Chicago Blue Book
Chicago Blue Book Soundex Code C220
In the introduction to the first (1890) edition, the editors presented this explanation:
The title, "BLUE BOOK," is simply a name given the work on account of its blue cover. It does not refer to blue blood, as many people suppose. Webster's definition of Blue Book is as follows: "BLUE BOOK. A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper cover, such being commonly used; also a book containing a list of fashionable addresses" The publisher does not claim the BLUE BOOK to be either a City Directory or an absolutely Elite Directory; neither is it issued as a book for financial business purposes; but, simply, as it claims to be, a list of names of twenty-five thousand of the most prominent householders of Chicago and towns in the vicinity, published in the most convenient form for social purposes.
Contents
- 1 1890 Chicago Blue Book
- 2 1891 Chicago Blue Book
- 3 1892 Chicago Blue Book
- 4 1893 Chicago Blue Book
- 5 1894 Chicago Blue Book
- 6 1895 Chicago Blue Book
- 7 1897 Chicago Blue Book
- 8 1898 Chicago Blue Book
- 9 1901 Chicago Blue Book
- 10 1902 Chicago Blue Book
- 11 1903 Chicago Blue Book
- 12 1904 Chicago Blue Book
- 13 1905 Chicago Blue Book
- 14 1906 Chicago Blue Book
- 15 1907 Chicago Blue Book
- 16 1908 Chicago Blue Book
- 17 1909 Chicago Blue Book
- 18 1910 Chicago Blue Book
- 19 1911 Chicago Blue Book
- 20 1912 Chicago Blue Book
- 21 1913 Chicago Blue Book
- 22 1914 Chicago Blue Book
- 23 1915 Chicago Blue Book
- 24 Missing issues of Chicago Blue Book
- 25 1919 Herringshaw's Chicagoans
1890 Chicago Blue Book
This is the first issue of the Chicago Blue Book.
This edition does not list addresses for Rogers Park residents. But, it does have a section for Rogers Park residents.
1891 Chicago Blue Book
This edition does not list addresses for Rogers Park residents. But, it does have a section for Rogers Park residents.
1892 Chicago Blue Book
This edition does not list addresses for Rogers Park residents. But, it does have a section for Rogers Park residents.
1893 Chicago Blue Book
This edition does not list addresses for Rogers Park residents. But, it does have a section for Rogers Park residents.
1894 Chicago Blue Book
This edition does not list addresses for Rogers Park residents. But, it does have a section for Rogers Park residents.
1895 Chicago Blue Book
Starting with the 1895 edition, the Blue Book no longer has a separate section for Rogers Park residents as Rogers Park is completely inside Chicago and is no longer differentiated from Chicago, itself. There is no list of addresses for Rogers Park residents, per se. But, it is possible, with a lot of work, to find various Rogers Parkers by simply digging out whomever you're after.
1897 Chicago Blue Book
1898 Chicago Blue Book
1901 Chicago Blue Book
1902 Chicago Blue Book
1903 Chicago Blue Book
1904 Chicago Blue Book
1905 Chicago Blue Book
1906 Chicago Blue Book
1907 Chicago Blue Book
1908 Chicago Blue Book
1909 Chicago Blue Book
1910 Chicago Blue Book
1911 Chicago Blue Book
1912 Chicago Blue Book
1913 Chicago Blue Book
1914 Chicago Blue Book
1915 Chicago Blue Book
Missing issues of Chicago Blue Book
Several issues of the Chicago Blue Book are not available on line. They are:
1896 Chicago Blue Book
1899 Chicago Blue Book
1900 Chicago Blue Book