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REAL ESTATE ADVERTISEMENTS MAPS

1) ALBANY PARK – 1909 Advertisement Map of A. H. HILL & CO.'s RE-SUB: Argyle Av + Christiana Ave
2) ALBANY PARK – 1899 Advertisement Map of Mason’s SUB on Irving Park Road
3) ALBANY PARK – 1906 Advertisement Map of Tryon & Davis 3 Additions to Irving Park
4) Austin - South Austin - 1916 Advertisement Map of New Park ADD:
5) Austin - North Austin - 1911 Advertisement Map of: Ullmann’s & West North Avenue SUBs
6) Avondale neighborhood- 1889 Advertisement Map of Heafield’s Milwaukee Avenue SUB.
7) Avondale - 1895 Advertisement Map of Givins' North - West SUB
8) Avondale - 1889 Advertisement Map of H. E. Gross NW ADD to Chicago ALL text is in German!
9) Barrington_Beautiful Beaumont Estates_booklet
10) Barrington_A.McIntosh+Co.Hillside ADD_1929
11) Bedford Park & Clearing/Chicago: 1924 Advertisement Map Of Bedford Park & Clearing/Chicago: Clearing-Argo Industrial District
12) Bedford Park + Summit: 1924 Argo SUB by H. H. Bremer: Harlem Avenue & 63rd Street SUB
13) Belmont Craigin 1923 Advertisement Map of “Beautiful Bungalows Homes”, or “Portage Park
-The Beautiful” by the developer, Niels Buck & Co
14) Berwyn: 1908 Advertisement Map Of Herbert N. Rose's SUB
15) Berwyn + Cicero ______ Advertisement Map of E. A. Cummings Ridgeland Ave- 22nd Street - Central Ave_29-39-13
16) Beverly neighborhood: 1890 Advertisement Map Of Wm. P. Hillard’s Loongwood & Vicinity
17) Beverly - 1910 Advertisement Map Of Walden Manor of the Ridge
18) Beverly: 1924 Advertisement Map Of Beverly Woods SUB
19) Blue Island - 1921 Advertisement Map Of: Robertson's Ridge SUB
20) Brighton Park - 1910 Advertisement Map by famous developers McIntosh Brothers ADD
21) Brighton Park - 1909 Advertisement Map Of Skoville, Walker & McElwees SUB
22) Brighton Park_Central Manufacturing District_1926_11-38-13
23) Brookfield______ Advertisement Map of 1st + 2nd ADD to Grossdale
24) Brookfield______ Advertisement Map of Grossdale Lots
25) Brookfield______ Advertisement Map of Plat of Grossdale
26) Budlong Woods - 1924 R. E. AD Map of Britigan's Budlong Woods Golf Club ADD
27) Budlong Woods - 1924 R. E. Advert. Map of Devon And Cicero Avenue ADD
28) Budlong Woods ca.1920s Map Of Oliver Salinger & Co.'s Lincoln Avenue SUB
29) Budlong Woods_vicinity map for Salinger.s Lincoln Ave Addition, above
30) Burnside - 1890 Real Estate Advert. Map of SUB in Dauphin Park
31) Burnside - 1890 Real Estate Advert. Map of the Dauphin Park SUBs
32) Chatham - 1914 Real Estate Advert. Map of Chatham Fields SUB
33) Cicero: 1891 Advertisement Map of part of Grant Locomotive Works ADD
34) Cicero: 1916 Advertisement Map of part of Parkholme SUB
35) Cicero: 1916 Advertisement Map of part of Industrial Manufacturing District by Grant Land Association
36) Des Plaines, IL: 1891 Advertisement Map of Whites Riverview Addition
37) Des Plaines, IL: 1894 Advertisement Map of Oliver Salinger & Co.'s Touhy Avenue SUB
38) Des Plaines_1926+1943 Advertisement Map of Westfield Gardens_ Sec. 19-41-12 by H. H. Bremer
39) Downers Grove_A.McIntosh Belmont Country Club ADD_1927_1-38-10_6-38-11
40) East Chicago, Indiana 1903 Advertisement Map Map: Indiana Harbor, It is a beautiful 2- sided lithograph
41) East Chicago, Indiana 1901 Advertisement Map Map: Indiana Harbor, by Rand McNally Engravers, Chicago
42) East Chicago_1952 Block Map of
43) East Chicago: Indiana Harbor_small_2-sided_Rand McNally [see a large one - everything’s on one side]
44) East Chicago_Advertisement map of Subdivisions_by Calumet Canal + Improvement Co.
