Lot 162
[CHICAGO]. A group of engravings and prints of Chicago and other areas of Illinois. 
Sale 1069 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Aug 19, 2022
Lots Close
Aug 30, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$200 - 300
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$125
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Lot Description
[CHICAGO]. A group of engravings and prints of Chicago and other areas of Illinois. 

View of Chicago, from the Prairie. N.p.: N.p., [ca 1860?]. 9 x 5 1/2 in. hand-colored engraving. -- ROBERTS, J.W., artist. Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Ill. N.p.: N.p., ca 1860s. 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. -- STURGES, Lee (1865-1954). Untitled waterfront scene.  N.p.: N.p., n.d. Etching. Image 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. Signed by Sturges in pencil and numbered 26 of 150. Though the scene is not identified, possibly a Chicago waterfront. -- Stevens Hotel and Michigan Ave. N.p.: N.p., 1927 or later. 7 x7 in. engraving. -- Tacoma Building. Madison and La Salle Streets. N.p.: N.p., 1889 or later. 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. photogravure with hand coloring. -- And 2 others. Together, 7 prints depicting Chicago and its environs, condition generally good to very good.

[With:] Fort Winnebago in 1831. N.p.: N.p., [1831?]. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. -- City of Alton, Illinois-Mouth of the Missouri River. [Alton, IL?]: Progress of the Republic, [1855]. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. engraving (trimmed closely and mounted to paper). RARE: no other copies located. -- One leaf with engraved vignettes of places of note in Putnam County, Highland Park, Mt. Vernon, Shawneetown, and Carmi, Illinois. [Illinois?]: N.p., [1876?]. Overall 14 1/2 x 17 in.

[Also with:] The Studebaker. 3 issues (incomplete run). Chicago: Hollister Brothers, 1900. 8vo, 3 issues numbering; 9 April 1900, 3 December 1900, 27 May [1901?]. Original illustrated wrappers (some toning, light soil).  Programs for the Castle Square Opera Company with a multitude of contemporary advertisements. 

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