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List 87
LIST 87 - Chicago
Chicago Magazine's Summer Fun issue (June) recommends our gallery as one of the "Places To Get Lost For An Afternoon"
(p. 63). We invite you to browse to your heart's content. Among our new acquisitions are many of the Chicago items listed
below, a selection of plates from the Lockwood edition of Audubon (1870-71) and some charming Japanese color woodblock
diptychs of birds and floral subjects, dating from 1915. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and
by appointment.
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1. Holland, Robert. Chicago In Maps 1612 to 2002. 208 pp. 10½ x 9. Signed by the author. Numerous full color illustrations; foreword by Gerald Danzer (Mary Ritzlin contributed the section on Mrs. Kinzie's map of the Ft. Dearborn Massacre). $50.00 |
Views By The Chicago Society of Etchers And Other Local Artists
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2. [Reference book] Czestochowski, James Swann In Quest of a Printmaker, 1990. 165 pp. Paper covers. As New. Catalog Raisonne with four color and numerous BW illustrations. $15.00 |
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3. Danforth, S. Chester, Quigley Memorial – Chicago, ca. 1935. 14½ x 9¼. Color etching, VG. Signed in pencil. In original gilt-wood frame; re-matted but retains the "Limited Edition" label of Dearborn Galleries. Graceful French Gothic style building by architect Gustav Steinbeck. SOLD [details] |
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4. Danforth, Mitchell Tower University of Chicago, ca. 1935. 12½ x 7¾. VG. Color etching signed and numbered in pencil (107/250). In original Hogarth-style frame. Re-matted but retains Dearborn Galleries' "Limited Edition" label. Architects: Sheply, Rutan & Coolidge. SOLD [details] |
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5. Hagerman, Kent, Wharfside, Chicago, ca. 1930-40. 10¼ x 8. VG. Signed in the plate and in pencil. In gilt-wooden frame, matted to conservation standards. The River east of the Michigan Avenue bridge. Cargo ship and dock workers in the foreground; neoclassical temple [Jewelers Building], and the Merchandise Mart in the distance. $750.00 [details] |
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6. Pescheret, Leon R., Untitled view of the Water Tower and the Palmolive Building, 1932. 9 x 6½. Lightly age-toned else VG. In old frame but lacks a mat. Brasor Fine Framing of Evanston label. Signed and dated in the plate and in pencil. Also in pencil "with all good wishes." A small plane soars overhead while a double-decker bus tools along Michigan Avenue. $500.00 [details] |
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7. Swann, James, Untitled view of the Shedd Aquarium, 1952. 7 x 9¾. Remnants of old mount verso, a few scattered marginal stains else VG. Matted to conservation standards. Signed in the plate. View looking southeast with fisherman and loungers in foreground and the Planetarium in the background. Czestochowski #206, indexed as "Shedd Aquarium." $500.00 [details] |
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8. Swann, James, Untitled view of the Palmolive Building, ca. 1946. 9½ X 7¼. Lightly age-toned, else VG. Conservation matting and framing. Evocative snowy night, lit by the "Lindy" Beacon's twin beams and the soft glow of street lamps. Czestochowski #164, indexed as "Winter, Lake Shore Drive." $500.00 [details] |
Two framed Chicago scenes by George Yelich executed in ink and water color, ca. 1970. Each in a contemporary silver-finished wooden frame, re-matted to conservation standards. Each VG.
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9. Yelich, Untitled view of the skyline. Looking north from Achsah Bond Drive with views of sail boats, the Prudential Building, John Hancock Center, the Art Institute and other landmarks. SOLD [details] |
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10. Yelich, Untitled view of the Water Tower. Looking south along Michigan Avenue. The clock tower of the Wrigley Building is visible in the distance. SOLD [details] |
Fire Insurance Maps
Plates from Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago..., 1886. Lithographs with original hand color applied by stencil: yellow for frame structures, pink for brick, blue indicates cast-iron work and brown is stone work. An "X" identifies stables. Each approximately 20" x 30" and in VG condition except as noted.
