.'H?^>' 0) u^^ ^^ 125 Photo^raphi. Chicago FOUNTAIN OF THE GREAT LAKES BY LORADO TAFT, GRANT PARK 125 PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CHICAGO IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY MAY BE SEEN MOST CONVENIENTLY DURING A TOUR ABOUT THE CITY RAND M9NALLY & COMPANY 536 S. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO 42 E. TWENTY-SECOND STREET, NEW YORK CHICAGO 26 MILES LONG,— GREATEST WIDTH 14.7 MILES — AREA 200 SQUARE MILES FRONTAGE ON LAKE MICHIGAN 22 MILES .S The Chicago region was discovered by Joliet and Marquette in 1673. La Salle put in at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1680. The original survey and plat were made in 1830. Incor- porated as a town of 100 persons in 1835 and as a city of 4,107 in 1837, Chicago is now a metropolis of 3,000,000, with an average annual increase of 50,000. There are three grand divisions of the city known as theNorth, South, and West Sides. These are formed by the river and its affluents from which the town took its name and which originally emptied into Lake Michigan. Joliet claimed that by means of a canal cut through a league of prairie, a boat could pass from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. Joliet's suggestion was realized in the opening of the Drainage Canal in 1900 at a cost of $76,000,000. The canal is 39 miles long, has a fall of 40 feet and a flowing capacity of 14,000 cubic feet per second; it carries ofT Chicago sewage which formerly flowed into Lake Michigan; it serves as a great ship canal and is a generator of electricity. Chicago is the great central market and distributing center of the United States. As a grain, lumber, live stock, and packing market Chicago stands supreme. Here is the world's foremost railroad terminus; over 1,300 trains arrive and depart daily, carrying 200,000 passengers. There are more than 100 railroad yards and 315 freight receiving stations. Chicago has 4,700 miles of streets and alleys. Over 3,000,000 ride daily on the surface and elevated street railways, of which there is a total of 1,350 miles. There are 1,200 churches, 305 public schools, 8,000 teachers, and an annual attendance of 400,000. Chicago has 500 hotels and 120 national and state banks. The water supply drawn from two to four miles out in Lake Michigan through twelve large pumping stations, which have a daily capacity of i ,056,000,000 gallons, is distributed through 3,871 miles of water pipe. The public spirit of the city is one of its characteristic features. Its provisions for education are unexcelled. The University of Chicago has grown as phenomenally as the city itself. In 30 years this institution has advanced from a site of 17 acres with 4 prospective buildings to a university with 100 acres on which are 40 buildings and with total gifts now paid in of $45,000,000. The public libraries, art galleries, museums, and academies of science compare favorably with similar institutions in any other American city, and as an amusement center it is clearly in the front rank. The park system is unsurpassed in the world. The total park area is 4,965 acres. There are 193 small parks, 14 large parks (connected by 80 miles of boulevards), 31 playgrounds, and 12 bathing beaches. The total annual attendance at these pub- lic places is about 40,000,000. The Forest Preserve now has thirteen tracts with total of 17,000 acres, all easily accessible. The Municipal Pier, one of the big things of the City is 3000 feet long and 292 feet wide — contains a music hall seating 4000 people. Cost $4,000,000. In all America there is no other big city where one can play and rest so comfortably during a summer vacation and at the