"Dearborn Street Station, Chicago, Illinois," circa 1910
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Chicago was the railroad capital of the United States, where the trunk roads of the East met the mainlines of the West. The city was home to six major stations serving various railroads. Dearborn Street Station, opened in 1885, hosted passenger trains of the Santa Fe, Grand Trunk Western, Wabash, Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio railroads, among others.
Chicago was the railroad capital of the United States, where the trunk roads of the East met the mainlines of the West. The city was home to six major stations serving various railroads. Dearborn Street Station, opened in 1885, hosted passenger trains of the Santa Fe, Grand Trunk Western, Wabash, Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio railroads, among others.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1910
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.072294.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Retouching
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.188 in
Inscriptions
On front upper left edge of photoprint: 072294 DEARBORN STREET STATION, CHICAGO, ILL.
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