(IL - Chicago) Guide Map of Chicago - Central/S. America with typical close margins

with typical close margins

as well as railroads and developing coast

this 107 page book is full of fun illustrations and has a definite 1930's feel

This map was issued just after Oregon became a state and assumed its current borders

12 x 9(inches)

(IL - Chicago) Guide Map of Chicago - Central/S. America with typical close marginsGuide Map of Chicago. Published by Rufus Blanchard, 146 Lake St. Chicago. 1869. A rare folding map by one of the best mapmakers of the city at the time. Prior to the disaster that would befall it and necessitate its reconstruction, this map shows the city developing. This was the year that many of the individual park districts were created and indeed in the western edge of the town are several large parks that hint at being connected by green belts.