Stacy’s Farm Plat Book of Lake County, Ill.
Property ownership across Lake County, Illinois during the Great Depression.
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Description
This detailed rural property atlas of Lake County, Illinois was copywritten in 1936 by Stacy Map Publishers of Rockford, Illinois. Red rubberstamps throughout the volume indicate a previous owner of L.B. Anderson & Co. Inc. of Wheeling. Landowners (including Armours, Swifts, and McCormicks) and large businesses throughout each township are labeled on each page; in addition to transportation routes, geographic features, and city limits.
Properties of note include the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Hawthorn Farms, Camp Logan, Ravinia Park, and several country clubs and golf courses. Railways like the North Shore Line and an increasing network of paved roads (work on the Skokie Valley Highway/U.S. 41 began in 1931) contributed to Lake County’s growth and urbanization of the 1930s, in spite of the ongoing Great Depression.
Stacy Map Publishers, advertised as ‘Makers of Farm & City Maps Everywhere’ on the first page was a prolific publisher of Midwestern plat maps and urban plans during the 1930s and 1940s. Two Lake County atlases are present in WorldCat (1930 and 1949), though this 1936 edition is unlisted as of January 2025.
Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago History;
Map Details
Publication Date: 1936
Author: Stacy Map Publishers
Sheet Width (in): 11.5
Sheet Height (in): 8.75
Condition: A
Condition Description: 17 page atlas (16 maps + index), bound with staples in original paper wraps. Lacking page 15, in its place is a duplicate of page 16. Covers are toned and moderately worn, with several tears. Contents are tightly bound and in good condition, with some soiling along the edges, creased corners, and a few small edge tears. A handful of manuscript annotations in graphite and colored pencil. Contemporary rubberstamps (red) throughout. Good to very good condition overall.
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