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Mrs. John H. Kinzie

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. John Kinzie, born Juliette Augusta Magill (1808-1870), author of "Wau-Bun", from an oil painting made in 1855 by G.P.A. Healey.
Print

Leander J. McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Leander James McCormick (1819-1900) by the Century Publishing and Engraving Company. Leander was a younger brother of Cyrus Hall McCor...
Poster

Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Service Bureau poster for speaker "Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message."
Photograph

Agricultural Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor and a harvester-thresher (combine) on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Centur...
Photograph

Native Americans and Harvester-Thresher at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 25 1933
Description: Native Americans in traditional dress test a harvester-thresher (combine) in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fai...
Photograph

McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Flags hanging above a McCormick Harvesting Machine display at what is possibly the World's Columbian Exposition (The World's Fair of 1893). A painting of a...
Print

William B. Franklin

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Description: Engraved three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General William B. Franklin, a corps commander of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, seeing acti...
Print

Ulysses S. Grant and Wife

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife.
Print

William H. Seward

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite profile portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under the Lincoln Administration.
Photograph

John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
Print

David Mckee

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Description: Quarter-length steel engraved portrait of David McKee, a Lieutenant colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtai...
Print

Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Robert T. Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, General Joseph Roswell Hawley, ...
Poster

Campaign Supplies

Date: 1938
Description: A poster promoting campaign supplies that could be ordered with a candidate's name printed on it. The items include: cloth signs, posters, window cards, kn...
Photograph

Irna Phillips Designing a Floor Plan

Date: 1949
Description: Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children.
Book or Pamphlet

Press Club of Chicago Dinner Menu

Date: 05 02 1902
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...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his le...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...

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