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Diorama of John Kinzie house.

 

A diorama depicting the John Kinzie's home near Fort Dearborn, Chicago. Kinzie bought his home from Jean Baptise Point DuSable, the first non-native settler in Chicago, in the 1780s and began a trading business with nearby Potawatomi Indians. Kinzie's wife, Eleanor, grew up among the Seneca as a captive.

About this item


Title:
Diorama of John Kinzie house.
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0006_00268_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3696zz24
Type:
Image

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Pioneers
Settlements
Diorama
Indigenous peoples
Subject--Name:
Kinzie, John H., 1803-1865

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
3.25 x 9.25 in.

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
6
Folder:
268
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.


Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)