Clason’s Chicago Street and Transportation Guide
$250.00
“The quickest way…from where you are to where you want to go!”
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Description
The detailed guidebook to Chicago was published locally around 1920 by the Clason Map Company. Its 96 pages include a wealth of contemporary information about the Second City and provides a comprehensive street index, information on accommodations, transportation details, and a number of single-page plans covering the various suburbs.
Accompanying the guidebook is a large folding map of the city, with its outlines in red and the forest preserves, parks, boulevards, and cemeteries highlighted in green. The Loop, Cubs & White Sox Ballparks, and the Union Stockyards, evidently four of the city’s most vital economic areas, are also colored in red. Transportation routes are noted in great detail; including street names, railroads, and waterways. Various locations of interest are individually labeled, such as Grant Park Stadium (under construction), the Municipal Pier, and several buildings within the inset map of the Loop (center left).
Surrounding the image is a border identifying Chicago’s new street numbering system which was officially implemented about a decade prior to publication. Further information on the grid is available in the upper left. Dated using the presence of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (1920) and the absence of the Chicago Theater (opened in 1921).
Map Details
Publication Date: c. 1920
Author: Clason Map Company
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Condition: B+
Condition Description: 96 pp. guidebook, approximately 4.25" x 7.5", with stapled binding and illustrated paper covers. Wrappers are heavily soiled, but intact, and the contents are in good shape save for some light spotting and creased corners. Includes a fold-out map affixed to the inside of the back cover. Map measures approximately 24.75" x 33.9" and has a 6" tear in the upper left where adhered to the guidebook. Otherwise lightly creased, a few small edge tears, and slightly faded color. Good to very good overall.
$250.00
1 in stock