Wabash Avenue, Looking North from Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900

THF203264 / Wabash Avenue, Looking North from Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview

In turn-of-the-twentieth-century downtown Chicago, pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles shared the streets with streetcars and elevated rail.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.070163

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 in
Width: 8 in

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