Louis Joliet

This photograph was taken from a plaque of the Chicago Historical Society. It is the image of Louis Joliet, a fur trader who, with Father Marquette, first brought the world's attention to the possibilities of what some day was to become Chicago.

Publication date: 1929-10-06

Size: 14.5 x 7.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Explorers--French--1670-1680
• Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Still life 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 (October 6, 1929), Picture Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Historical society