Rare Old Map of Chicago by Bartholomew, 1909: Lake Michigan, Govt Pier, Hyde Pk, Jackson Pk, Evanston
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Añade dos artículos elegibles a tu carrito para recibir 20% de descuento. Añade un tercero y será complementario (equivalente a 33% de descuento al comprar tres).
No se necesita código — la oferta se aplica automáticamente al finalizar la compra.
Válido en todos los mapas estándar y impresiones de arte fino. Puedes mezclar y combinar cualquier diseño.
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Environs of Chicago, Illinois presents a crisply observed portrait of the metropolis and its lakeshore hinterland at a defining 1909 moment. Along the wide arc of Lake Michigan, the city’s shoreline is rendered with Bartholomew’s trademark clarity, anchoring the viewer at the water’s edge and guiding the eye inland through an orderly yet dynamic urban fabric. Government Pier marks the engineered threshold between lake and city, emblematic of the era’s harbor ambitions. To the north, the map carries the gaze through South and North Evanston, signaling the reach of Chicago’s suburban orbit; to the south and south‑east, it gathers Hyde Park and Jackson Park into view, revealing a city composed of distinctive districts knit together by grand arterials and a maturing park-and-boulevard vision.
Bartholomew’s composition excels as a city map because it makes the street system itself the protagonist. The famed grid appears as a rational scaffold—Western, Ashland, Kedzie, Cicero, and Harlem Avenues marching north–south—while a set of diagonals lends historical memory and movement to the plan. Milwaukee, Lincoln, Elston, and Ogden Avenues slice across right angles, their oblique courses hinting at older trails and overland routes. East–west spines—Madison and West Madison, Roosevelt, 18th and 22nd, 31st and 47th, Addison and Bryn Mawr—organize neighborhoods into legible strata. Michigan Avenue and State Street, the city’s emblematic commercial axes, stand out as urban theaters, while Clark, Racine, Cottage Grove, Pulaski, and Grand Avenue stitch together residential, industrial, and mercantile zones.
Neighborhood character emerges vividly. Hyde Park and Jackson Park form a cultured lakefront duo: Jackson Park, still resonant with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, opens as a green amphitheater to the lake, with Hyde Park’s intellectual milieu set just inland. Government Pier, projecting at the river mouth, testifies to federal harbor works and the deepening exchange between inland markets and Great Lakes shipping. Farther north, South Evanston and North Evanston register as coherent communities, urban yet verdant along the shore. Along Cottage Grove Avenue and the numbered streets on the South Side, the map captures corridors of growth and civic investment, while Douglas Boulevard on the West Side gestures toward the city’s celebrated park-and-boulevard system and the consolidation of residential districts around generous public space.
The map’s authority rests on John Bartholomew’s consummate craft. Issued by John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh, for the Handy Reference Atlas of the World—edited by J. G. Bartholomew and published by John Walker & Co., London—it exemplifies the firm’s synthesis of aesthetics and analytics. Distinctive color blocks heighten legibility without crowding the page; typography is tuned to hierarchy, allowing major avenues to read instantly while secondary streets remain crisp. The lake’s cool tone acts as a compositional anchor, against which the warm urban palette breathes. This cosmopolitan production places Chicago on a global stage: a Scottish cartographer distilling an American city’s infrastructure with the even-handed precision that made Bartholomew atlases indispensable to travelers, scholars, and planners alike.
Historically, the sheet is a snapshot taken on the threshold of modern planning. Published the same year as the Plan of Chicago, it fixes the city just before Burnham’s civic vision began reshaping boulevards, parks, and the monumental lakefront. As a city map it is notable for how clearly it registers Chicago’s organizing logic—State Street and Madison Street as cardinal axes, the audacious grid reaching to the limits, and diagonals like Ogden and Milwaukee encoding earlier mobility systems. It charts suburban consolidation up the shore to Evanston and marks maritime modernization at Government Pier, while east–west arteries such as Madison, Roosevelt, and 31st demonstrate how commerce and neighborhoods braided together. The result is a lucid, time-true portrait of a city poised for transformation.
Streets and roads on this map
- Addison
- Archer Avenue
- Ashland Avenue
- Bryn Mawr Avenue
- Clark Street
- Cottage Grove Avenue
- Damen Avenue
- Douglas Boulevard
- Elston Avenue
- Grand Avenue
- Harlem Avenue
- Kedzie Avenue
- Lincoln Avenue
- Madison Street
- Michigan Avenue
- Milwaukee Avenue
- Ogden Avenue
- Old Town Road
- Pulaski Road
- Racine Avenue
- Roosevelt Road
- State Street
- Western Avenue
- West Madison Street
- 18th Street
- 22nd Street
- 31st Street
- 47th Street
Notable Features & Landmarks
- Lake Michigan
- Various neighborhoods and districts of Chicago
- Government Pier
- Jackson Park
- Hyde Park
- South Evanston
- North Evanston
Historical and design context
- Date created: 1909
- Mapmaker/publisher: Created by John Bartholomew; issued by John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh, for the Handy Reference Atlas of the World (edited by J. G. Bartholomew) and published by John Walker & Co., London.
