slip to request, including the
title or volume number, the publisher, the date of copyright, and the date of
correction if listed.
These
maps have not been digitized.
To
view, please visit or contact the Abakanowicz Research Center.
Chicago
History Museum
Abakanowicz
Research Center
1601
North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
https://www.chicagohistory.org/visit-us/research-center/
Compiled
by Lesley Martin. Last updated 2025/08.
SANBORN MAPS |
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Publisher |
Volume Number or Title |
Street Boundaries |
Copyright Date |
Last Correction Date |
Tier/Shelf # |
Sanborn |
Insurance Map of Chicago 1868-69 |
Chestnut-23rd-Michigan-Halsted |
[1869] |
Stacks 1 |
|
Sanborn |
Insurance Map of Chicago 1868-69 |
[1869] |
Stacks 2 |
||
Sanborn |
Insurance Map of Chicago 1868-69 |
|
[1869] |
[1874] |
008/5234 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 North and West |
Chicago-12th St-Halsted-Lake
Michigan (excluding downtown) |
1906 |
1911 |
Stacks 27 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 North and West |
1906 |
1974/06 |
291/F |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 South |
Chicago River-12th St-Chicago
River-Lake Michigan |
1906 |
1911 |
Stacks 25 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 South |
1906 |
1963/05 |
003/5160 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 South |
1906 |
1969 |
Stacks 26 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 1 South |
1906 |
1974/12 |
003/5161 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 2 North |
1935 |
1968/09 |
003/5162 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 2 South |
1935 |
1971/11 |
003/5161 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 3 |
1911 |
1975/01 |
291/A |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 4 |
1912 |
1956/08 |
003/5164 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 4 |
1912 |
1975/01 |
291/B |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 5 |
1914 |
1956/08 |
003/5165 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 5 |
1914 |
1975/02 |
291/C |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 6 |
1916 |
1956/09 |
003/5166 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 6 |
1916 |
1949 – year of new index [blank
paste-overs marked "wreck" with dates from 1977 and 1978] |
291/D |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 7 |
1917 |
1956/08 |
003/5167 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 8 |
1914 |
1956/08 |
003/5168 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 8 |
1914 |
1961/08 |
004/5169 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 8 |
1914 |
1974/01 |
291/E |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 9 |
Graceland-Fullerton-Lake
Michigan-Western (Irving Park) |
1894 |
1918 |
Stacks 29 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 9 |
1894 |
1922 |
Stacks 30 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 9 |
1923 |
1949/07 |
004/5170 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 9 |
1923 |
1956/09 |
004/5171 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 9 |
1923 |
1975/02 |
004/5171 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 10 |
Belmont-North
Ave-Western-Crawford (Pulaski) |
1896 |
1920 |
Stacks 31 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 10 |
1921 |
1951/08 |
004/5173 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 10 |
1921 |
1952/09 |
004/5172 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 10 |
undated [missing cover] |
undated |
004/5172 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 11 |
North
Ave-Harrison-Western-Crawford (Pulaski) |
1896 |
1921 |
Stacks 32 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 11 |
1922 |
1955/09 |
004/5173 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 12 |
Harrison-31st St-Western-Crawford
(Pulaski) |
1896 |
1922 |
Stacks 33 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 12 |
1923 |
1956/09 |
004/5174 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 12 |
1923 |
1961/10 |
004/5174 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 12 |
1923 |
1973/02 |
292/A |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 13 |
Pershing-57th St-State-Damen |
1925 |
1949 |
Stacks 41 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 13 |
1925 |
1955/09 |
004/5175 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 13 |
1925 |
1961/09 |
004/5175 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 13 |
1925 |
1975/03 |
292/B |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 14 |
39th St-56th St-Lake
Michigan-State |
1895 |
1925 |
Stacks 34 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 14 |
1925 |
1955/09 |
004/5176 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 14 |
1925 |
1975/05 |
004/5176 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 15 |
57th St-71st St-State-Robey
(Damen) |
1895 |
1922 |
Stacks 35 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 15 |
1895 |
1925 |
Stacks 37 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 15 |