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11. [Wolf Point] Robinson, Vol. III, Plate 3, 1886. Mounted on linen. Jefferson to the River and Madison to Kinzie. Industrial sites such as foundries, a barbed wire factory, the American Iron Works. SOLD [details] |
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12. Robinson, Vol. III, Pl. 15, 1886. Extreme edge of top margin chipped and dirty, else VG. Encapsulated. Market [New Orleans] to Wells, and Division to Chicago. The Svea Hotel, Emanuel Lutheran Mission and First Swedish M.E. Church suggest a Scandinavian neighborhood. $375.00 [details] |
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13. Robinson, Vol. III, Pl. 16, 1886. Mounted on linen. Remnants of leather tabs in margins. Faint tide marks to lower margin, else VG. Larrabee to Sedgwick and Chicago to Division. Houses of worship include a Synagogue, Episcopal and Swedish Baptist Churches. $300.00 [details] |
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14. Robinson, Vol. III, Pl. 20, 1886. Mounted on linen. Remnants of leather tabs in margins. Small separation lower cf, else VG. Sedgwick to LaSalle and North to Division. Includes Alexian Bros. Hospital, Western Toy Co., Franklin School. $350.00 [details] |
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15. Robinson, Vol. III, Pl. 21, 1886. LaSalle to State, and North to Division. A preponderance of brick buildings, many stone-fronted. Two square blocks are identified as "The Catholic Bishop of Chicago's Addition." $450.00 [details] |
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16. Robinson, Vol. III, Pl. 24, 1886. Remnants of leather tabs in margins and a rust(?) stain about one inch long at upper cf, else VG. Shrink-wrapped. From Halsted to Larabee and Centre [Armitage] to North. Mostly residential with police station and "Half Orphan Asylum." $325.00 [details] |
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17. Robinson, Vol. IV, Pl. 2, 1886. Marginal tears with old repairs. Centre [Racine] to Morgan, Harrison to 12th Street. Shows St. Ignatius College, Church of the Holy Family, St. Joseph's Home. $150.00 [details] |
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18. Robinson, Vol. IV, Pl. 7, 1886. Loomis to Centre [Racine], Madison to Harrison. "Chicago Base Ball Grounds" are bounded by Loomis and Throop, Congress and Harrison. Drives and ornamental ponds are depicted in Jefferson Park [Skinner Park]. $225.00 [details] |
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19. Robinson, Vol. IV, Pl. 8, 1886. Ashland to Loomis, Madison to Harrison. Mainly residential, many brick buildings some with stone-fronted bays. A "Natatorium" and the Salvation Army are on Madison; the Illinois Club Headquarters is on Ashland. $200.00 [details] |
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20. [Goose Island] Robinson, Vol. IV, Pl. 22, 1886. North to Division, Halsted to Ashland. The north end of Goose Island, with coal and lumber yards, a mattress factory and other industries. No less than six tanneries and a distillery line the left bank of the river. $200.00 [details] |
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21. Robinson, Vol. IV, Pl. 28, 1886. A few edge tears repaired, else VG. Fullerton to Armitage and the River to Western Avenue, bounded by Jefferson Township. Mostly undeveloped but scattered housing, the Chicago Pumping Works, and a brick company are present. $225.00 [details] |
Plates from Greeley-Carlson Co.'s Atlas of Chicago, published in Chicago, 1891. Litho maps with original hand color applied by stencil. Each leaf is 31½ x 23½; remnants of leather and brass tabs at some margins. VG except as noted; variable printed dimensions as noted. Scarce.
