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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | International Scout armored 4x4 truck on the job in the downtown area. The truck was owned and operated by Brinks, Inc. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Sailors passing cases of bottled Coca-Cola (soda) from an International truck to a ship docked at Chicago. City skyline in background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Street scene in Chicago of North Michigan Avenue and Ontario Street looking north. The historic Water Tower is in the background. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Street scene of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street in Chicago. The Allerton Hotel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Numerous cars driving on what appears to be the Michigan Avenue Bridge (later renamed DuSable Bridge) in front of the Wrigley and Tribune buildings. There ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Michigan Boulevard looking North, in downtown. In the foreground are the roofs of smaller buildings, street traffic and pedestrians on the... |
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| Description: | View down a street between high-rise buildings in the Board of Trade District. |
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| Description: | View of North Clark Street, including the Clark Street Theater. There is a horse-drawn wagon on the street, and streetcar tracks are visible. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages along the streets in front of the city block that housed the McCormick Reaper Building. The building... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Rear view of an automobile resting alongside a snow-filled Michigan Avenue during the winter. Other automobiles are parked near commercial buildings 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: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A florist's truck drives past an intersection in a business district. Buildings in the background have signs reading "Delaware Towers Grill" and "Hotel Mar... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Color photo of an International Fleetstar truck outfitted with a garbage hauler. The truck was owned by Deck's Disposal Service and appears against a backg... |
| Date: | 06 03 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustrations=s of the Republican National Convention. The main drawing shows an outside view with the caption "Scene in front of the convention building d... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Presidential campaign photo of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. standing up in the back of a convertible automobile with an American flag behind him. Two signs i... |
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