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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: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | CM&StP Railway locomotive no. 71 and a coal car at a roundhouse. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Illinois Central World's Fair Transportation Center at Van Buren Street. Several pedestrians cross a bridge leading to trains and lake... |
| Date: | 12 1898 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map showing the grounds and buildings of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory operated by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| 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... |
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