Chicago, illustrated and descriptive
Subtitle: a description of the city as it appears in 1882
By: Published by N.F. Hodson & Company
Contributors: Knight & Leonard
Publisher: N.F. Hodson & Company
Published: 1882
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Commercial buildings; Pictorial works; Public buildings; Railroad stations
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of engravings illustrating the City of Chicago, with accompanying promotional text.

Full T.p. reads "Comprising, its railway interests, hotels, public buildings, theatres, churches, schools, business blocks, parks and boulevards, suburbs, etc., etc. With illustrations accompanying each description."

Cover page [1] features decorative gold embossed type on black leather, with floral motif and illustration of exposition building. Includes contents page and list of engravings.

Includes images both historic and contemporary (time of publishing) of harbor views, transportation depots featuring several railway stations, street views, commercial buildings, exterior and interior views of hotels, theatres, banks, exposition hall, churches, public buildings, court house, post office and custom house, hospitals, schools, colleges, industrial buildings, home of Ira Brown, recreation, park scenes, fountains and monuments.

Avery Classics copy: T.p includes handwritten note "p. 66 torn! Not in Homes, [Eberstade]".