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Title	Chicago River, 1870 Northwestern Railroad Station
Artists/Makers	Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)
Place of Origin	Chicago (Ill.)
Date	1902
Physical Description	Oil on canvas on board.
Materials/Techniques	oil paint (paint) canvas board oil painting (technique)
Dimensions	Unframed Height: (8 in); Unframed Width: (6-1/16 in)
Subject Description	Shows people boarding a tugboat. Background shows another boat and red romanesque revival train station.
Classification	visual works (works)
Categories	paintings (visual works)
Object Types	oil paintings (visual works)
Related Corporate Names	Chicago and North Western Railway Terminal (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Places	Chicago River (Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)
Related Terms	tugboats steamships railroad stations workers
Credit Line	Gift of Mrs. Joseph N. Du Canto
Owner	Chicago Historical Society
Copyright Notice	No known copyright restrictions.
Exhibition History	Big Picture. A New View of Painting in Chicago. Chicago History Museum (2007/10/20 - 2008/08/03)
Object Number	1986.768.8
Image File Name	ICHi-36124_a.jpg
Language	English
Repository	Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038.
Collection Name	Museum Collection