State Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900

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Artifact Overview

Chicago's population boomed in the last decades of the 19th century. This Detroit Publishing Company photograph shows bustling pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn traffic on one of the city's busiest streets.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.012622

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.25 in
Width: 7.0 in