STORY OF CHICAGO IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRINTING BUSINESS

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Published by REGAN PRINTING HOUSE, CHICAGO, IL, 1912

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THERE ARE A FEW INK SPOTS AND SMUDGES PRIMARILY ON THE CLOTH OF THE FRONT COVER, PERHAPS LEFT BY A FORMER PRINTER. THE BOOK OTHERWISE IS INTACT, TIGHT AND THE PAGES ARE CLEAN. THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF A YOUTHFUL AS WELL AS AN ELDERLY NELLY KINZIE GORDON WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE OLDEST LIVING SURVIVOR OF A CHILD BORN IN CHICAGO BEFORE THE CITY'S INCORPORATION. THE BOOK CONTAINS MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY CHICAGO, ITS ARCHITECTURE AND NOTABLE BUILDINGS. THE FIRST HALF OF THE BOOK CONTAINS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE FORY DEARBORN MASSACRE, THE GREAT FIRE OF 1871 AND THE 1893 WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION THAT ESTABLISHED CHICAGO AS A WORLD RENOWNED CITY. THE HISTORY CONTAINS DIFFICULT TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT CHICAGO'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FROM HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES TO CABLE STREET CARS AND ELECTRICAL POWERED STREET CARS.THE ORIGIN OF STREET NAMES IS PROVIDED. A PRINCIPLE FEATURE OF THIS BOOK ARE 470 CITATIONS OF PRINTERS IN CHICAGO FROM THE CITY'S FIRST BEGINNINGS. ALL OF THE EARLY PRINTED DIRECTORIES AND THEIR PRINTERS ARE LISTED. THE LIST OF PRINTING FIRMS, THEIR YEARS OF OPERATION, LOCATION, OWNERS, CIRCLATION AND OTHER FACTS ABOUT THE FIRMS WORK DURING THEIR EXISTENCE ARE NOTED. SUCH ONCISE INFORMATION IS NOT READILY FOUND IN MOST CITY HISTORIES. INCLUDED IN THE LISTINGS ARE NEWSPAPERS, BOOK PRINTERS, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUBS ANNUAL REPORTS, SOCIETAI EVENTS. BANKING REORTS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING CIRCULATIONS. THIS IS A POWER PACKED BOOK WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHICAGO''S HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY THE HISTORY OF THE GROWTH OF ITS PRINTING BUSINESS. Seller Inventory # 2223398

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Title: STORY OF CHICAGO IN CONNECTION WITH THE ...

Publisher: REGAN PRINTING HOUSE, CHICAGO, IL

Publication Date: 1912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition