Image of an elevated panoramic view of Chicago, Illinois, overlooking the city's business district and Lake Michigan, from left looking west, then north, east and south, from Monadnock Block, Dearborn, Jackson, Van Buren Sts. and Custom House Place; inset vignette of Monadnock Building at lower left; Melville shield logo at lower right; location key, color bars, and information on Miehle Printing Press & Mgt. Co. printed in margin. "Painted, Engraved and Published by George W. Melville, / 358 Dearborn Street, Chicago."--text, lower left margin. "Copyright 1897 by George W. Melville;"--text, lower left margin. "Compliments of / The Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co. / Chicago / U.S.A."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 37.15 x 86.04 cm (14 5/8 x 33 7/8 in.)
Chicago (Ill.)--Pictorial works Monadnock Building (Chicago, Ill.)--Pictorial works Business districts--Pictorial works Advertising--Printing Office buildings--Pictorial works Cities and towns--Pictorial works Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Middle West The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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