Chicago
GRABILL, photographer. In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Hussars and Grant Monument. Chicago: P. & V. Co., ca 1893. [With:] Chicago street scene.

13 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. albumen photograph on slightly larger cardstock mount. Titled and copyrighted in the negative, lower left. Verso with printed label pasted at center, being a submission tag for the Chicago Tribune with date and caption accomplished in manuscript.

Pictured is a large group of Chicago Hussars lined up in front of the Grant Monument in Lincoln Park, with park goers enjoying rowboats and strolling the grounds below.

9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 15 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. cardstock mount inscribed "Chicago" beneath image. Uncredited street scene prominently featuring the W. W. Kimball building located at the southeast corner of State and Adams Streets. A sign for the "Langham Hotel" is just visible above a building in the background.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Lincoln Park image: toning to print. Mount with soiling, creasing to upper left, stray marks to left margin, and light wear to edges and corners.

Street scene: Toning and light wear to edges of print. Mount with toning, spotting, and light wear to edges and corners.

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Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

Chicago
GRABILL, photographer. In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Hussars and Grant Monument. Chicago: P. & V. Co., ca 1893. [With:] Chicago street scene.

Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

ChicagoGRABILL, photographer. In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Hussars and Grant Monument. Chicago: P. & V. Co., ca 1893. [With:] Chicago street scene.

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Chicago
GRABILL, photographer. In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Hussars and Grant Monument. Chicago: P. & V. Co., ca 1893. [With:] Chicago street scene.