Cover title reads: Maywood, a suburb of Chicago, as it is in 1870, containing a history of the enterprise and description of the town, together with some twenty engravings of views and buildings at Maywood.

Promotional brochure for Maywood neighborhood including photomechanical reproductions of etchings, with accompanying text.

Includes maps of building plots, with accompanying list noting owners of select building plots, indicated by number.

Etchings include Maywood Hotel, train depot, school house, church, post office, hotel stables, homes of noted residents, Maywood Park, Desplaines River, observatory, and park buildings.

Text describes area amenities, desirable factors for real estate investment, details about the Maywood Company, and projections for investment return on real estate.

Avery Classics copy: Cover inscribed in black ink "H.P.N."