1927 Chicago's Gangland

A very fine example of an iconic thematic map of Chicago, of which its subject matter, gang activity, is synonymous with its century-old reputation as a city of organized crime. Thrasher's map was published within his book The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago in which Thrasher takes a deep dive into not only the prolific mobs of Al "Scarface" Capone, George "Bugs" Moran, and Dean O'Banion, but the younger, second-generation immigrant gangs that were coming into their own in the age of prohibition and bootlegging.   The base layer of the map is similar to many other maps of Chicago with regards to the area shown and the depiction of street and boulevards. It spans from 95th street to Bryn Mawr Avenue and the lakefront to Austin Avenue. A legend distinguishes between railroad property, industrial property, parks, boulevards, and cemeteries in different shades / patterns of grey. Gangs with clubrooms vs. gangs without clubrooms are identified by red circles or triangles, an importa