1864—Chicago, the Metropolis of the North West

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Chicago, the Metropolis of the North West
Louis Kurz, 1864
View from Hiram Wheeler’s Grain Elevator, Franklin and North River street, which shows the 4th Clark Street Bridge. Other structures displayed along the edges clockwise from top left are Trinity Church, St. Patrick’s Church, Illinois Central Depot, Wabash Avenue Methodist Church, Church of the Holy Family, North Presbyterian Church, St. Paul’s Church, Custom House, Court House, Board of Trade, 2d Presbyterian Church, 1st Presbyterian Church.

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