Chicago Under Glass: Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News

by Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob, Chicago Historical Society, et al.

When the Chicago Daily News closed its doors in March 1978 after over a century of publication, the city mourned the loss of an American original. The Daily News boasted the inventive, aggressive writing of such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Ben Hecht. It was also one of the first newspapers in the country to feature black-and-white photography. In 1900, staffers from the paper's art department began lugging bulky cameras, heavy glass...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226089304
• ISBN13: 9780226089300
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 10.3"