1895 |
1925 |
Stacks 36 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 15 |
1926 |
1955/10 |
004/5177 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 15 |
1926 |
1972/03 |
004/5177 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 16 |
57th St-71st St-Lake
Michigan-State |
1895 |
1926 |
Stacks 38 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 16 |
1895 |
1929 |
Stacks 39 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 16 |
1926 |
1955/10 |
004/5178 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 16 |
1926 |
1975/05 |
004/5178 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 17 |
1905 |
1924/08 |
001/C |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 17 North + South |
1928 |
1975/05 |
292/C |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 17 North |
Devon-Foster-Western-Lake
Michigan |
1928 |
1949 |
Stacks 42 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 17 South |
Foster-Irving Park-Western-Lake
Michigan |
1928 |
1949 |
Stacks 43 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 17 South |
1928 |
1955/10 |
004/5179 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 18 |
Division-Harrison-Austin-Pulaski |
undated [probably 1908] |
1922 year of new index |
001/E |
Sanborn |
Vol. 18 |
1908 |
1949 |
Stacks 44 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 18 |
|
1908 |
1955/12 |
004/5181 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 18 |
1908 |
1975/05 |
292/D |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 19 |
Foster-Belmont-Pulaski-Western |
1913 |
1949 |
Stacks 45 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 19 |
1913 |
1955/12 |
004/5182 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 19 |
1913 |
1975/05 |
292/E |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 20 |
Harrison-31st St-Austin-Pulaski |
1918 |
1949 |
Stacks 46 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 20 |
|
1918 |
1955/12 |
004/5183 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 20 |
1918 |
1961/11 |
001/D |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 20 |
1918 |
1975/06 |
292/F |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 21 |
1918 |
1956/01 |
005/5185 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 21 |
1918 |
1973/03 |
292/G |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 22 |
1919 |
1956/01 |
005/5185 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 22 |
1919 |
1960/11 |
002/C |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 22 |
1919 |
1975/06 |
003/5163 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 23 |
1920 |
1956/01 |
005/5187 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 23 |
1920 |
1960/11 |
005/5188 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 23 |
1920 |
1975/06 |
005/5189 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 24 |
1920 |
1956/02 |
005/5190 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 24 |
1920 |
1956/12 |
005/5191 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 24 |
1920 |
1961/01 |
005/5189 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 24 |
1920 |
1972/06 |
005/5191 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 25 |
1924 |
1956/02 |
005/5192 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 25 |
1924 |
1975/09 |
005/5192 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 26 |
1923 |
1956/03 |
005/5193 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 26 |
1923 |
1975/10 |
005/5193 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 27 |
71st St-87th St-Stony Island
Ave-Lake Michigan |
1923 |
1929 |
Stacks 40 |
Sanborn |
Vol. 27 |
1923 |
1956/03 |
005/5194 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 27 |
1923 |
1975/10 |
005/5194 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 28 |
1924 |
1956/03 |
005/5195 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 28 |
1924 |
1975/08 |
005/5195 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 29 |
1924 |
1956/03 |
005/5196 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 29 |
1924 |
1974/09 |
005/5196 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 30 |
1929 |
1956/03 |
005/5197 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 30 |
1929 |
1974/09 |
005/5197 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 31 |
1929 |
1956/04 |
005/5198 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 31 |
1929 |
1961/02 |
005/5186 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 31 |
1929 |
1969/05 |
005/5198 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 32 |
1930 |
1954/04 |
005/5200 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 32 |
1930 |
1969/05 |
005/5199 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 33 |
1930 |
1956/04 |
005/5200 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 33 |
1930 |
1969/05 |
006/5201 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 34 |
1930 |
1956/04 |
006/5203 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 34 |
1930 |
1959 – year of new index |
006/5202 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 34 |
1930 |
