Touring Lake Shore Drive by airplane

Aerial view of Lake Shore Drive. The photograph was taken by Lieutenant Grafton Wiggins in an assignment to map Chicago and make a pictorial argument for the establishment of a government flying station in Chicago.

Publication date: 1919-05-11

Size: 24.2 x 31.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• North Side (Chicago, Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Cityscapes--1910-1920
• City planning--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920

Genre(s):

• Aerial photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 11, 1919), Part 1/News, p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Wiggins, Grafton, Lieut.

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)