- Mapmaker context: John Bartholomew was known for detailed, informative, and aesthetically pleasing maps with clear labeling and distinctive color schemes.
- Topics and themes: Illustrates early 20th-century urban planning and infrastructure, highlighting roadways, notable landmarks, and districts in the Chicago area.
- Design/style: Characteristic, readable Bartholomew style with an antique-appropriate color palette that enhances legibility.
- Historical significance: Visual documentation of Chicago’s urban landscape during a period of significant growth and development.
Please double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.
This map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 90in (230cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
This map is taller than most, which would make it a perfect statement piece in a panelled room, on a gallery wall, or perhaps alongside another tall piece of art or furniture.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
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Todos mis mapas y impresiones artísticas están bien empaquetados y enviados en un tubo resistente si no están enmarcados, o rodeados de espuma si están enmarcados.
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Mi marco estándar es un marco de madera de fresno negro estilo galería. Es simple y tiene un aspecto bastante moderno. Mi marco estándar tiene alrededor de 20 mm (0.8 in) de ancho.
Utilizo acrílico super claro (perspex/acrylite) para el vidrio del marco. Es más ligero y seguro que el vidrio, y se ve mejor, ya que la reflectividad es menor.
Seis colores de marco estándar están disponibles de forma gratuita (negro, marrón oscuro, gris oscuro, roble, blanco y oro antiguo).El enmarcado y montaje/matizado personalizado está disponible si buscas algo diferente.
La mayoría de los mapas, arte e ilustraciones también están disponibles como un lienzo enmarcado. Utilizamos lienzo de algodón mate (no brillante), lo estiramos sobre un marco de madera de caja de origen sostenible, y luego 'flotamos' la pieza dentro de un marco de madera. El resultado final es bastante hermoso, y no hay cristal que se interponga.
Todos los marcos se proporcionan "listos para colgar", con una cuerda o soportes en la parte posterior. Los marcos muy grandes tendrán placas de colgar de alta resistencia y/o un listón de montaje. Si tienes alguna pregunta, por favor ponte en contacto.
Mira algunos ejemplos de mis mapas enmarcados y mapas en lienzo enmarcados.
Alternativamente, también puedo proporcionar mapas antiguos y obras de arte en lienzo, tablero de espuma, papel de algodón y otros materiales.
Si deseas enmarcar tu mapa o obra de arte tú mismo, por favor lee mi guía de tamaños primero.
Mis mapas son reproducciones de mapas originales de altísima calidad.
Obtengo mapas originales y raros de bibliotecas, casas de subastas y colecciones privadas de todo el mundo, los restauro en mi taller de Londres y luego uso tintas e impresoras giclée especializadas para crear hermosos mapas que lucen incluso mejor que el original.
Mis mapas están impresos en papel de archivo mate (no brillante) sin ácido que se siente de muy alta calidad y casi como una tarjeta. En términos técnicos, el peso/grosor del papel es de 10 mil/200 g/m². Es perfecto para enmarcar.
Imprimo con tintas pigmentadas Epson ultrachrome giclée UV resistentes a la decoloración, algunas de las mejores tintas que puedes encontrar.
yo también puedo hacer mapas sobre lienzo, trapo de algodón y otros materiales exóticos.
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Personalización de mapas
Si está buscando el regalo perfecto de aniversario o inauguración de la casa, puedo personalizar su mapa para hacerlo verdaderamente único. Por ejemplo, puedo agregar un mensaje corto, resaltar una ubicación importante o agregar el escudo de armas de su familia.
Las opciones son casi infinitas. Por favor mira mi página de personalización de mapas para ver algunos maravillosos ejemplos de lo que es posible.
Para pedir un mapa personalizado, seleccione "personalizar su mapa" antes de agregarlo a su carrito.
Ponerse en contacto si buscas personalizaciones y personalizaciones más complejas.
Envejecimiento del mapa
A lo largo de los años, los clientes me han preguntado cientos de veces si podían comprar un mapa que se viera uniforme. más viejo.
Bueno, ahora puedes hacerlo seleccionando Envejecido antes de agregar un mapa a tu carrito.
Todas las fotografías de productos que ve en esta página muestran el mapa en su forma original. Así es como se ve el mapa hoy.
Si selecciona Envejecido, envejeceré su mapa a mano, usando un proceso especial y único desarrollado a través de años de estudiar mapas antiguos, hablar con investigadores para comprender la química del envejecimiento del papel y, por supuesto... ¡mucha práctica!
Si no estás seguro, quédate con el color original del mapa. Si quieres algo un poco más oscuro y más viejo buscando, opte por Envejecido.
