The Many Maps of Chicago
Dublin Core
Title
The Many Maps of Chicago
Subject
Chicago Maps
Description
In addition to being useful for navigating and for laying out directions for all sorts of events, maps are useful as visual representations of how people view the community they live in. This collection of maps, some general and some for specific events, gives insight into how Chicagoans interact with the streets of the Second City.
Source
Various
Date
1857 - 1933
Contributor
Emily Paige Taylor
Rights
Varied by image.
Format
Still images
Language
English
Type
maps
Coverage
Chicago, Illinois
Collection Items
Pure Oil Pathfinder Map of Century of Progress World's Fair
Color map of 1933 World's Fair with dotted route paths, indicating Pure Oil Company Exhibit
Northern Trust Company 1928 pictorial map of Chicago's harbor and industrial region
Shows port facilities planned for Calumet area, roads, railroads, place names, parks, etc. Includes text and advertisement for Northern Trust Company. On verso: Text and ancillary aerial view of "Proposed downtown Chicago River harbor development".
1933 map of Chicago
A detail of a map of Chicago from 1933, featuring parts of the Loop and the North Side.
Nationalities map no. 1[-4], Polk St. to Twelfth, Chicago.
![Nationalities map no. 1[-4], Polk St. to Twelfth, Chicago.](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/26900/archive/square_thumbnails/581520d5061293e8283cf33fbe4c6b9c.jpg?Expires=1715817600&Signature=ubErHipYL3WZLf0dRi0mzwrYR0IlhOqxqkMfzreSsvFMW73SDvFTiVY-jmOkbmp1apYgdTQ1dI5LZvqbeZNaEbkGGnRFoxCsQCI44z04n5DnBcHaY%7Ejr12C0ZApkSwjBx9iZQDlaAyA9Pq7Fqq0eC6GFsG0Q3JI3U2nefT2HvJJXJ4XCAuHot1bJuXaGwMbAMKbqrjKYK6BexRHNFEjPc75eNIM4NuZLKUJtePxHp-UthPA0Yd%7E%7Emc%7EIMRfMaskKsE9Ke5oDdDR3pJ5ioZgO5kB1uua3FqiZWLGgPMVF2r2mipP09k9mRuAW3nXzK425-J-lO7mCr1Pny%7EXX4Sn9aA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "Nationalities map no. 1[-4], Polk St. to Twelfth, Chicago.")
Map featuring color codes representing distribution of different ethnicities within the neighborhoods bounded by Polk St. and 12th St. in the Near West Side of Chicago.