A Chicago department store of 1875

This drawing depicts what a Chicago department store would have looked like in 1875. A man and woman walk across the street and a horse and buggy are parked in front of a store labeled "The Fair."

Publication date: 1933-06-04

Size: 17 x 11.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1875

Subject(s):

• Department stores--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Fair (Department store)--Products--1870-1880

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 4, 1933), Century of Progress Section, p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg