50 Stunning Vintage Photographs of Chicago

And you say Chi City.

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We already covered New York and Los Angeles, so it's only right that we hop in the Delorean again to see another great American city grow—Chicago, Illinois. The birthplace of Kanye West and Common, and the setting of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Family Matters, Chicago is a city full of culture, beauty, deep dish pizza joints, and history.

Whether you've never been or even if you've lived there your whole life, take a couple minutes and honor the history of "The Windy City" with this gallery of 50 Stunning Vintage Photographs of Chicago.

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Skyline

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Under a draw bridge

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U-turn

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Wabash Avenue

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Chicago Theater, 1949

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Wrigley Building under Construction

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Madison St. Bridge

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South Indiana Avenue tenement

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Bridges and viaducts

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Webster Ave. Bridge and Wells St. Bridge

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Michigan Avenue

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John Hancock Building

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Masonic Temple

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Fireworks

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"Chicago, November 1956"

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"The Heart of Chicago"

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"Wrigley Building at Night"

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Great Northern Hotel

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The Congress Expressway

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"Train sheds, Chicago & North Western Railway station."

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Horses and lions in the snow

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Angles

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Public Enemy

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Chicago Nights

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Robert Taylor Homes

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Lake Shore Drive at North Ave.

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Randolph Street

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"Iron Worker"

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"Jackknife Bridge, Chicago River."

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Marina City

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South Water Street Freight Depot

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Acrobat on the Morrison Hotel

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The Greatest

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Century of Progress World's Fair

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Kiddieland Ferris Wheel

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Sun Times building reflection

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Fire in the Rothschild Building

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Illinois Central Freight Yard

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View of Wacker at Michigan Ave

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"Alley"

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State and Washington

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Untitled, 1966

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Crossing LaSalle at Calhoun

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"Porch Alley"

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Hancock Tower construction

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"Arriving from the suburbs."

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Chicago Theater

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"State Street south from Lake Street"

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Under the elevated railway

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Hiawatha Streamliner

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