Book launch event with panel discussion and reception at the Graham Foundation, April 5, 2014, 2pm.
Introduction by Sarah Herda (Director, Graham Foundation), followed by a lecture on the publication by Eisenschmidt, talks by Penelope Dean, Ellen Grimes, Sam Jacob, and Mark Linder, and a closing panel discussion moderated by Jonathan Mekinda.
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Image above: “Route Via Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Around the World,” 1870. The map celebrates Chicago’s status as a metropolis simultaneously distant from and intimately connected to the rest of the world.