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Two equally large notes: T. 39, N. R. 13 E. (Township 39 North Range 13 East) and West 1/2 of Sec. 36. Copyright 1889 by Emil Rudolph & Fred I. Fee. There are a couple "blocks" (of the map) of surveyor's notes below the former "title." Dissected map on linen, 20.5 x 28.75 in., of the Brighton Park area of Chicago. Near the center of the map is the (former) Illinois & Michigan Canal. A couple blocks south of the canal is the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R.R. The easternmost blocks just south of the rail line show shops, a bunk house, a roundhouse and a tank for the railroad. Brighton Park was incorporated in 1851. It survived the fire in 1871, and was annexed to Chicago in 1889, likely the reason for this survey map being created. The area northwest of the canal is blank on this map. Emil Rudolph (1855-1941) was a Chicago area surveyor who is credited with saving the county surveyors' records from City Hall as it was burning in the fire of 1871 as well as surveying about 90 percent of the buildings in the loop. He surveyed the straightening of the Chicago River, the Northwest elevated line, and Union Station, in addition to many real estate units. Most of his career was with Chicago Guarantee Survey Company. Rudolph was just a young man of 15 or so at the time of the fire, and he was shown the following year in front of William Kerfoot's real estate office - the first building erected in the "burn district" after the fire. One of the earliest surviving maps created by Rudolph that we have been able to locate. Condition: Surface soil, as expected for a field map. Otherwise, very good.