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Bird
Photographer: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Taken: Circa 1898
Caption: Bird's eye view of the business district of Chicago, 1898
Additional Description: This Poole Brothers map shows Chicago's core business district around the turn of the 20th century. The land that today is Maggie Daley Park was still at that point a railyard and the edge of Lake Michigan. On this map it would be in the bottom left corner of the bottom right quadrant.
Submitted: November 25, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p762129
File Size: 3.707 Megabytes

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