A quick look at Chicago landmarks is essentially what this short subject in the TravelTalk series by James A. FitzPatrick offers.
It starts with what the narrator calls a picturesque skyline and a glimpse of some of Chicago's great hotels, the aquarium, the huge museum and library, and goes on to show the Chicago Tribune's skyscraper building and the enormous Merchandise Mart.
Lake Michigan is featured prominently, the source of commercial shipping and private boating pleasures.
Chicago has 40 railroads which we get a fleeting look at and a view of the colorful and busy theater district along Randolph Street; the Marshall Fields shopping center along State Street; the Gold Coast, an exclusive section for wealthier citizens along the waterfront beaches;fishermen along the wharf; and finally, mention of several surviving landmark buildings from the 1871 Chicago exposition, as well as surviving structures from the great fire of Old Chicago.
It closes with a view of the Buckingham Fountain, which looks like it belongs at a World's Fair exposition as the sunset settles on the horizon.