45) East Chicago, Indiana 1901-03 Advertisement Map Map: W.J.Hayne Co.Printers highlighted in pink
46) East Chicago, Indiana 1903 Map: East Chicago Co. Factory Sites + Acres, by GHN
47) East Side neighbrhd – 1873 +1874+ 1882 Advertisement map of Three Additions by Taylor
48) East Side neighborhood – 1873 ?? antique map of Iron Workers ADD to South Chicago in Sec. 8-37-15
49) East Side neighborhood 1875 ?? Advertisement Map of Iron Workers Addition in Sec. 17-37-15 by F. C. Rossiter
50) East Side_Advertisement_Ironworkers ADD_ca.1880 ??_ S 8-37-15
51) Edgebrook Manor - 1921 Advertisement map of a SUB of part of Arthur Bronson’s Reserve
52) South Edgebrook_Devon+Cicero_by Nick Ellis
53) Edgewater - ca. 1920s Advertisement Map Of Edgewater - North Edgewater: Grady's Fifth Green Briar Addition SUB
54) Edgewater - 1924 Advertisement Map of North Edgewater: Krenn & Dato's Crawford & Peterson ADD
55) Edgewater 1916 Advertisement Map Of Part Of North Edgewater: Wm. L. Wallen's Faber Add to North Edgewater
56) Edison Park neighborhood ______ Advertisement map
57) Elmhurst, IL. - 1892 Advertisement map of part of E.A. Cummings & Company Central ADD
58) Evanston - 1923 Advertisement map of part of - Howard Terminal Addition
59) Evanston: _____ Advertisement map of Highlands 4 sale by Mitchell Brothers
60) Forest Glen neighborhood - 1923 Advertisement Map of Lane’s Forest Preserve Addition
61) Gage Park- 1911 Advertisement map
62) West Garfield Park - 1873 Advertisement Map Of Part Of West Chicago Land Co.’s Subdivision
63) Garfield Ridge - 1916 Advertisement Map Of Part Of a SUB by the famous developer, Frederick H. Bartlett
64) Gladstone Park area_Elston+Bryn Mawr_Business ADD
65) Glen Ellyn, IL: 1904 Advertisement Map of E.W. Zander & Co's ADD
66) Glen Ellyn, IL: 1900 Advertisement Map of Cross Country Club ADD by F.C.Rositter
67) Glencoe____ Advertisement map of Glencoe Woods SUB_Sec.12-42-12
68) Glencoe 1956 Advertisement map of Greta Lederer’s New Strawberry Hill SUB
69) Gresham Neighborhood - 1889 Advertisement Map Of Englewood Heights SUB;
70) Gresham Neighborhood - 1891 Advertisement Map Of Auburn Heights SUB by Beifeld Brothers; Sec. 31-38-14
71) Hamilton Park Neighborhood 1911 Advertisement Map Of Madlung & Eidmann’s SUB
72) Hammond, Indiana 1890s Map of [booklet], representing the interests of Earnst W. Sohl, owner & developer
73) Harvey _____ Advertisement Map of Sibley-Riverside Heights
74) City Of Harvey, IL - 1892 Advertisement Map RED - earlier one
75) City Of Harvey, IL - 1894 Advertisement Map Blue - later one
76) Hazel Crest____ Advertisement Map of Hazel Crest Park SUB
77) Hegewisch_1905 Advertisement Map of Chemical Works SUB_29-37-15
78) Hollywood Park_ 1915 Advertisement Map of Arcadia Terrace_2 maps – 2 Phases of sales
79) Hollywood Park_ 1918 Advertisement Map of Britiganwood SUB_2nd Phase of sales
80) Humboldt Park: 1888 Advertisement Map of J.R. Lane’s Re-Subdivision, w/notes
81) Humbold Park_1887 Advertisement Map of Hosmer+Mackeys SUB_2-39-13
82) Humbold Park_1872 Advertisement Map of Winslow-Jacobcons SUB_
83) Hyde Park: 1883 Advertisement Map of East End SUB in Hyde Park
84) Idlewild Lake, Michigan: 1911 Advertisement Map of Idlewild Lake Area Lots & Acres, in Lake County, Michigan, about 70 mi. North of Grand Rapids, MI. 2-sided original lithograph this resort has rich history
85) Illinois. Map of - 1866 Advertisement map of IL Central RR Co’s lands 4 sale_
86) Irving Park: 1906 Advertisement Map of Tryon & Davis 3 Additions
