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| Description: | Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Wisconsin State Building in Jackson Park at the World's Columbian Exposition, with a three-quarter view of the building and people stroll... |
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| Description: | Memohead of Cameron, Amberg & Company of Chicago, Illinois, a printer, stationer, and manufacturer of blank books and letter files. On the left is a view o... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Live Poultry Transportation Company, with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a three-quarter view of a stock car for transporting live... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er... |
| Date: | 10 1943 |
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| Description: | A page from "The American Magazine" featuring the architect, George Fred Keck. He is shown with an architectural model of a "solar" home. |
| Date: | 04 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Menu from the Inaugural Luncheon of the Half-Century Club of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, with a pioneer driving a team of horses pull... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Lunch menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with an embossed illustration of a spider in her ... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Lunch menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with an embossed knife, fork, and spoon crossed o... |
| Date: | 10 26 1887 |
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| Description: | Menu card for the wedding dinner of Jacob Black and Belle Mandelbaum at the Palmer House, with blind embossed type for "Menu," an embossed silver bell and ... |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | Back and front covers and inside menu listing, of a die cut three-quarter view of a cloth-bound book with an inset title plate, and a guest list with a few... |
| Date: | 12 16 1868 |
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| Description: | Exterior and interior menu listing for an Army Reunion Banquet held at the Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. On the cover is a gold shield with a silver star... |
| Date: | 10 02 1884 |
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| Description: | Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim... |
| Date: | 12 05 1933 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers of the Hotel Sherman wine list of cocktails, wines, champagnes, and liqueurs, with a woodcut of a man clutching multiple bottles of s... |
| Date: | 12 05 1933 |
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| Description: | First two pages of the interior of the Hotel Sherman wine list, with a woodcut of a man in a top hat, suit coat, and trousers, lying supine on the ground, ... |
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| Description: | Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English... |
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| Description: | Front and back covers of the Mortons Surf Club menu, with a black on blue grid of Chicago streets from Lake Michigan to Vincennes Avenue, and E. 45th to E.... |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages from Mortons Surf Club, with spot illustrations on colored rounds of representative items, such as the "Mortini" for the drinks section... |
| Date: | 05 02 1902 |
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| Description: | Front cover and first two pages of the menu and program for a dinner honoring newspaperman Opie Read. There is a tipped-in drawing of Read on the cover, dr... |
| Date: | 10 19 1898 |
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| Description: | Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue... |
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