Poole Brothers Road Map of Chicago and Vicinity, Detail, 1915
Title
Poole Brothers Road Map of Chicago and Vicinity, Detail, 1915
Creator
Description
Reproduction of detail from the 1915 Poole Brothers Road Map of Chicago and Vicinity from the collection of the Chicago Metro History Fair Curriculum Library. Map depicts the area bounded by Glenview, Gross Point, and Wilmette to the north; Lake Michigan to the east; 47th Street in Chicago to the south, and Brookfield, Maywood, Melrose Park, Park Ridge, and the Des Plaines River to the west.
From Chapter 11, "An Early Highway Map: Detail from a Road Map," 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
1915
Publisher
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
road 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
Buisseret, David, “Poole Brothers Road Map of Chicago and Vicinity, Detail, 1915,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3143.