87) Irving Park: 1899 Advertisement Map of Irving Park + The Villa Historic District
88) Irving Park: ______ Advertisement Map of S.E.Gross Great Milwaukee Ave. ADD
89) West Irving Park: 1891 Advertisement Map of Koester & Zander’s Grayland Park SUB
90) Jackson Park Highlands 1905 Advertisement Booklet of Jackson Park Highlands Historic District
91) Jackson Park_Bryn Mawr Highlands_2-sided
92) Jefferson Park + Portage Park: 1860 Advertisement map of School Trustees’ Division of Section 16-40-13, bounded by Lawrence Ave. + Cicero Ave. + Irving Park Road + Central Ave.- the oldest advertisement map, found so far
93) Jefferson Park ____Advertisement Map of Free’s SUB
94) Jefferson Park & Forest Glen: 1912+1913 Advertisement Map of Kinzie Estates + Kinsey Jefferson Park SUB No.2, both located in Jefferson Park & Kinsey Jefferson Park SUB No. 1, which, I believe, in part, is located in Forest Glen
95) Jefferson Park - 1914 Advertisement Map of Collins & Gauntlett’s Jefferson Gardens SUB
96) Jefferson Park - 1915 Advertisement Map of Chas Christmann and Henry Gnaedinger’s SUB
97) Jefferson Park- 1891 Advertisement Map of E. H. West’s ADD to Jefferson Park
98) Jefferson Park - 1919 Advertisement Map of Edwin Romberg Re-SUB Of Silverman's Mayfair SUB.
99) Jefferson Park - 1893 Real Estate Design Map of Wickershams Elston Avenue SUB: Peterson+Austin+Elston Area
100) Jefferson Park & Norwood Park - 1917 Advertisement Map Of Murdock, James & Co., Milwaukee Ave. ADD to Chicago
101) Jefferson Park- 1923 Advertisement Map of Elston-Central-Bryn Mawr Business Center
102) Jefferson Park - 1892 Advertisement Map of Scotts ADD & Stewart D. Andersons ADDs
103) Jefferson Park - 1915 Advertisement Map of Bartels & Golbeck's Elston Ave.SUB. etc. by L. A. Kinsey, owner & developer
104) Jefferson Park - ____Advertisement Map of Kinsey's Forest Garden No. 2 SUB
105) Kenilworth_1912 Advertisement Map of Estate of Joseph Sears_3 maps - 3 Phases of sales
106) LaGrange_____ Advertisement Map of De-Luxe ADD_5-38-12_ 2-sided
107) LaGrange, _____ Advertisement Map for F. D. Cossitt: Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
108) LaGrange Park, ca.1930s_ Advertisement Map by R.E. Board
109) Lake Bluff, IL: 1924 Advertisement Map of Rockland Manor
110) Lake Villa, IL: 1921 Advertisement Booklet of Petite Lake Park
111) Lake Zurich: 1947 Advertisement Map of Rand Estates_20-43-10
112) Libertyville, IL - 1893 Advertisement Map Of C. Frank Wright’s ADD
113) Libertyville, IL 1949 Advertisement Map Of Percy Wilson’s Oak Spring Woods SUB
114) Logan Square - 1904 Advertisement Map of O.A. Lewis & Co.'s Logan Square Lots
115) Logan Square - 1873 Advertisement Map of Maplewood’s 2 SUBs [found better copy in 2022]
116) Lombard DuPage Co.: 1933 Advertisement Map of Lombard Terrace Acres
117) Marquette Park: 1893 Advertisement Map of R.C. Givins & Co. New City Of Marlboro
118) Marquette Park: 1876 Advertisement Map of John F. Eberhart’s SUB
119) Mayfair neighborhood: 1923 Advertisement Map of Fry & Jacobsen,s Elston-Lawrence- Cicero SUB
120) Maywood, IL: 1910 Advertisement Map of F.C. Wood's Addition
121) Melrose Park, IL: 1873 Advertisement Map of S.M. Bloss & Company’s Property
122) Mount Prospect: ANTE-FIRE_1870 Advertisement Map of E.C. Eggleston SUB
123) Mt. Prospect______ Advertisement Map of Prospect Park Golf Club SUB
124) Niles_____ Advertisement Map of Grennan Heights SUB_24-41-12
125) Northbrook, IL: 1955 Advertisement Map of Wyatt & Coons Landwehr Estates Units # 2+3
126) North Lawndale Neighborhood: 1909 Advertisement Map Of New Tabor Park SUB
