Features
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NEW — Story of Chicago (iPad only, coming soon to iPhone) – Animated interactive e-book, for all ages, telling the story of Chicago from the 1600s on!
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View historic photos of places and people like never before.
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See exactly where each photo was taken in a familiar Map view.
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Learn more about the photo and the history behind it.
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See old photos side by side with current photos and see how things have changed (or how they haven’t)!
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Browse through old illustrations of Chicago from a time before photographs. Look at old advertisements, people, and buildings.
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Each photo’s location is plotted on a Map to easily locate a specific place, and is also available in a list format.
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Share your favorite photos on Twitter & Facebook!
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Historic map view – See a map of Chicago from 1857 on top of the normal map! See the streets, street names and overview of the city as it was long ago.
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Videos – Browse through old videos of events and Chicago
On iPad Version -
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Then & Now – view many historic photos side-by-side with a current photo of the same building or location.
- Illustrations, People, Ads – When there weren’t pictures, there were drawings. Most of the Illustrations here were created over 100 years ago and show parts of Chicago we don’t have photos of.