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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lumber yard at McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops of the McCormick Works. Beyond the rooftops is a lumber yard. A river is in the background. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of W.A. Maurer, importer and jobber of china painting supplies, including "white china for decorating, artists materials, colors, etc." On the l... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street of McCormick Works. In the foreground are sidewalks on either side of the street. Advertisements are painted on the sides of co... |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of men working on a Works Progress Administration project. A group of men are standing and holding a beam upright in a trench, with a chai... |
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| Description: | Altgeld Gardens Commercial Center was designed by George Fred and William Keck as Project #317 in 1946. This shopping center was associated with Altgeld Ga... |
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| Description: | Altgeld Gardens Commercial Center was designed by George Fred and William Keck as Project #317 in 1946. This shopping center was associated with Altgeld Ga... |
| Date: | 09 10 1925 |
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| Description: | View from side of road towards a man in the driver's seat of a delivery truck on a street. The sign on the front of the truck above the cab reads: "You Wre... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Dearborn Street businesses, showing trucks and horse-drawn wagons parked in front of a row of mainly four-story brick warehouse buildin... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Members of a band posing outdoors for a group portrait with their musical instruments. The band members are wearing coats and hats, and a few are wearing m... |
| Date: | 09 26 1939 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Conservation Department float in the 1939 Chicago American Legion Parade. The float features two women who are standing in a canoe pretending t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Young school boys are lined up in a row on the sidewalk. An older boy is standing behind the group. The young boys are all wearing short pants. One boy (th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the exterior of the bar at Workingmen's Headquarters. A man is standing on the sidewalk in front of the building. |
| Date: | 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Illinois Northern rail road train, with two engines, a coal car and a car with front wall burst out, at McCormick Works. There are commercial buildings in ... |
| Date: | 10 1906 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a man on a buggy on the curb at the left, and a man and boy on another buggy being pulled by a pony or miniature horse. They are... |
| Date: | 06 11 1910 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a tractor at McCormick Works. In the background men are standing on the left near a street, with horse-drawn vehicles moving along the curb on... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing on a street corner showing a piece of paper to two people. Across the street are signs for The General Camera Co. Caption reads: "Gayle... |
| Date: | 10 27 1910 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a tractor parked in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a brick commercial building, with a sign that reads, in part: "Bartholom... |
| Date: | 10 27 1910 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front right of a tractor in the yard at McCormick Works. There are commercial buildings and a streetcar along a street in the backg... |
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