Looking East Towards the Lake

Title

Looking East Towards the Lake

Abstract

Date

October 1871

Transcription

Recto: Immense mass of smoke from Burning coal on canal // Court House // Post office // Pacific Hotel // Michigan // [illegible] // southern [?] // Wills // Madison // Franklin // none // Washington // Randolph // Looking east towards the lake from the Portland [crossed out] Linn's block // cor market o Randolph.
Verso: No text.

Condition

Upper left and lower right corners missing; glue stains at corners; small tears.

Medium

graphite and white chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

14.25 x 9.5 in.

Genre

Drawings--American--1870-1880

Coordinates

41.8781136, -87.6297982

Source

Original drawing location: CF-JB-IL-10-71-4 (Box 12.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5130

Ref. Number

(Becker)CF-JB-IL-10-71-4

Collection

Chicago Fire

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Looking East Towards the Lake,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2257.