Historical Map: Interurban Railways Around Chicago, c. 1921
A lovely map of the electric interurban lines radiating out from Chicago “over hill and valley, by lake and stream,” compiled by the Chicago Evening Standard newspaper. The source I obtained this map from tentatively dates it to 1921; perhaps people with more familiarity with the history of the railways represented would be able to verify this better than I can. The map covers a massive area: over 200 miles from east to west, and […]