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Aerial View of 79th and Western on Chicago's Southwest Side, 1926
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 Aerial View of 79th and Western on Chicago's Southwest Side, 1926

Few images show the city's grid more clearly than this one does, with the empty checkerboard of streets in the foreground sprinkled with billboards and a few apartment buildings.

Photographer: Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37278)

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