1966/12 |
008/P |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 35 |
1936 |
1956/04 |
006/5204 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 35 |
1936 |
1974/08 |
008/O |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 36 |
1936 |
1956/05 |
006/5206 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 36 |
1936 |
1974/09 |
006/5205 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 37 |
1936 |
1974/09 |
006/5207 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 38 |
undated |
undated |
006/5208 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 40 |
1937 |
1956/05 |
006/5209 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 40 |
1937 |
1974/09 |
006/5210 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 41 |
1938 |
1956/05 |
006/5212 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 41 |
1938 |
1974/12 |
006/5211 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 42 |
1939 |
1956/05 |
006/5214 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 42 |
1939 |
1974/10 |
006/5213 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 43 |
undated |
[1970/05?] |
006/5215 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 44 |
1941 |
1956/05 |
008/M |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 44 |
1941 |
1974/10 |
006/5216 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 45 |
1941 |
1956/05 |
007/5218 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 45 |
1941 |
1974/10 |
008/N |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 46 |
1941 |
1956/06 |
008/L |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 46 |
1941 |
1974/11 |
007/5217 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 47 |
1947 |
1956/07 |
008/K |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 47 |
1947 |
1966/01 |
007/5219 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 47 |
1947 |
1974/11 |
007/5220 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 48 |
1947 |
1956/09 |
008/I |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 48 |
1947 |
1974/11 |
008/H |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 49 |
1950 |
1955/10 |
008/J |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. 49 |
1950 |
1974/11 |
007/5221 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. A |
1924 |
1956/02 |
008/G |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. A |
1924 |
1966/10 |
008/F |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. B |
1931 |
1956/03 |
007/5223 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. B |
1931 |
1965/12 |
007/5224 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. C |
1931 |
1956/05 |
007/5226 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. C |
1931 |
1965/12 |
007/5225 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. E |
1925 |
1956/07 |
007/5227; Unavailable - on
exhibit |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. E |
1925 |
1959/06 |
008/E; Unavailable - on exhibit |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. E |
1925 |
1974/11 |
291/G; Unavailable - on exhibit |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. E (some pages missing) |
undated |
undated |
007/5228 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. I |
1911 |
1956/09 |
007/5229 |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. I |
1911 |
1961 – year of new index |
292/H |
|
Sanborn |
Vol. J |
1914 |
1924/11 |
007/5230 |
|
Sanborn |
Insurance maps of Chicago grain
elevators |
1901 |
1906 |
Stacks 50 |
|
Sanborn |
Chicago packing houses and union
stock yards |
1901 |
1958 |
Stacks 52 |
|
Sanborn |
Chicago packing houses and union
stock yards |
1901 |
1975/05 |
007/5222 |
|
Sanborn |
Aledo, Carmi, Crystal Lake,
Geneva, Glen Ellyn, Havana, and Lincoln, IL |
1925-1926 |
Stacks 53 |
||
Sanborn |
Evanston, IL |
1920 |
1955/12 |
007/5231 |
|
Sanborn |
Evanston, IL |
1920 |
1971/09 |
007/5232 |
|
Sanborn |
Glencoe, IL |
1938 |
1972/11 |
008/5233 |
|
Sanborn |
Joliet, IL |
1898 |
1914 |
Stacks 55 |
|
Sanborn |
Lincoln, IL (Logan County) |
1925 |
Stacks 56 |
||
Sanborn |
Lincoln, IL (Logan County) [not
on shelf] |
|
1925 |
|
0299/5151 [not on shelf] |
Sanborn |
Oak Park, IL (Cook County) |
1908 |
1929 |
Stacks 57 |
|
Sanborn |
Oak Park, IL (Cook County) |
1908 |
1967 |
008/5235 |
|
Sanborn |
Oak Park, IL (Cook County) |
1908 |
1971/05 |
008/5233 |
|
Sanborn |
Peoria, IL |
1902 |
Stacks 58 |
||
Sanborn |
Peoria, IL |
1902 |
Stacks 59 |
||
Sanborn |
Quincy, IL |
1898 |
Stacks 60 |
||
Sanborn |
Springfield, IL |
1896 |
1915 |
Stacks 61 |
|
Sanborn |
Wilmette, IL |
1938 |
1969/08 |
008/5236 |
|
Sanborn |
Winnetka, IL |
1938 |
1970/08 |
008/5236 |
|
OTHER PUBLISHERS |
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Publisher |
Volume Number or Title |
Street Boundaries |
Copyright Date |
Last Correction Date |
Tier/Shelf # |
B. W. Phillips & Co. |
Fire insurance maps of the city of Chicago |
|
1865 |
|
Unavailable; In conservation |
G.W.
Bromley and Company |
Atlas of the City of Chicago,
Central Business Property |
Chicago Avenue-22nd
Street-Halsted Street-Lake Michigan |
1891 |
|
0299/5143 |
G.W.
