Stockyards Gate (Burnham & Root, 1879)
Follow Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus as he navigates the slaughterhouses, factories, red light districts, and jails of turn of the 19th century Chicago.
The map includes 25+ locations mentioned in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle . I have used the expanded 2003 edition which more or less reflects the story from the book’s publication as a serial in the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason in 1905. Being a third longer than the official edition, I choose this edition because it simply had more story to map. I have noted the name changes between editions when applicable.
Each marker has a text excerpt referencing the location. Many have either contemporary pictures from me or historical ones for those real life locations that no longer exist.
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