same time learn so much without going to school, as in Chicago. All institutes of arts, sciences, literature and music are open all the year, and as for outdoor enjoyments, there are the many public places for golf, tennis, archery, baseball, basket ball, roque, bowling, horseback riding, etc., the wonderful Municipal Pier and the perpetual fascination of the ocean-like expanse of Lake Michigan with its varying moods and ever-shifting colors. Copyright ig2l by Rand McNally & Company ©"•A622519 BRONZE LIONS ON STEPS OF ART INSTITUTE BY KEMEYS The Rift nf Mrs. Henry Field. THI-; ART INSTITUTE O? l HICAt Michigan Buulivard at Adams Street. BLACKSTONE HALL The Art Institute of Chicago. BLACKSTONC WEST SIDE OF MICHIGAN BOULEV i VIKWF.n KKOM i.RAXT PARK A SCULPTURE CLASS IM THE SCHOOL OF ART The Art Institute cf Chicago. SKETCH CLASS IN THE SCHOOL OF ART The Art Institute of Chicago. MICHIGAN BOULEVARD NORTH Showing Crerar Library at Randolph Street, the commencing of the "Link itandinglike a sentinel on the north bank of the Chicago Ri" if. n ^K^^BI J ^1 pi \ ^ CROWDS IN FRONT OF THE DAILY NEWS OFFICE Wells and Madison streets Waiting for The first papers off the presses containing the last "htlp warned" ads SOUTH WATER STREET Extends for five blocks. Commencing at 4 o'clock every week day more than 20,000 autos and wagons pour i stations and truck farms outside the city. I here from freight FEDERAL BUILDING Clark. Adams and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. Cost J4.757.' MARSHALL FIELD & CO.'S RETAIL STORE Wabash Avenue. Randolph. State and Washington streets. j^^!m im tzj I—, w—i ^j i~« frrr irim n n. m r" nl '^r* /# /ffrr rt r" r- t-ii r/- ^ >*' r* r- n p" r r-V i; \b Vb Vsa Gsa ■ Es vTTiiniiniirDiniiniiniffflJilr '■' 'fn; mi nuriiimilfTiirnirtrti' 1 ' 'i(ogpBfm' .hf,aI Ttheast comer of State and Madison streets. These comers an entire frontage on north side of Madison Street from State Street to Wabash A MANDEL BROTHERS RETAIL STORE ally known as "The Busiest Co i , , ) I4,ji l0m^ l^ /MM /iKl { ;'//w /^' /Mk4 /M i«Ki ite .//#«/ /I^ m>:i Itt^ f*d lib W0/ /^;:m:/ !»tm^[ i^^Mml tojomi tea-,.] kzacL W/t:xz/jt::m Ikam kiam fe^a Iub Vr;V ;v=.\\?=:\\^\\r=ir:= JM tM i^i cai;||^; «3B ^ isj t^ln icq ess BJ ^lii^ 9M CSl 63 lESlJl (3 ^ s:!^ Ilea C9 1:29 i i\Si^ ^ ^ ^ Ti^'^ T2! It! -It!!, .a!=5l|=! ■■■^'' " ,\S*i^.^;:^i?» li^ TiS, TS5 T£S 13 Hi Tii:|:2 ya\ A\*.t\q'^ mgsftffiK lis "iEi^ nd La Salk- stn RAND MCNALLY BUILDING Thf largfst and most completely equipped map, railroad, commercial printing and book publishing house The home of the Bankers Monthly and Bankers Directory. ILLINOIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK La Salle Street and Jackson Boulevard. • Ill iiiiu mm Hiin nia :zz^. nc cc nc ;c m ^c c^ ce; ■c^'.'V'i^'M'iif' ' »'' i^p^ rti»^ »U rfp LA SALLE STREET LOOKING NORTH FROM BOARD OF TRADE Center of financial district of Chicago. On left new Federal Bank Building. On right new Illinois Merchants Trust Co. Both in course of constructii UXIOX STATION In course of construction. Cost of this terminal, $50. ( CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY PASSENGER TERMINAL West Madison, Canal, and Clinton streets. The finest and most completely equipped railway station in the world. < g ai en >< c ^ '2 HULL HOUSE Halsted and Polk streets. Social settlement founded by Jane Adda As viewed from tower 200 feet hiRh, three large yards covering 45 acres, with water frontage of over a mile. The piling just opposite the Incnmoti' number and 60 feet lone;. Rives and idea of the size of the plant UNITED STATES PUBLU The largest single fireproof hospital in the world, 2.040 feet .TH HOSPITAL, NUMBER 2