Norman Erickson
William R. Crawford Lithography Steel Mills at Gary by South Shore Line,
1928
color lithograph
106 x 71.1 cm (41 3/4 x 28 in.)
Chicago Historical Society
The proliferation of railroad lines across the country made travel, whether to natural spectacles of
the American West like Yellowstone and Yosemite, or to industrial wonders like the steelworks on Chicago's South Side, a popular leisure pursuit.