Detail from Railway Map of Chicago and Environs, 1879
Title
Detail from Railway Map of Chicago and Environs, 1879
Creator
Description
Reproduction of a portion of the "Railway Map of Chicago and Environs" surveyed by R.W. Dobson in 1879 from the collection of the Chicago Historical Society. Depicts railroad lines and streets in an area surrounding Jefferson Township; includes portions of Niles Township and Evanston, to the north; Norwood Park to the west; Lakeview to the east; and portions of Cicero and Chicago to the south. A better, full-color scan of this map is available in the online Encyclopedia of Chicago from the Chicago Historical Society.
From Chapter 7, "Northeast Cook County: Railway Map Detail, 1879," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Date
1879
Publisher
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Contributor
Buisseret, David
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
transportation maps
Source
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Spatial Coverage
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Temporal Coverage
Is Part Of
David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Citation
Dobson, R.W., “Detail from Railway Map of Chicago and Environs, 1879,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3135.