Chicago City Directory
Chicago City Directory Soundex Code C220
Before Telephone Directories there were City Directories.
A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, and their addresses, giving their location in a city. Frequently a person's occupation was listed and his place of business was given.
City directories were used the world over for decades before the invention of telephones and the eventual introduction of the "Phone Book".
Chicago City Directories On-Line
The first Chicago City Directory was published in 1839 when the city was just 2 years old.
Street Guides
1901-02 Chicago City Directory
City Directories
1869/70 Edward's City Directory
1870 Chicago Census Report and Statistical Review and a Complete Directory of the City
1871 Chicago Census Report and Statistical Review and a Complete Directory of the City