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Environs of Chicago, Illinois presents a crisply observed portrait of the metropolis and its lakeshore hinterland at a defining 1909 moment. Along the wide arc of Lake Michigan, the city’s shoreline is rendered with Bartholomew’s trademark clarity, anchoring the viewer at the water’s edge and guiding the eye inland through an orderly yet dynamic urban fabric. Government Pier marks the engineered threshold between lake and city, emblematic of the era’s harbor ambitions. To the north, the map carries the gaze through South and North Evanston, signaling the reach of Chicago’s suburban orbit; to the south and south‑east, it gathers Hyde Park and Jackson Park into view, revealing a city composed of distinctive districts knit together by grand arterials and a maturing park-and-boulevard vision.
Bartholomew’s composition excels as a city map because it makes the street system itself the protagonist. The famed grid appears as a rational scaffold—Western, Ashland, Kedzie, Cicero, and Harlem Avenues marching north–south—while a set of diagonals lends historical memory and movement to the plan. Milwaukee, Lincoln, Elston, and Ogden Avenues slice across right angles, their oblique courses hinting at older trails and overland routes. East–west spines—Madison and West Madison, Roosevelt, 18th and 22nd, 31st and 47th, Addison and Bryn Mawr—organize neighborhoods into legible strata. Michigan Avenue and State Street, the city’s emblematic commercial axes, stand out as urban theaters, while Clark, Racine, Cottage Grove, Pulaski, and Grand Avenue stitch together residential, industrial, and mercantile zones.
Neighborhood character emerges vividly. Hyde Park and Jackson Park form a cultured lakefront duo: Jackson Park, still resonant with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, opens as a green amphitheater to the lake, with Hyde Park’s intellectual milieu set just inland. Government Pier, projecting at the river mouth, testifies to federal harbor works and the deepening exchange between inland markets and Great Lakes shipping. Farther north, South Evanston and North Evanston register as coherent communities, urban yet verdant along the shore. Along Cottage Grove Avenue and the numbered streets on the South Side, the map captures corridors of growth and civic investment, while Douglas Boulevard on the West Side gestures toward the city’s celebrated park-and-boulevard system and the consolidation of residential districts around generous public space.
The map’s authority rests on John Bartholomew’s consummate craft. Issued by John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh, for the Handy Reference Atlas of the World—edited by J. G. Bartholomew and published by John Walker & Co., London—it exemplifies the firm’s synthesis of aesthetics and analytics. Distinctive color blocks heighten legibility without crowding the page; typography is tuned to hierarchy, allowing major avenues to read instantly while secondary streets remain crisp. The lake’s cool tone acts as a compositional anchor, against which the warm urban palette breathes. This cosmopolitan production places Chicago on a global stage: a Scottish cartographer distilling an American city’s infrastructure with the even-handed precision that made Bartholomew atlases indispensable to travelers, scholars, and planners alike.
Historically, the sheet is a snapshot taken on the threshold of modern planning. Published the same year as the Plan of Chicago, it fixes the city just before Burnham’s civic vision began reshaping boulevards, parks, and the monumental lakefront. As a city map it is notable for how clearly it registers Chicago’s organizing logic—State Street and Madison Street as cardinal axes, the audacious grid reaching to the limits, and diagonals like Ogden and Milwaukee encoding earlier mobility systems. It charts suburban consolidation up the shore to Evanston and marks maritime modernization at Government Pier, while east–west arteries such as Madison, Roosevelt, and 31st demonstrate how commerce and neighborhoods braided together. The result is a lucid, time-true portrait of a city poised for transformation.
Streets and roads on this map
- Addison
- Archer Avenue
- Ashland Avenue
- Bryn Mawr Avenue
- Clark Street
- Cottage Grove Avenue
- Damen Avenue
- Douglas Boulevard
- Elston Avenue
- Grand Avenue
- Harlem Avenue
- Kedzie Avenue
- Lincoln Avenue
- Madison Street
- Michigan Avenue
- Milwaukee Avenue
- Ogden Avenue
- Old Town Road
- Pulaski Road
- Racine Avenue
- Roosevelt Road
- State Street
- Western Avenue
- West Madison Street
- 18th Street
- 22nd Street
- 31st Street
- 47th Street
Notable Features & Landmarks
- Lake Michigan
- Various neighborhoods and districts of Chicago
- Government Pier
- Jackson Park
- Hyde Park
- South Evanston
- North Evanston
Historical and design context
- Date created: 1909
- Mapmaker/publisher: Created by John Bartholomew; issued by John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh, for the Handy Reference Atlas of the World (edited by J. G. Bartholomew) and published by John Walker & Co., London.
- Mapmaker context: John Bartholomew was known for detailed, informative, and aesthetically pleasing maps with clear labeling and distinctive color schemes.
- Topics and themes: Illustrates early 20th-century urban planning and infrastructure, highlighting roadways, notable landmarks, and districts in the Chicago area.
- Design/style: Characteristic, readable Bartholomew style with an antique-appropriate color palette that enhances legibility.
- Historical significance: Visual documentation of Chicago’s urban landscape during a period of significant growth and development.
Please double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.
This map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 90in (230cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
This map is taller than most, which would make it a perfect statement piece in a panelled room, on a gallery wall, or perhaps alongside another tall piece of art or furniture.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.

