• IdentificationMidwest MS 129
  • TitleInventory of the Chicago Lakefront and River Photographs, ca. 1890 Midwest.MS.129
  • PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • Physical Description0.2 linear feet (5 folders)
  • Dateca. 1890
  • Location1 1 2
  • Abstract58 prints of Chicago lakefront and river scenes, found in a manila envelope marked: “Prints from glass negatives produced by the Corps of Engineers c. 1890; originals now with the Chicago Maritime Society.”
  • OriginationUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Donor unknown; received August 1987.

The Chicago Lakefront and River Photographs are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room.

The Chicago Lakefront and River Photographs are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Chicago Lakefront and River Photographs, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Diana C. Haskell, 2000; Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.

Photographs arranged by topic.

  • Names
    • Chicago Maritime Society.
    • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
  • Geographic Coverage
    • Chicago River (Ill.) -- Photographs
    • Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Photographs
    • Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.) -- Photographs
    • Michigan, Lake -- Photographs
  • Subject
    • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
    • Photographs