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America Transformed: Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago commanded a short land portage between the Great Lakes and Illinois River, giving it access to the Mississippi River Valley. By 1860, Chicago’s population grew to 110,000, making it the nation’s ninth largest city. This rapid growth is demonstrated with an 1863 map highlighting the real estate subdivisions added to the city. Its geographical footprint had expanded dramatically from the original town plat of 2.5 square miles, extending 4-6 miles to the north, south, and west. Throughout this expansion, the street pattern continued to follow the grid pattern guided by General Land Office’s township surveys.
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4m90f7663
label
Chicago
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
4m90f7663
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Chicago
description
America Transformed: Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago commanded a short land portage between the Great Lakes and Illinois River, giving it access to the Mississippi River Valley. By 1860, Chicago’s population grew to 110,000, making it the nation’s ninth largest city. This rapid growth is demonstrated with an 1863 map highlighting the real estate subdivisions added to the city. Its geographical footprint had expanded dramatically from the original town plat of 2.5 square miles, extending 4-6 miles to the north, south, and west. Throughout this expansion, the street pattern continued to follow the grid pattern guided by General Land Office’s township surveys.
date
["1863"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011145
creators
Van Vechten, J.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Real property--Illinois--Chicago--Maps
Chicago (Ill.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Chicago
Cook (county)
Illinois
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Illinois
county
Cook
city
Chicago
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Chicago
publisher
James Van Vechten
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
41.85
schema:longitude
-87.65
extent
1 map : col. ; 190 x 113 cm.
notes
Entered according to the act of Congress ... in the year 1863 by James Van Vechten.
Includes street index and addition and subdivision index.
Insets: Ward boundaries -- [southeast continuation].
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no
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4m90f7663
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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