127) North Park: 1893 Advertisement Map all text is in Swedish Sec. 3-40-13 H. H. Bremer’s copy
128) Norwood Park: 1914 Advertisement Map of Frank A. Rockhold’s SUB: Milwaukee + Nagle+ Holbrook
129) Norwood Park: 1923 Advertisement Map of Kinsey's Higgins Road SUB
130) Norwood Park: 1917 Advertisement Map of Kinsey’s Norwood Park SUB
131) Norwood Park: 1926 Advertisement Map of Sandles’ Higgins-Canfield Subdivision
132) Oak Lawn: 1890 Advertisement Map of Minnick’s Oak Lawn SUB
133) Oak Park: 1890 Advertisement Map of Austin Park SUB
134) Palos Hills_1945 Advertisement map of Frank DeLugachs Catherine Highlands_11-37-12
135) Palos Hills_1947 Advertisement map of Frank DeLugachs Ruth Acres_11-37-12
136) Palos Hills_1941 Advertisement map of Frank DeLugachs Hill Top Woods_11-37-12
137) Palos Hills_1941 Advertisement map of Frank DeLugachs 103rd Street Manor_11-37-12
138) Palos Hills_1945 Advertisement map of Charles Beelels Josephine Highlands_11-37-12
139) Palos Hills_____ Advertisement map of Frank Delugachs _Walnut Woods_11-37-12
140) Palos Park_____ Advertisement map of Monson & Co. 2nd Palos Park SUB
141) Park Ridge, IL: 1889 Advertisement Map of Stephens ADD-n to Park Ridge
142) Park Ridge, IL: 1923 Advertisement Map of Kinsey’s Subdivision
143) Park Ridge, IL: 1924 Advertisement Map Of Chas. A. Scott’s Villas & First Addition
144) Park Ridge: 1924 Advertisement map of Feuerborn+Klodes Howard Ave.ADD_Sec. 27-41-12 by H.H.B.
145) Park Ridge______ Advertisement map of Dale D. Sheets Park Avenue Terrace
146) Park Ridge: _____ Advertisement map of H. Roy Berry Co.’s Golf View Highlands, Sec.26- 41-12
147) Petite Lake_Lake Co_ Advertisement map Sec.30-46-10_2-sided
148) Petit Lake landscape map for the above
149) Pill Hill as part of Calumet Heights 1887 Advertisement Map SE/4 12-37-14
150) Portage Park: 1911 Advertisement Map of Wm. Kerfoot & Co.'s SUB
151) Portage Park- Houses+Bungalows+Cottages: _____ Advertisement Map by Oliver L. Watson
152) Niels Buck_Portage Park-The Beautiful_2-sided
153) West Pullman - 1880 Advertisement Map Of Kensington
154) Pullman Area's South Edge – 1910 Advertisement map of Foote & O’Toole Subdivision
155) Riverdale, IL: 1926 Advertisement Map of Ivanhoe, “A Community of Distinction”
156) Riverdale, IL: 1891 Advertisement Map of Crocker & Harper’s Riverdale Addition to Chicago
157) Riverdale, IL: 1891 Advertisement Map of Spies' Addition to Chicago in Riverdale
158) Riverside, IL - 1891 Advertisement Map of the original Town & Village
159) River Forest: 1890 Advertisement Map of E.A. Cummings River Forest Residential Lots
160) River Grove: 1903 Advertisement Map of “Park Grove and River Park” by Rhodes & Clarke
161) East Rogers Park – 1913 Advertisement Map of Wm. L. Wallen's Addition
162) East Rogers Park - 1894 Advertisement Map of Birchwood Beach SUB
163) East Rogers Park_1928 Advertisement Map of Robey-Edgewater Gold Club ADD
164) East Rogers Park - 1895 Advertisement Map: Rogers park in red, smaller size than the other copy
165) Rogers Park – need to re-scan 2nd page ca. 1920 Advertisement Map of Devon-Western Addition to Rogers Park
166) Rogers Park - 1898 Advertisement Map of S. Rogers Touhy Original Owners Map
167) West Rogers Park: 1916 Advertisement Map of Gallup & Schiesswohl’s ADD
168) West Rogers Park_AD_Arthur Avenue SUB_for sale by Henry Schoolcraft _1914_blue
169) Roseland/Rosemoor: 1916 Advertisement Map Of Bartlett's Greater Chicago SUB
170) Roseland_1917 Advertisement map of Vernon Park SUB_3-37-14_by M.L.G.
