Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Panoramic view showcasing impressive candy displays and a soda fountain in Tompkin's Drugstore on 63rd street. |
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Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo... |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co. of Chicago, Illinois' screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American." |
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Description: | A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
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Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
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Description: | Chicago and Northwestern train with the Chicago skyline in the background. |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor... |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College. |
Date: | 11 02 1948 |
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Description: | WENR in Chicago broadcasts the first live national television presidential election returns when Truman upset Dewey. |
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Description: | Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Randolph and Dearborn Streets crowded with people, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "A Busy Day on Dearborn and Randol... |
Date: | 06 05 1884 |
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Description: | Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Chester A. Arthur, General John A. Logan, George Franklin Edmunds, and James G... |
Date: | 06 05 1884 |
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Description: | Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Robert T. Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, General Joseph Roswell Hawley, ... |
Date: | 1960 |
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Description: | Ralph H. Bonnell, delegate from the Republican Party of Massachusetts, admires the GOP mascot, an elephant, with another unidentified man at the Republican... |
Date: | 07 26 1960 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Republicans stand for their portrait at a reception while attending the Republican National Convention. They are wearing buttons for "Byrnes for ... |
Date: | 12 26 1972 |
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Description: | Waist-up portrait of Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik, sent to an unnamed son for Kwanzaa 1972. Afrik was a school teacher and a leader in the creation of African... |
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