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Title: Chicago
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 Hornby, Lester George, b. 1882, ill
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) — Description and travel Chicago (Ill.) — History
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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or, marveling at the sightof Chicago by night. Around me dimanchor-lights were glimmering over thewater; while the steam of locomotives,curling upward in fantastic clouds, veiledthe huge buildings before me in alluringmystery. Far above the glare of MichiganAvenue, their roofs and pinnacles were 86 The South Side outlined against the citys radiance. Somewere in darkness, others rimmed withlight; here and there an electric signflashed its brilliant hues; into the wavesbeyond reached the Municipal Pier, itsgraceful towers and slender form ablazewith innumerable lamps. Under the spell of the scene I pictureda little garrison retreating in despair alonga desert shore barely a century ago; thentried to realize that yonder broad stretchof parkland had been made before myeyes, and that I had seen one row ofbuildings on this water front destroyedby fire, and still another demolished tomake way for these mighty structureslooming in the night. Where the Lake Shore Drive begins V. The North Side

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-r.—^ VTHE NORTH SIDE CHICAGO appeared raw and bare toMiss Harriet Martiheau when shevisited it exactly eighty years ago: yet sheconfessed that she had never seen a busierplace. It was enjoying at the time a boomin land values which a panic was soon todispel, and storekeepers hailed her, as shepassed their doors, with ofFers of farms andbuilding-sites. The streets, moreover, werefilled with speculators who crowded abouta scarlet-coated negro on a white horsewhenever he waved a red flag and shoutedthe time and place of the next sale of lotsalong the proposed course of the Illinoisand Michigan Canal. Though the city numbered less thanfive thousand inhabitants then, the Eng-lish authoress acknowledges that there was 91 Chicago some allowable pride in the place aboutits society, her astonishment at havingfound an assemblage of educated, re-fined, and wealthy persons living on theedge of a wild prairie being shared, Iventure to say, by many an Eastern vis-itor to the Chicago of the prese

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Image from page 50 of “The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnes

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Title: The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Chicago and North Western Railway Company Stennett, W. H. (William H.), 1832-1915
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.

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on the higherbluffs. The poor farmand almshouse of Clin-ton county adjoin the vil- -=lage. The village has one ^f^school, three churches,two flour mills, and onehotel, The Sherman House, Stephenson Countythat can accommodate fifty guests. Goose Lake, 3 port» •* miles southeast, is a great resort for sportsmen;geese, ducks and brant being very abundant. Deepriver (well named, as it is over 15 feet deep) hasrecently been, by the State Fish Commissioner,stocked with young California salmon. Along theriver, Indian mounds and the remains of ancientmining operations are found. Delmar, 171 miles from Chicago, is at the junc-tion of the Davenport & St. Paul R. R, and hasabout 600 inhabitants, one school, one church,(Methodist), a public hall and library, one news-paper, and two hotels—The Junction, and TheRiggs. Maquoketa river is 4 miles, and large andvaluable stone quarries %% miles distant. Maquoketa, 176 miles from Chicago, is thecounty seat of Jackson county,which was organized

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in 1847, and now has 24,000 population. The cityhas 3,000 inhabitants, is built on both sides of theMaquoketa river, and on the edge of the largestbody of timber there is in the State of Iowa (hencethey call this the timber city.) Before the rail-road was built here, steamers ran from the Missis-sippi river to this point. The city is picturesquelylocated on high bluffs, and has fine, wide, wellpaved streets. Considerable manufacturing is car-ried on in the lines of furniture, agricultural imple-ments, and other articles, in which wood is largelyused. The city has one school house that cost,000, and several cheaper ones, six hotels, a finecounty court house, four flour mills, two woolenmills, a tannery, three banks, four churches, and alarge number of fine business houses. Two medici-nal springs within the city limits have large localrepute. Two miles off is an Indian burial ground.The business of this city for 1875 showed overthirty-three per cent, increase over 1874. Nashville, 18

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Catch of the Day

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Four women selling fish.

Thanks to those of you who pointed out that this is Spanish Parade on the Spanish Arch side of the Claddagh in Galway City. That’s Claddagh Quay and Nimmo’s Pier in the background.

According to colman.rushe this photo is mentioned in Peadar O’Dowd’s book Down by the Claddagh, so I went off and got our copy of Down by the Claddagh (1993), and there indeed is this photo with the caption underneath:
"Bringing the fish to market: As this postcard (printed in Berlin) states, four Irish Fish Wifes make their way up along Long Walk to the fish market in front of the Spanish Arch or An Póirse Caoch (the Blind Arch) as it was known then. (Courtesy Jimmy O’Connor)

Now, a bigger challenge would be to identify some of the women, and we have received very tentative information that these women may be Nonnie O’Donnell, Mary Rodgers, Kitty Conneely and a Mrs Gill, all from the Claddagh. Does that ring any bells?

Date: Circa 1905

NLI Ref.: Eas 4055

Pinkeens

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Two little guys with their father/grandfather at the pond in Herbert Park, Dublin. One has his net for catching pinkeens, but thought the other might have been controlling a model boat?

The Pergola and covered walkway just above the far side of the pond sadly fell victim to the Snowpocalypse of winter 2010/2011 and collapsed under the weight of snow and ice. That aside, if you visit Herbert Park today, this scene is completely unchanged.

Slow Loose Chippings told us that the "pond in Herbert Park was once the mill pond for the nearby Mill at Ballsbridge" and Niall McAuley provided us with a map showing that old mill pond.

P.S. "Going fishing" myself for a few days, but will be back in action at the end of the week…

Date: Summer 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 66[3]