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Maps
Historic Maps (Chronological)
1673
Marquette’s Map
1795
Map of Northwest Territory
1808
Layout of Fort Dearborn and Environs
1812
Chicago in 1812
1830
Proposed Plan for Improving the Mouth of the Chicago River
Thompson’s Plat of 1830
1834
Wright’s Survey Map of Chicago
Chicago with the School Section and Wabansia and Kinzie’s Addition
1835
Chicago in 1835
1836
Chicago with Additions
1839
Fort Dearborn Addition to Chicago
1846
Illinois-Wisconsin Boundary Line
1849
Rees & Rucker Map of Chicago and Vicinity
1851
Map of Cook and DuPage, and Parts of Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties
1857
Sewers and Sewerage District
1861
Plat Map of Cook County
1862
Blanchard’s Guide Map of Chicago
Chicago’s Central Business District
1871
Blanchard Guide Map of Chicago
Detail from Watson’s New Township and Sectional Map of Illinois
1873
Map of Lake Forest
Advertisement for D. S. Taylor Property, c. 1873
1879
H. R. Page & Co. Guide Map of Chicago
Railway Map of Chicago and Environs
1885
Pullman Company Rail Network
1886
Rand, McNally & Co. Map of Chicago
Robinson’s Atlas of the City of Chicago
Robinson’s Map of Chicago (entire)
1888
Blanchard’s Map of Chicago and Environs
1890
Graceland Cemetery
“Hibbardville” in A Great-Grandmother Remembers (1940) by Addie Hibbard Gregory
1891
Map of Union Stock Yard
1893
Souvenir Map of the World’s Columbian Exposition
Studebaker Map of Chicago and World’s Columbian Exposition
Water System and Sanitary Health Maps, Chicago Medical Record (December 1893)
Water System and Pollution Drainage Maps, Chicago Medical Record (December 1893)
1894
Stead’s Map of Nineteenth Precinct in Chicago’s First Ward
1895
Rand, McNally & Co.’s Map of the Central Portion of Chicago
Hull House Map (Nationalities)
Hull House Map (Wages)
Illinois Central Railroad Slip on the Chicago River
1903
Revised Preliminary Plan of Grant Park
1904
Chicago’s Central Business District and Principal Transportation Lines
General Map of Chicago, Showing the Park System, Principal Transportation Lines, and Points of Mechanical Interest
Population Density by Wards
1910
Bird’s-Eye View of Elevated Railroads, Parks, and Boulevards
Portion of the South Side Levee District
Rand McNally & Co.’s New Street Number Guide Map of Chicago
1913
Park Districts and Parks in Chicago
1914
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Diversion of Freight Traffic)
1916
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Ashland Avenue)
1919
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Industry and Population Density Estimates in the Chicago Region)
1920
Arend Van Vlissingen Plan for Lake Calumet Harbor
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Downtown Projects), c.1920
1921
Blanchard’s Map of Chicago and Suburbs
Proposed Chicago River Straightening Project
1924
Armour and Morris Foreign Houses and Agencies
1926
Detail from Map of Chicago Showing Location of All Catholic Churches
Existing and Proposed Highways in the Metropolitan Region, c. 1926
1927
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Diagram of Proposed Superhighway System)
1928
Ross & Browne Real Estate Map of Central Chicago
1931
Map of Chicago’s Gangland
1934
Chicago Tribune Map of Chicagoland and Century of Progress Exposition
1943
Diagram of Proposed Subdivision in Ashburn Community Area
1947
Deep Draft Harbors in the Chicago District
1951
Manufacturing Employment in Chicago
1952
Cartogram of “Chicago’s Place in Industrial America”
1953
Existing and Proposed Channels and Bridges, Calumet-Sag Project
Proposed Comprehensive Terminal at the South End of Lake Calumet
Proposed Improvements in Calumet River
1963
Intercommunity Councils
1970
Highway Map of Cook County
1980
Areas with Increased Poverty Rate, 1970-1980
2003
Lake County Fire Protection Districts
Lake County Municipalities and High School Districts
2004
Openlands Project Map of Regional Waterways