CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
State Street Lithograph
 19th CENTURY LITHOGRAPH IMAGES

As time permits, I am scanning at high resolution lithographs of Chicago from several  Columbian World Exposition souvenir albums.  As with the vintage postcards, I am digitally cleaning the images and enhancing the contrast slightly.  Most images probably date to the mid-1870s to early 1880s.  Many street scenes show horse drawn street cars, and many buildings were new at the time of publication.  Some buildings built between the Chicago fire and the Columbian Exposition had been destroyed before view postcards were developed.  

Some images are slightly larger than a standard postcard, and others are smaller.  At a resolution of 600 dpi, any of these images will work well for publication. For best results, I would not recommend enlargements greater than 4  times the size of the original.

 Here is a fascinating video about the Lithography printing process: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHw5_1Hopsc

As time permits, I will upload a page for the digitally restored lithograph images.  I'll list them here as I have scanned and restored them, and there are many more to come.  If you are looking for a particular Chicago lithographic image, please ask.  I may have it.  Pat Sabin   E-MAIL
Last Update  August 31, 2011
  • Auditorium Building (exterior and interior)
  • Auditorium Building, Studebaker Building, and Art Institute
  • Board of Trade (exterior view)
  • Board of Trade Exchange Hall (interior view)
  • Central Music Hall, State & Randolph Streets
  • City Hall and County Court Buildings
  • Columbia Theater, Monroe Street
  • First National Bank, Dearborn & Monroe Streets
  • Grand Pacific Hotel, Clark & Jackson Streets
  • Insurance Exchange Building
  • Marshall Field & Company (Retail) State & Washington Streets
  • Marshall Field & Company (Wholesale Dry Goods)
  • The Owings Building
  • Palmer House, State & Monroe Streets
  • Post Office and Custom House
  • Pullman Building, Corner of Adams St. & Michigan Ave.
  • Rookery, Corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets
  • State Street Looking North Near Madison
  • Tacoma Building at LaSalle and Madison Streets
  • Water Works




  


CHICAGO ILLINOIS LITHOGRAPH DIGITAL  IMAGES


Grand Pacific Hotel
Clark & Jackson Streets

Lithograph
Orignal Size 3.79" x 2.6"

600 dpi
Not Compressed

2.58 MB





 IL700

$5.00

























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