Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 9x7" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.This photograph is an artist's rendering of a proposed "super-super" highway meant to span the lower end of Lake Michigan. The image shows a model of the multi-level, multi-lane design, which includes lanes for both light and heavy traffic, along with interurban rail service. The location is set between Chicago, Illinois, and a point in Indiana, dated May 18, 1937.The concept presented in this photograph was designed by private citizens Paul Mandeville and Raymond Haag, who were dedicated to exploring improved use of the Chicago area's infrastructure. During the 1930s, visionary projects like this captured public imagination, although many remained unrealized due to the financial and logistical challenges of the era.Text present on photo:FROM WIDE WORLD PHOTOS PLEASE USE CREDIT. PROPOSE SUPER HIGHWAY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. CHICAGO, ILL.--Plans for a "super-super" highway across the lower end of Lake Michigan to provide a fast traffic route from Chicago to the East were exhibited here today. The highway, plans for which call for an island midway between the Chicago terminal and a point in Indiana, would include a six-lane upper deck for light traffic and a four-lane lower deck for heavy traffic and interurban service. The exhibit and design is projected by three private citizens, Paul Mandeville, Raymond Haag, who profess that they have devoted years to a study of the "better use of our environs." Photos show the plan of the Illinois-Indiana overlake highway and a cutaway view of the trafficway. 5/18/37 CHICAGO BUREAU SERV. NY, 3,4,5,6 and directs. Highways Super Highways (in pink ink, left side, vertically oriented) Photo Fletcher (in pink ink, left side, vertically oriented along the edge) Editorial Use Only (stamped in purple ink, overlapping the text area) 2 FEB 8 1983 'GREAT PAVER'S HANDIWORK' Sometimes he goes in for double-deckers (stamped in purple ink, lower left tape area) #151 115-w (in red ink, near the center) Highway superstr (in red ink, across the photograph) Subject to Grain (in black ink, lower left corner, written at an angle)- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.
Price: 28 USD
Location: Carlsbad, California
End Time: 2025-01-28T16:06:53.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Subject: Chicago, transportation, infrastructure, engineering, proposal
Theme: architecture, cities & towns, history, transportation
Featured Person/Artist: Paul Mandeville, Raymond Haag
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Year of Production: 1937
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Size: 9x7 inches
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Number of Photographs: 1
Antique: Yes
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Vintage: Yes
Framing: Unframed