171) Roseland_West Chesterfield____ Advertisement map of Fairmount SUB_3-37-14
172) Rosemont Cemetery: 1915 Advertisement Map of Rosemont Cemetery, n. k. a. ZION GARDENS, f. k. a. Rosemont Cemetery. We found plan of the cemetery, 69 pages of relevant documents, photos, etc.
173) Round Lake Beach_____ Advertisement Map Ridgewood ADD_U.1_16-45-10
174) Round Lake Park - 1933 Advertisement Map
175) Sauganash area - 1924 Advertisement Map of Nick M. Ellis Company Cicero – Peterson Ave. Addition
176) Skokie, IL: ca. 1920s Advertisement Map of "The Bronx"
177) Skokie, IL: 1924 Advertisement Map Of Main St & Cicero Ave. Additions
178) Skokie_____ Advertisement Map of George F. Nixon.s Howard Ave. ADD
179) Skokie_1926 Advertisement Map of Krenn-Dato_Cicero-Lincoln-Howard_NW.4_27-41-13_
180) Skokie_1925 North Side Realty Advertisement Map of Dempster-Golf Course ADD_NE ¼ of Sec. 23-41-13
181) Skokie, IL - _____ Advertisement Map of McCormick Oakton Industrial District
182) Skokie, IL - _____ Advertisement Map Northwestern Extension Realty Howard St + Lincoln Ave. SUB
183) Skokie, IL - _____ Advertisement Map North Side Realty Dempster Golf Course SUB
184) South Chicago - 1912 Advertisement Map Canal+Dock Co.s Lands for sale_1912
185) South Shore neighborhood – 1909 Advertisement Map of Bryn Mawr SUB
186) South Shore: 1890 Advertisement Map Jeffery Ave. Syndicate SUB_25-38-14
187) South Shore - 1923 Advertisement Map of part of South Shore Park SUB
188) South Side neighborhood – 1906 Advertisement Map Re-SUB of Washington Park Club ADD colorful
189) Stickney_____ Advertisement Map City Farms SUB, Sec. 5-38-13
190) Summit_____ Advertisement Map of Argo-Clearing District_12-38-12
191) Summit _____ Advertisement Map of Argo_Corn Products SUB
192) Tinley Park_____ Advertisement Map of Lincoln Heights
193) Ukrainian Village 1894 Advertisement Map of Suffern's Subdivision
194) Villa Park: 1910 Advertisement Map of Ardmore SUB sooo beautiful
195) Villa Park: 1915 Advertisement Map of Adler Realty Co.’s 2nd ADD to Ardmore Highlands
196) Villa Park: 1915 Advertisement Map of Adler Realty Co’s Ardmore Highlands & Additions to Villa Park, DuPage County, IL
197) Washington Park neighborhood - 1911 Advertisement Map
198) Waukegan, IL: 1923 Advertisement Map of Bonnie Brook Golf Club
199) West Lawn neighborhood - 1917 Advertisement Map of Marquette Park Addition
200) Western Springs _____ Advertisement Map Sec.5+6-T38-12
201) Whiting, Indiana_AD map of Forsyth's Terminal SUB_plat by F.C.Rossiter_1903
202) Whiting, Indiana_AD Jacob Forsyth lands for sale_plat by F.C.Rossiter_1903 different than above
203) Willow Spring_f. k. a. Spring Forest_Mount Forest SUB part_33-38-12
204) Winnetka_AD Sub in Bl.16 of Hubbard Estates_by Chas. Roberts_1901_17-42-13
205) Wisconsin_Bayfield County_____ Advertisement Map of Orchard Valley_do we have other pages ??
206) Wisconsin: Miscauno Island Resort on Menominee River in Northeastern Wisconsin:


a) AD booklet_Miscauno Lodge_1905;
b) AD booklet_4 Season Club_Miscauno Lodge_newer_1923-1924;
c) 1904 Road map from Chicago to Miscauno Island, by one of our predecessors, Wm. Kramer, Engineer & Surveyor, that was included into 1905 advertisement booklet;
d) 1922 original Boundary/Topographic map of the Miscauno Island, by one of our predecessors,
Wm. Kramer, Engineer & Surveyor, that was included into 1923-1924 advertisement booklet;
e) copy of the original 1855 Government Survey of part of the State of Wisconsin in 1847
[acknowledged by, then Surveyor General, Warner Lewis]; this resort has rich history
207) Woodlawn - 1906 Advertisement Map of Re-SUB of New Washington Park Club ADD to Chicago
208) Wood Dale____ Advertisement map of H. O. Stone Irving Park Road ADD_10+15-40-11

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