Olcott's Land Values Blue Book of Chicago

This publication is Olcott's Land Values Blue Book for Chicago (1936, twenty-sixth edition), a professional real estate reference work compiled by Geo. C. Olcott & Co., priced at five dollars. It contains comprehensive Chicago land valuation data including zoning provisions, assessor rules, depth and corner distribution factors for property valuation, building classifications, and computational examples for determining property values. The volume includes detailed maps of Chicago wards, Cook County townships, and house numbering systems. Transportation symbols denote streetcar lines, elevated railways, motor buses, and rail lines. Advertising occupies significant space, featuring Chicago-area real estate brokers, property management firms, mortgage lenders, and insurance underwriters. Contents index over eighty advertiser firms with addresses and telephone numbers, classified by service type and geographic district served.