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Chicago As It Was by Currier & Ives — VisualArtsDB

Chicago As It Was

Chicago As It Was

1800–1926

Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image: 21.2 × 32.6 cm (8 3/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet/primary support: 25.8 × 35.5 cm (10 3/16 × 14 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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