{"id":4065,"date":"2016-01-05T10:39:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2016-06-20T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:18:00","slug":"the-oldest-known-footage-of-chicago-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/the-oldest-known-footage-of-chicago-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oldest Known Footage of Chicago Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"
When this footage was taken, the average yearly income was just $800.<\/span><\/i><\/h6>\n

The kind folks at<\/span> Yestervid<\/span><\/a> have spliced together a video of Chicago\u2019s oldest known film recordings ever taken, and it\u2019s incredible. All of the clips take place from 1986-1935, showing unique glimpses of a very different (though remarkably similar) Windy City.<\/span><\/p>\n

The video begins from a ship on Lake Michigan, showing the industrialized smoke stacks of Chicago off in the distance. From there, you\u2019re taken straight to a much less populated Lake Shore Drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the strangest portions of the video comes from the Congress Hotel, which looks almost identical to the modern day landmark we\u2019ve come to recognize.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newly found footage of the SS Eastland Disaster is also documented. The passenger ship capsized while still tied to a dock on the Chicago River. The unexpected catastrophe killed 844 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the oldest known footage of Chicago below:<\/p>\n