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Chicago, 1900-1914

Chicago, 1900-1914

Click on the links below to access scans of some of the canvas maps of Chicago from the years between 1900 and the onset of World War I that are held at the University of Chicago Library's Map Drove.

The maps portray a city where much that was truthful of Chicago in the 1890s remained the case. Chicago continued to grow, reaching a population (not counting suburbs) of near two.ii 1000000 in 1910, and perhaps 2.4 million in 1914, when (by some measures) it was nonetheless the world's 6th largest city.* The expansion of the elevated railroad arrangement also continued in the new century. In that location were 34.8 miles of line at the beginning of 1900 and lxx.3 at the end of 1914, when Chicago's "Fifty" was manifestly the tertiary longest metropolitan railway in the world.* These runway lines were firmly focused on Chicago'south fundamental business organisation commune, the Loop, which continued during the first years of the 20th century to larn an ever more impressive drove of function buildings, section stores, and cultural institutions.

There were some substantial alterations in urban geography during these years . The Germ-free and Ship Canal was finally finished in 1900, and waste material began to exist sent downward toward the Mississippi rather than into Lake Michigan. Three major electrical interurban lines, opening one by one in the early years of the 20th century, provided culling routes to and from the surrounding region. At the same time, the size of factories increased, and much of the new growth in manufacturing was concentrated on the city's South Side (for example, in the Central Manufacturing District) and in the Calumet Region, which extended from the southern part of the city e around the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Finally, Chicago'due south modern street numbering system was established in 1909.

The maps were scanned at 400 dpi using NextImage software and were saved as tiff files

You can access these files in two different ways:

[ane] Click on the thumbnails below to run into the files in a plan called Zoomify. Zoomify breaks the original tiff files into tiny jpegs, so you tin zoom in and out and move around quickly and efficiently. Zoomify requires Flash and so won't work on many mobile phones.

[2] You can too meet the files through Luna. Luna, like Zoomify, allows y'all to zoom in and out and to move effectually. It also allows download of jpeg versions of the files (click "Export"). To access the Luna files, click on the "Click hither for Luna version" button.

The original tiff files are as well available. Eastward-mail from the "Questions about this page?" button below.

Downloaded files are freely available for personal or scholarly utilize. If you employ the images in a publication, we expect that you volition mention that the original maps--and the files--are from the University of Chicago Library'south Map Collection.

Several of the maps are in poor shape. We have by and large resisted the temptation to do serious digital restoration piece of work.

Several people contributed to the construction of this Web site. Joost Dupon of the Map Collection did almost of the scanning and nigh of the Photoshop manipulation also. Shannon Thompson of the Map Collection did the bulk of the necessary editing of cataloging records. The Digital Media Laboratory let Map Drove staff use its Contex scanner; Dale Mertes of the Digital Media Laboratory was especially helpful. Christine McCarthy of the Library'due south Preservation Department was good plenty to do some emergency conservation work on the 1914 transit map. Social Sciences Bibliographer Frank Conaway made some useful editorial suggestions virtually this text. John Jung of the Digital Library Development Center helped with the programming. Bobby Butler of the Map Drove did some light file editing in 2014. And Bridget Madden of the University of Chicago's Visual Resources Center and Charles Blair of the Library's Digital Library Development Heart adult a protocol in 2015 that allows access via Luna.

Additional maps of Chicago in the early 1900s (and in the preceding and following decades) can be found elsewhere on the Cyberspace. Topographic and other maps from this period are available through the University of Illinois Historical Maps Online project. The digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (bachelor past subscription only) include edifice-past-building maps of early 20th-century Chicago. The Encyclopedia of Chicago Website includes several maps from this menstruation. The companion Website, Social Scientists Map Chicago, contains several maps focusing on the same years.

Most maps of Chicago during this catamenia--at the University of Chicago and elsewhere--remain available in newspaper only.

Comments are welcome.

--CW

Championship Information	Discipline Headings	Description
Rand, McNally and Co.'s street number guide map of the principal part of Chicago ; Rand, McNally & Co.'s street guide map of Chicago and suburbs showing the metropolis limits.	Chicago (Ill.)--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:26,000]. Calibration [ca. ane:58,000]. Chicago : Rand McNally & Co., 1902. 2 maps on 1 sail : col. ; 83 x 53 cm. and 68 x 48 cm., sheet 88 x 58 cm.
Maps on the Chicago transportation problem. Map no. 4 showing surface street railroads of Chicago -- Map no. 6 showing surface street railroads of Chicago -- Map no. nine showing surface street railroads of Chicago.	Street-railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Subways--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. [Chicago : south.n., 1902]. maps : col. ; 72 x 44 cm.
Mitchell'due south real estate map of Chicago and suburbs : including towns of Norwood Pk., Leyden, Cicero, Riverside, the east half of Proviso, Lyons, Stickney, Calument, Worth, and the east half of Palos, Melt Canton, Illinois / Max Rondonell, draughtsman.	Chicago Region (Ill.)--Maps. Real property--Illinois--Chicago Region--Maps.	Scale [1:fifteen,840]. Chicago, Sick. : William 50. Mitchell, 1903, c1902. ane map : col. ; 263 x 166 cm.
Rand, McNally & Co.'s new sectional railroad map of Cook, Lake, and Du Page Counties, with parts of bordering counties, including the manufacturing district in Lake Canton, Ind.	Railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Railroads--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Surface area--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:105,000]. [Chicago] : Rand McNally & Co., 1903. i map : col. ; 112 x 90 cm.
Lake Michigan coast chart. No. 4, Chicago to Kenosha.	Michigan, Lake--Maps. Nautical charts--Michigan, Lake.	Scale [1:fourscore,000]. [Detroit : Lake Survey, 1903]. ane map ; 106 x 66 cm.
Talbot's industry and railroad map of Chicago.	Railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Railroads--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Surface area--Maps. Industries--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Industries--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Maps. Land use--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Land use--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Surface area--Maps.	Scale [ca. i:25,000]. [Chicago] : Due east.H. Talbot, 1904. 1 map on ii sheets : col. ; 206 x 117 cm.
Map of the business concern center of the city of Chicago in 1905.	Fundamental concern districts--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. ane:4,875]. [Chicago] : Chicago Directory Co., 1905. 1 map ; 71 ten lxx cm.
McKinley Park.	McKinley Park (Chicago, Ill.)--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:one,300]. Chicago : South Park Commissioners, 1906. i map ; 45 x 73 cm.
Map showing house numbers on section and half section line streets under plan for re-numbering streets in the City of Chicago, as required by ordinance in event on and after September 1, 1909, and printed on back hereof.	Chicago (Ill.)--Maps, Outline and base. Chicago (Ill.)--Maps. Street addresses--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Calibration [ca. one:190,000]. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Title and Trust Co., [1908?]. 1 map : col. ; 36 ten 27 cm.
The Rand McNally new standard map of Chicago.	Chicago (Sick.)--Maps.	Calibration [ca. i:25,000]. Chicago : Rand McNally & Co., 1910. 1 map : col. ; 203 x 117 cm.
Map of Chicago showing growth of the city by annexations.	Annexation (Municipal government)--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Chicago (Ill.)--History--Maps.	Scale non given. [Chicago : s.north., 1911]. 1 map : col. ; 67 ten 49 cm.
Official concluding map of Chicago and vicinity showing railroad lines, terminals, and yards / Office of Chief Engineer.	Railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. Chicago : Chicago Association of Commerce, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals, 1911. 1 map : col. ; 89 x 93 cm.
Chicago waterways. Canvass no. 3, Map showing waterway transportation weather condition.	Waterways--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Waterways--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Expanse--Maps.	Scale ane:62,500. Chicago : U.S. Engineer Office, 1911. 1 map : col. ; 86 x 107 cm.
Chicago waterways. Sheet no. two, Map showing railway transportation conditions.	Railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Railroads--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Expanse--Maps.	Scale 1:62,500. Chicago : U.S. Engineer Function, 1911. 1 map : col. ; 86 x 101 cm.
Map showing distribution of population within the Sanitary District of Chicago / compiled past the Harbor and Subway Commission of the Metropolis of Chicago.	Chicago (Ill.)--Population--Maps.	Calibration [ca. 1:25,000]. [Chicago] : Sanitary District of Chicago, 1912. 1 map on 8 sheets : photocopies ; 259 x 115 cm., sheets 72 x 64 cm. or less. Bluish line prints.
Bird's-middle view showing the Chicago Junction Railway and Fundamental Manufacturing District, the industrial heart of Chicago.	Chicago (Ill.)--Aeriform views. Chicago (Sick.)--Maps.	Not drawn to scale. [S.l. : south.n.], 1912. 1 map : col. ; 57 x 91 cm. Oriented with north to right.
Map of the Calumet District in Illinois and Indiana / compiled past Henry W. Lee.	Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)--Maps. Waterways--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. ane:100,000]. [S.50. : s.n.], 1913. one map : col. ; 25 x 91 cm.
Existent rapid transit at to the lowest degree cost / by Tomaz F. Deuther.	Railroads, Elevated--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Local transit--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Calibration [ca. 1:82,500]. Chicago : Northward-Due west Side Commercial Association of Chicago, 1913. 1 map : col. ; 55 ten 31 cm.
The Rand McNally new standard map of Chicago.	Chicago (Ill.)--Maps.	Scale [1:25,000]. Chicago : Rand McNally, 1913. i map : col. ; 203 10 117 cm..
Map of Chicago elevated railroads.	Railroads, Elevated--Illinois--Chicago--Maps. Local transit--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. one:25,000]. [Chicago] : Rand McNally & Co., [1914?]. 1 map on 2 sheets : col. ; 84 x 135 cm., sheets 92 x 70 cm. Oriented with northward to right.
School map of Chicago.	Public schools--Illinois--Chicago--Maps.	Scale [ca. 1:25,000]. Chicago : Lath of Teaching of the Metropolis of Chicago, 1914. 1 map : col. ; 168 10 100 cm.