"LENA PARK" CHICAGO AREA REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIKELY INSPIRED BY LUNA PARK.
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Winning Bid:
$48.70
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction 193 - Part II
Item numbers 800 though 2307 in auction 193
Item Description
1.25" beautiful c. 1903 promotional button showing "W. William/A. Hicks Owners" with Chicago Dearborn St. address and name of proposed new manufacturing city "Lena Park." Likely inspired by Coney Island's large scale working class amusement park, this land tract near Chicago in Northwestern Indiana was heavily promoted to the city's immigrants. Thousands of tiny lots were sold and for a time a glass factory operated, but the promised industrial development never happened. Light all-over surface wear shows only with magnification. Displays as glossy and Mint. Missing backpaper. Rare.
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