Feature Points
- VINTAGE MAP REPRODUCTION: You'll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1898 Chicago Business District Map Print. Our museum quality prints are archival grade, which means it will look great and last without fading for over 100 years. Our print to order maps are made in the USA and each map is inspected for quality. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage maps look great in the home, study or office. They make a perfect gift as well.
- MUSEUM QUALITY: This high quality map print will be a great addition to your vintage-themed wall. Don't waste money on cheap-looking, thin paper posters. We use thick, fine art print quality matte paper. Our professional's choice matte paper displays artwork in high detail without glare. The color is vibrant and text is easy to read. When framed, this map looks absolutely stunning.
- A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1898 Map of Chicago Wall Art. A true piece of history. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic map and its significance.
- READY TO FRAME: This print includes a 0.2 inch border for a perfect frame fit and look. Our maps are designed to fit easy-to-find standard frame sizes, saving you money from having to pay for a custom frame. Each map is inspected for quality and shipped in a rigid tube.
- HISTORIX: We love history and art. Sometimes old maps have tears, folds, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance maps while keeping its historical character. All our maps are proudly made in the USA. Customers all over the world love our vintage maps and we know you will too.
Additional Information
Produced and published by the local Chicago lithography company, the Poole Brothers, this bird's eye perspective depicts the city in a period of significant growth and transformation as the nation neared the turn of the century. As the largest and most iconic city in the American Midwest, Chicago remains a tremendous economic hub and cultural influence for much of the nation. The prosperity spurred by the industrial revolution during the latter portions of the nineteenth century had taken hold in Chicago, and vast fortunes were being made as the city attracted residents and immigrants from the American South as well as Western and Eastern Europe who established communities based on cultural lines, many of which exist to this day.
The Poole Brothers' first map was published in 1880. However, the company would undergo several iterations in its decades-long history, including the original four partners that would form perhaps the most iconic cartography company Rand-McNally. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago was first incorporated in 1837 and grew rapidly during the nineteenth century and was an early adopter of steel and glass skyscraper architecture that would become synonymous with the style of the so-called Gilded Age following the industrial revolution.
Bird's eye perspectives were produced as marketing materials to attract residents and merchants alike and promote prominent civic, economic, and natural features in a stylized format that was widely popular at the time. This is a distinct piece of American cartographical history that transports the viewer back in time.
