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<p>When the <i>Chicago Daily News</i> closed its doors in March 1978 after over a century of publication, the city mourned the loss of an American original. The <i>Daily News</i> boasted the inventive, aggressive writing of such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Ben Hecht. It was also one of the first newspapers in the country to feature black-and-white photography. In 1900, staffers from the paper’s art department began lugging bulky cameras, heavy glass plates, and explosive flash powder throughout the city. A labor strike, a boxing match, or a crime scene—it was all in a day’s work for the <i>Daily News</i> photographer.</p> <p>These cameramen helped sell papers, but, as Mark Jacob and Richard Cahan reveal, they also made art. <i>Chicago</i> <i>under Glass</i>: <i>Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News</i> is the first collection of images from the photo staff’s early years, 1901 to 1930. Jacob and Cahan, seasoned journalists themselves, have selected more than 250 images—many of which have never before been published—from the nearly 57,000 glass negatives housed at the Chicago History Museum. They include rare photographs of a young Buster Keaton with his wife and child, w

Author

Mark Jacob; Richard Cahan; Chicago History Museum; Rick Kogan

Publisher

RICK KOGAN

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226089300

Subjects

History, Technology, Humanities

Rating

4.8 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14