RARE ORIGINAL 1940 LARGE ANTIQUE PICTORIAL MAP OF OLD CHICAGO

DATE-1940, AT BOTTOM RIGHT

DRAWN BY-JEAN STERLING NELSON AND JOHN WINTERS

ORIGINAL 1940 LARGE ANTIQUE WALL MAP OF OLD CHICAGO. BEAUTIFULLY COLORED AND WHIMSICAL MAP OF "OLD CHICAGO" DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1800'S.MAP SHOWS THE OLD CHICAGO ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER WITH STREET NAMES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS. ALSO SHOWN IS THE LOCATION FOR FORT DEARBORN, FIRST SYNAGOGUE SOUTH OF CHICAGO, GREEN TREE TAVERN, MRS. O'LEARY'S FARM AND THE COW THAT STARTED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, LOCATION FOR THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE IN 1812 AND WAGON ROADS LEADING TO AND FROM OLD CHICAGO. SURROUNDING THE MAP ARE SEVEN PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS CHICAGOANS INCLUDING MAYOR R.B. MASON, JOHN WENTWORTH, WILLIAM OGDEN FIRST MAYOR AND GENERAL DEARBORN.

MAP IS EXTREMELY RARE AND THE ONLY ONE FOR SALE

MEASURES 36 X 30 INCHES ENTIRE SHEET

FAIR CONDITION- MAP HAS SEAM SPLITS  ON MAP IMAGE AND EDGE TEARS WHICH ARE SHOWN IN PICTURES, CREASES AS ISSUED