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22. Greeley-Carlson, Plate 9, 1891. 29 x 13½. Madison to Harrison and from the Expo Building in Lake Park to State Street. Includes the Art Museum (forerunner to the Art Institute), the Studebaker Building (now the Fine Arts Building) and the Auditorium. The Palmer House is the largest of several hotels shown. Plate 8 Verso. Almost blank save a 4" x 6" section of North Water Street and a few piers at the lakefront. With a caption on the Chicago Dock and Canal Co. SOLD [details] |
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23. Greeley-Carlson, Plate 28, 1891. 26 x 14. Harrison to 12th, and Jefferson to Beach. Primarily industrial with tracks, engine house and freight houses of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Verso: Pl. 29, 28 x 14. Madison to Harrison, Halsted to Jefferson. Names Brinks, John M. Smyth, Old St. Pat's Church. $375.00 [details] |
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24. Greeley-Carlson, Plate 30, 1891. 28 x 15. A few marginal chips and edge-tears repaired else VG. Madison to Harrison, Jefferson to the river. Numerous small factories as well as Western Electric, a wagon works, bakery and cab company. Proposed tunnel under the river just north of Van Buren indicated. Verso: blank. $375.00 [details] |
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25. Greeley-Carlson, Plate 35, 1891. 27 x 14½. Horizontal tear top left repaired else VG. Kinzie to Madison, Halsted to Jefferson. Haymarket and Lyceum Theatres, hotels, a bank, police station. Verso: blank. $375.00 [details] |
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26. Greeley-Carlson, Plate 36, 1891. 27½ x 15 with a 4½ x 7 inset "Plat of the Original Town." Kinzie to Madison, Jefferson to the River, including Wolf Point. Hotels, rail lines, factories. Verso: Pl. 37, 27½ x 13½. Chicago to Kinzie, Halsted to Roberts [Larrabee] and Jefferson. Dotted lines indicate the meander lines from river surveys in 1854, 1855, and 1884. Schlitz and Pabst distribution centers shown. SOLD [details] |
Penny Post Card Geologic Map Of Marshall Field's
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27. V.O. Hammon, Sub-Structure of Marshall Field & Co.'s Retail Store, Chicago, ca. 1900. 5¼ x 3¼. VG. Color litho cutaway depicts 16 levels of clay and gravel down to hard pan and solid rock. Glimpses of shoppers at street level and the first basement, workers in the second and third basements. SOLD [details] |
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28. Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Light House, Block House, And Marine Hospital, At Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1856. 4 x 12½. Col. VG. With photocopy of article predicting nothing will impede the city's onward march to greatness. SOLD [details] |
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29. [Chicago before the Fire] Anon., Chicago (vor dem Brande) vom See aus, ca. 1871. 6¼ x 13¾. BW. VG. Somewhat fanciful depiction of the city as viewed from the Lake. "1871" is written in pencil in an old hand below the caption. $145.00 [details] |
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30. [Chicago Fire] Harper's Weekly, Chicago In Ruins..., Oct. 28, 1871. 14¾ x 20½. BW. VG. Bird's-eye view after sketches by Theodore Davis and others. Flames incorrectly shown blowing north to south. With a photocopy of article blaming the cow but not naming the O'Leary family. $500.00 [details] |
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31. [Marshall Field] The Land Owner, ...Field, Leiter & Co.'s New Wholesale Warehouse..., Feb., 1872. 9 x 13. BW. Edge tear repaired, else VG. Surrounded by ruins and new construction, the warehouse opened in April. A grand public reception later that month was attended by 30,000. $75.00 [details] |
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32. The Land Owner, ...The Crane Brothers Manufacturing Company... Dec., 1872. 13 x 20½. BW. Light cf discoloration; old repairs to edges else VG. Mammoth works of a firm founded in 1855. Verso: short article and 4¾ x 9½ view of "Bozeman City, The Metropolis Of Montana..." SOLD [details] |
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33. The Graphic, American Energy – Rebuilding Among The Smoking Ruins Of Chicago, Nov. 25, 1871. BW. 11¾ x 8¾. A few marginal stains else VG. Cover illustration of realtor William Kerfoot hanging his famous sign "All Gone But Wife & Children and Energy." $100.00 [details] |
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34. The Graphic, Commemorative Picture Of The Burning Of Chicago..., late 1871 or early 1872. 12½ x 19. Col. VG. Allegory by Edward Armitage; personifications of Great Britain and America consoling a prostrate Chicago. On the horizon, the city burns. SOLD [details] |
Chicago Rebuilt
Plates from J.M. Wing's One Year From The Fire..., Chicago, 1872. BW wood engravings. Various dimensions on 15 x 11 leaves; light age-toning, else VG. Many of these views first appeared in Wing's journal, The Land Owner. $75.00 each.
