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Villa Turicum

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Description: A view of the cut flower vegetable garden at Villa Turicum.
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Children of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr.(?)

Date: 1902
Description: Three children sitting on the ground in front of a "keep off the grass" sign. The children are holding lion(?) cubs. The children may be Cyrus III (1890-19...
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Mary Virginia McCormick Playing Croquet

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Description: Mary Virginia McCormick (1861-1941) playing croquet. Mary Virginia was the daughter of Chicago industrialist and inventor, Cyrus Hall McCormick.
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Celebration at Home of Mary Virginia McCormick

Date: 1923
Description: "Kildare", home of Mary Virginia McCormick. A large crowd is gathered on the lawn in front of the house, possibly as part of a birthday celebration for Mar...
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Kildare, Home of Mary Virginia McCormick

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Description: Kildare, home of Mary Virginia McCormick.
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Cyrus McCormick III in Uniform with Nettie McCormick

Date: 1918
Description: Lieutenant Cyrus McCormick III (1890-1970), in uniform, poses with his grandmother Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) at Walden, the Lake Forest estate of...
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Nettie, Harold, and Chauncey McCormick Leaving Church

Date: 04 12 1914
Description: Photograph taken by a reporter on Easter Sunday, of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) leaving Fourth Church in Chicago with her great-nephew, Chauncey Br...
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Nettie Fowler McCormick Holding Baby

Date: 1922
Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) holding her infant great-niece, Nancy Fowler Merle-Smith (b. 1921). Nettie is sitting in a wheelchair on a path, with s...
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Group Seated at Table

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men, women, and children, including Nettie Fowler McCormick sitting at a table outdoors. A dog is standing in the foreground, and tea cups and c...
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Group Portrait of Adams Family

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of Adams family seated outdoors on patio of home. Group includes Cyrus H. Adams, Sr., Emma (Blair) Adams, Mary (Shumway) Adams, Ruth Campbel...
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The Fowler Family

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Description: Formal outdoor family group portrait. From left to right are Delia Scott Fowler (who is knitting), Caroline Fowler Gilbert (standing), Gertrude Fowler (sea...
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School Building

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Description: View towards the front of a school building.
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Oak Street Block

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Description: View of a row of dwellings. Caption at bottom identifying the families reads: "Allen's, Hendrick's, Lockridge-Jordan-Boyssworth-Brown-Cox, Traylor." Captio...
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Baptist Church

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the front of the Baptist Church.
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New Store

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Description: A man wearing a hat and carrying a coat over his arm is standing in the left foreground. Beyond is a town, with a building under construction. Caption read...
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The Old School House

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Description: View through trees of the old school house. A number of trees in the foreground have been cut down, leaving an open area of stumps.
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McCormick Hotel

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Description: People posing on the porch and inside the upper windows of the McCormick Hotel. A woman is standing in the open doorway. There are doors on the second stor...
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The Cotton Gin

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Description: View of the cotton gin. A man is driving a small cart in the left foreground. Men are standing in front of cotton gin buildings in the background.
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Two Men in front of Church

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Description: Slightly elevated view of two men standing in front of a church building. The arched windows have wooden shutters. The tower on the roof has scaffolding ar...

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