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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: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a pho... |
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| Description: | A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 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: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the International Harvester building, as seen from the northwest. Lake Michigan is in the background. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring chromolithograph illustrations of the Deering factory, the grain center of the worl... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | View from Outer Lake Shore Drive looking south from Foster Avenue. Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline are in the background. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic bird's-eye view of the heart of the Loop. Labeled sites include: Insurance Exchange, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Post Office, Dear... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles on Michigan Avenue from a window in the International Harvester building. Grant Park is across the street. |
| Date: | 09 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Grant Park and cars on the adjacent street taken from the International Harvester offices. |
| Date: | 09 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large sign... |
| Date: | 09 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow... |
| Date: | 09 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a window of the International Harvester offices on Michigan Avenue showing Grant Park. Company employees have written their department n... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a window of the International Harvester offices on Michigan Avenue showing Grant Park. Company employees have written their department n... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Grant Park through a window of the offices of International Harvester on Michigan Avenue. Trains are passing in the background behind a la... |
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