Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive) and Link Bridge photograph album, ca. 1937.

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Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive) and Link Bridge photograph album, ca. 1937.

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Photograph album contains 44 mounted silver gelatin prints documenting the construction of and the completed Link Bridge over the Chicago River and the north and south approach connections of Lake Shore Drive. Completed in October, 1937, the bridge and the approaches were the first projects in Chicago under the direction of the Public Works Administration.

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Aurora University, Phillips Library

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Aurora University, Phillips Library

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