Hinsdale, Ill.

U.S.G.S. topographic map of Hinsdale, Illinois.

This detailed map of Hinsdale, Illinois, and the surrounding area provides a fascinating snapshot of the suburb about 20 miles west of Chicago during the heyday of the Roaring ’20s. Buildings are individually outlined, roads are shown according to their surface composition (further info lower right), and geographic information is transmitted via pictorial elements and contoured topography.

Locations of interest within the image include the St. Francis Retreat, several golf clubs and country clubs, the lines of the Old Indian Boundary, and the Lithuanian Institute.

The map was published in 1927 by the United States Geological Survey under the authority of topographic engineers O.H. Nelson, W.E. Baird, and Arthur Johnson.