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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of downtown Chicago before the fire of 1871. The photograph was taken from the South side of the Chicago River, looking Northeast. The Rush ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Illinois Central World's Fair Transportation Center at Van Buren Street. Several pedestrians cross a bridge leading to trains and lake... |
| Date: | 03 25 1941 |
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| Description: | Police officer and marchers from a Congress of Industrial Organizations (also known as the Committee of Industrial Organization) union clash outside Intern... |
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| Description: | View down a pedestrian section of a bridge, looking towards buildings, skyscrapers and a billboard. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles passing by the flagship Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Da... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | View of the canal area of the Columbian Exposition grounds looking north from near the front of the Machinery building (at left). The South canal is in the... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the business district and skyline. The Wrigley Building and clock tower stands in the foreground; it was built in 1920 by William Wrigley ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the Rush Street Bridge and Chicago River as it appeared in 1861. Includes the C.H. McCormick Reaper Works on the far side of the rive... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lumber yard at McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Drawing of an aerial view of the McCormick plant on a river in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Men are in the background standing near a pile of sandbags. Tal... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Aerial view towards the southwest of International Harvester's. Burnham Harbor is in the center, with exhibit buildings on the left on Northerly Island, an... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 10 1906 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of cows standing in a river. An old foundation is in the background on the far shoreline, near a bridge or dam. |
| Date: | 12 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Ship, with dredge, in a harbor. On the opposite shoreline are stacks of lumber. On the right is a bridge. |
| Date: | 12 05 1911 |
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| Description: | View from shipping dock down the river towards a barge, and a crane on a platform in the water. A bridge and building are in the background on the left. Ac... |
| Date: | 04 10 1915 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Corn Binder outdoors in the factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, brick factory buildings, and a smokestac... |
| Date: | 03 20 1918 |
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| Description: | Header Binder in front of a cloth backdrop outdoors in the factory yard. Brick factory buildings are in the distance, with a skybridge in between two of th... |
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