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35. Wing, ...The New Sherman House, On The Old Site (Completed), 10 x 9½. W. W. Boyington, of Water Tower fame, is the architect. Verso: First National Bank Building, 10½ x 9¼. SOLD [details] |
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36. Wing, ...The Chicago Times..., 10½ x 9½. Times owner William Storey's motto was "print the news and raise hell." J.R. Willett, architect. Verso: ...Constitution Block...Monroe and Clark..., Otto Matz, arch. SOLD [details] |
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37. Wing, Messrs. Richards, Shaw & Winslow's Building, State and Madison..., 11 x 8½. Five-floor building with Gothic touches. Verso: ...Charles Tobey's Building, State And Jackson..., 9 x 13. [details] |
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38. [Two views] Wing, ...Palmer's Grand Hotel, State And Monroe... and Hamlin, Hale & Co...., overall 13 x 9. Verso: ...Doggett, Bassett & Hills's...Lake Street And Wabash..., 12½ x 9. SOLD [details] |
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39. Wing, ...Ashland Avenue...Looking South From Union Park, Showing Large Trees Transplanted For S.J. Walker, Esq., 9 x 13. Verso: St. Paul's Church...Michigan Ave., Near 18th St., 12 x 9. [details] |
Souvenir Books
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40. W.E. Cummings & Co., Souvenir of Chicago, ca. 1890. Multiple view post card packet, 5½ x 3¾. Sepia images in green and sepia case. Moderate wear; possibly missing one small view, else VG. A gentle tug on the "Pull" tab reveals ten 1½ x 2½ views: The Stock Yards, Water Tower, the El, Lily Pond in Humboldt Park, a busy river scene, State Street, etc. Postage is "One Cent To All Countries." $150.00 [details] |
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41. Jones, Tom, Miniatures Chicago, Ill., 1904. Portfolio 3¼ x 4; brown paper covers. Unfolds to reveal twenty four BW oval views 2¼ x 3. Tear with old repair on front flap else VG. Photographic views with a gold and white filigree background. Familiar sights and less common subjects such as the Coliseum, the Potter Palmer Mansion, the Chicago Athletic Association and the Newberry Library. SOLD [details] |
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42. Rigot, Max, Points of Interest in Chicago, ca. 1930. Small oblong 8vo. Embossed marbled green paper covers; full color view of Michigan Avenue on cover. Seventy one color litho illustrations on 32 pages (seven full page). With Edgewater Beach and Stevens Hotels, the Fountain of Time, Elks Memorial, Soldiers' Field and dramatic night view of the Wrigley Building. SOLD [details] |
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43. Chicago Association of Commerce, Chicago Visitors Guide, 1941. Small 8vo. Red textured paper covers, 64 pp. VG. Many BW photographic and pictorial views, illustrations and ads. Cf map 9¾ x 7 by H.M. Gousha names many sights such as "Grant Park Seaplane Landing" and site of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Field's full-page ad features doorman Charlie, an employee for 52 years! Sports coverage includes photos of Bears QB Sid Luckman and fullback Bill Osmanski. $35.00 [details] |
Terms: All maps and prints are guaranteed to be original works in Very Good or better condition, except as noted. Ten
day return privilege. Refunds are for the amount of purchase and shipping only. Most items are single copies and offered
subject to prior sale. Illinois residents please add 10% sales tax. Dimensions are of the image in inches, height first.
Abbreviations: BW = black & white, i.e., uncolored; c. = circa; cf = centerfold; col = color or colored. Shipping
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