1890: Michigan Avenue Looking North from Congress Street

Michigan Avenue Looking North from Congress Street

Michigan Avenue looking north from Congress Street in the quiet days before the advent of the automobile. The residences at the left were the homes of prominent families.

Courtesy of “Chicago and Its Makers” (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).

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