Bromley and Company |
Atlas of the City of Chicago,
Central Business Property |
Chicago Avenue-22nd
Street-Halsted Street-Lake Michigan |
1891 |
1892/04 |
0299/5143 |
Greeley-Carlson |
Second atlas of the city of
Chicago Vol. 1 |
Chicago Avenue-22nd Street-Halsted Street-Lake Michigan |
1891/10/1 |
|
0298/5133 |
Greeley-Carlson |
Second atlas of the city of
Chicago Vol. 1 |
Chicago Avenue-22nd Street-Halsted Street-Lake Michigan |
1891 |
|
0298/5132 |
Greeley-Carlson |
Second atlas of the city of
Chicago Vol. 2 |
22nd Street-39th Street-Ashland Avenue-Lake Michigan |
1892/03/01 |
|
0298/5133 |
Greeley-Carlson |
Second atlas of the city of
Chicago Vol. 2 |
22nd Street-39th Street-Ashland Avenue-Lake Michigan |
[48 pages] |
|
0298/5132 |
Rascher |
Atlas of Lake View |
1887 |
1890 |
Stacks 8 |
|
Rascher |
Map of Lake View |
1890 |
1891 |
Stacks 9 |
|
Rascher |
Atlas of the North Half of Hyde
Park vol. 1 |
1890 |
Stacks 10 |
||
Rascher |
Atlas of the North Half of Hyde
Park vol. 2 |
1890 |
Stacks 11 |
||
Rascher |
Vol. 1 |
Chicago-12th St-Halsted-Lake
Michigan |
1891 |
Stacks 12 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 1 |
Chicago-12th St-Halsted-Lake
Michigan |
1891 |
1895 |
Stacks 23 |
Rascher |
Vol. 2 |
Fullerton-Chicago Ave-North
branch of Chicago River-Lake Michigan |
1892 |
Stacks 19 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 3 |
Chicago River-12th St-31st
St-Lake Michigan-Western |
1911 |
Stacks 24 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 5 |
North branch of the Chicago
River-Western-Augusta St-Elston Ave |
1892 |
Stacks 20 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 6 |
Augusta-Elston Ave-North branch
of the Chicago River-Chicago Ave-Madison-Western-Halsted |
1892 |
Stacks 21 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 7 |
Madison-W. 14th
St-Halsted-Western |
1893 |
1916 |
Stacks 28 |
Rascher |
Vol. 8, 2nd edition |
12th St-39th St-Ashland-Crawford
(Pulaski) |
1887 |
1891 |
Stacks 13 |
Rascher |
Vol. 9 |
Belmont-16th-Leavitt-Robinson |
1891 |
Stacks 14 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 10 |
Town line (Devon)-Fullerton-Lake
Michigan-Western |
1891 |
Stacks 15 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 11 |
39th St-71st St-Lake
Michigan-Western |
1891 |
Stacks 16 |
|
Rascher |
Vol. 12 |
71st St-Blue Island-Lake
Michigan-Western |
1886 |
1891 |
Stacks 17 |
Rascher |
Vol. 13 |
39th St-71st St-Michigan-Western |
1891 |
Stacks 18 |
|
Rascher |
Atlas of the villages of
Evanston, South Evanston, and Rogers Park |
1890 |
Stacks 54 |
||
Rascher |
Block book of Chicago business
district |
Chicago River-Harrison-South
branch of the Chicago River-Michigan Ave-Central Ave |
1893 |
Stacks 22 |
|
Rascher |
Map of the packing house district
at Unions Stock Yards |
1880 |
Stacks 49 |
||
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
1 |
Madison-39th St-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
Stacks 3 |
|
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
1 |
Madison-39th St-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
|
0297/5115 |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
1 |
Madison-39th St-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
|
0298/5134 |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
2 |
12th St-39th St-State-Western |
1886 |
Stacks 4 |
|
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
2 |
12th St-39th St-State-Western |
1886 |
|
0297/5115 (2 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
2 |
12th St-39th St-State-Western |
1886 |
|
0297/5115 (2 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
3 |
Fullerton-Madison-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
Stacks 5 |
|
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
3 |
Fullerton-Madison-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
|
0297/5117 (2 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
3 |
Fullerton-Madison-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
|
0297/5117 (2 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the City of Chicago,
Vol. 3 |
Fullerton-Madison-Lake
Michigan-Halsted |
1886 |
|
0298/5131 |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
4 |
Fullerton-12th St-Halsted-Western |
1886 |
Stacks 6 |
|
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
4 |
Fullerton-12th St-Halsted-Western |
1886 |
|
0297/5116 (3 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
4 |
Fullerton-12th St-Halsted-Western |
1886 |
|
0297/5116 (3 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
4 |
Fullerton-12th St-Halsted-Western |
1886 |
|
0297/5116 (3 copies at location) |
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
5 |
North Ave-I.M.
Canal-Western-Crawford (Pulaski) |
1886 |
Stacks 7 |
|
Robinson |
Atlas of the city of Chicago vol.
5 |
North Ave-I.M.
Canal-Western-Crawford (Pulaski) |
1886 |
|
0297/5118 |
Western Insurance Survey Company |
Map of the Chicago lumber districts, 2nd edition |
1895 |
Stacks 47 |
||
Western Insurance Survey Company |
Map of the Chicago warehouses and
docks, and all freight depots |
1895 |
Stacks 48 |
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A. Whipple |
Fire insurance maps of Granite City,
Madison County; Madison, Madison County; Venice, Madison County; Brooklyn,
St. Clair County, Illinois |
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1898 |
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0003/5155 |
Yerkes |
Map of the Chicago packing houses
and the Union Stock Yards |
1901 |
Stacks 51 |
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[unknown] |
Insurance Map of that portion of
the South Division of the City of Chicago Devastated by the Great Fire of
October 9, 1871 |
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1873/05/15 |
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0297/5110 |