Drawing
Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)
| Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a fenced yard and outbuildings behind the dwelling. A man on a road directs a horse pulling a loaded wagon at left. There is a canoe docked at a small pier on the river, and a sailboat is in the background on the right, probably on Lake Michigan. |
| Image ID: | 109892 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1856 |
| Creator Name: | Kinzie, Juliette |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
| Genre: | Drawing |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | F 484.3 K52 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 4.5 inches |
| The residence was likely near the location of the modern day Wrigley Building where W. Kinzie St. and N. Michigan Avenue would intersect. |
| Horses |
| Engraving |
| Plants |
| Trees |
| Dwellings |
| Yards |
| Fences |
| Men |
| Canoes and canoeing |
| Roads |
| Sailing ships |
| Wagons |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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