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The lost panoramas : when Chicago changed its river and the land beyond / Richard Cahan & Michael Williams.

Title
The lost panoramas : when Chicago changed its river and the land beyond / Richard Cahan & Michael Williams.
Author
Cahan, Richard.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : CityFiles Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Williams, Michael (Michael F.)
Description
160 p. : ill.; 24 x 32 cm.
Summary
For the past century, a massive collection of glass-plate negatives that document early Chicago and the Illinois Valley have been carefully stored. Stored so well, it has been largely forgotten. These photographs record the reversal of the Chicago River and its consequences, and show how the big city sacrificed the natural world in order to survive and prosper.
Subject
  • Chicago (Ill.) > History
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Pictorial works
  • Chicago River (Ill.) > History
  • Chicago River (Ill.) > Pictorial works
  • Illinois River (Ill.) > History
  • Illinois River (Ill.) > Pictorial works
  • Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Ill.) > History
  • Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Ill.) > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  • illustrated books.
  • Illustrated works
  • History
  • Pictorial works
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-159) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The eighth wonder of the world -- Bound for Chicago -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780978545000
  • 0978545001
  • 9780978545079 (hc.)
  • 0978545079 (hc.)
OCLC
760973898
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library