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Photograph collections -- Illinois -- Chicago

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago Stockyards Industrial Park Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-176
Abstract

Sixteen professional photographs of the area of Chicago known as the Stockyards Industrial Park which was developed after the closing of the Union Stock Yards in 1971. The Industrial Park is home to various small factories, none of which are involved in meatpacking. Few of the original structures remain, excepting the great limestone arch erected in 1879 to mark the stockyard entrance.

Dates: approximately 1975

C.R. Clark Photograph Book

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark
Abstract

Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, approximately 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers.

Dates: approximately 1865-1872, 1911

Olin D. Wheeler collection of photographs of Yosemite Valley

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-68-70, 88
Abstract

This collection of 179 photographic prints contains 71 views of Yosemite National Park, including tourists traveling in Yosemite Transportation vehicles and private cars. Wheeler also compiled a collection of photographs of the landscapes and Native Americans along the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition while researching his two-volume book The Trail of Lewis and Clark. This collection is part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Photographs.

Dates: approximately 1880-1925