Picturesque Elgin
Contributors: Whitstruck, Carl Gerard
Publisher: William Ernest McGregor, Carl Gerard Whitstruck
Published: 1902
Place of publication: S.I.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Pictorial works; Streetscapes (Urban design); Clock and watch industry; Municipal buildings; Library buildings; Hospital buildings; Church buildings; Commercial buildings; Hotels; Bank buildings; Railroad stations; Parks; Dairy farms; Letter carriers; Domestic Architecture; Apartment houses; School buildings; Factories; Sherman Hospital; Elgin National Watch Co; Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane (Elgin, Ill.)
Other titles: Picturesque Elgin 1902
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of Elgin, with accompanying text.

Includes photographs of street views, city hall, post office, public library, fire department, public utility buildings, schools, childrens' home, hospital, churches, YMCA, department stores, commercial buildings, hotels, banks, train stations, parks, dairy farms, residences, apartment buildings, and factories.

Includes group portraits of police department, mail carriers, and fire department. Includes series of views along the Fox River, and from a trolley car between Elgin and Aurora, Illinois. Includes one-page advertisement for The Elgin Academy.

Includes three fold-out panoramas: a riverfront view of Elgin, and two views of Lord's Park. Includes numerous views of Elgin National Watch Factory, including employees, factory fire brigade, and employee housing and recreation facilities. Includes interior views of Cutter and Crosette shirt factories.

"The Lithotype Co., Engravers. Van Gorder & Co., Printers. Tock & Coats, Binders."

Avery Classics copy: Small portrait photographs glued to front endpapers, and inscribed "L. B. E."