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Notes on this view:

This postcard was printed in Austria by an American stationery company run by Max Straube. Located at 56 Fifth Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, Straube was an importer and manufacturer of postcards during the early 20th century. This postcard depicts a chaotic scene in Chicago’s Loop Community Area, the city’s central business district. The accompanying caption reads, “Chicago in 50 years” projecting, from roughly 1906, a vision of the city’s future. Elements of the image are derived from current events and comical exaggerations of the district’s rapidly developing infrastructure and booming population.

Exaggeration, or “tall tale,” postcards were popular during the early 1900s. Scenes were composed from multiple images, often pasted over a photographic background then reproduced either photomechanically or as real photo postcards. This card was printed photomechanically using the collotype process.