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Rebuilt McCormick Buildings

Rebuilt McCormick Buildings | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Erected Since the Fire by Hon. Cyrus H. McCormick, Leander J. McCormick, and the Heirs of the Late W.S. McCormick, Showing Also the Great Reaper Works Now Being Constructed in the New Southwest Manufacturing District. Steam Freight and Passenger Elevators, and Steam Warming Apparatus in These Buildings Furnished by the Crane Brothers Man'F'G Company. Baker & Co., Engravers. - Shniedewend, Lee & Co., Electrotypers." 

The buildings illustrated include: Northwest corner of Lake and Wabash; South Water Street; Northwest corner of Lake and Michigan; 19 & 21 Lake Street; Corner of Randolph and Dearborn; the "Great Reaper Factory" (McCormick Reaper Works); Kinzie between Clark(?) and Dearborn; Northeast corner of Clark and Kinzie ("Heirs of W.S. McCormick" [William S. McCormick]); Kinzie between Clark and Lasalle Streets; Wabash Avenue South of Jackson Street; State North of Madison Street; and Northeast corner of Clark and Washington Streets (Reaper Block).
DESCRIPTION
Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Erected Since the Fire by Hon. Cyrus H. McCormick, Leander J. McCormick, and the Heirs of the Late W.S. McCormick, Showing Also the Great Reaper Works Now Being Constructed in the New Southwest Manufacturing District. Steam Freight and Passenger Elevators, and Steam Warming Apparatus in These Buildings Furnished by the Crane Brothers Man'F'G Company. Baker & Co., Engravers. - Shniedewend, Lee & Co., Electrotypers." The buildings illustrated include: Northwest corner of Lake and Wabash; South Water Street; Northwest corner of Lake and Michigan; 19 & 21 Lake Street; Corner of Randolph and Dearborn; the "Great Reaper Factory" (McCormick Reaper Works); Kinzie between Clark(?) and Dearborn; Northeast corner of Clark and Kinzie ("Heirs of W.S. McCormick" [William S. McCormick]); Kinzie between Clark and Lasalle Streets; Wabash Avenue South of Jackson Street; State North of Madison Street; and Northeast corner of Clark and Washington Streets (Reaper Block).
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:96681
Creation Date:after 1871
Creator Name:McCormick & Company
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:McCormick - International Harvester
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PH 6680.11 (7)
Original Dimensions:31.25 x 23.5 inches
SUBJECTS
Commercial buildings
Fires
Cities and towns
Sidewalks
Agricultural machinery
Factories
Land use, Urban
Agricultural machinery industry
Industrial buildings
Horse-drawn vehicles
Pedestrians
Railroads
Ships
Streets
Rivers
Ephemera

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