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| Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co. of Chicago, Illinois' screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American." |
| Date: | 07 04 1931 |
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| Description: | Inside of Saturday dinner menu for the "North American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Bouleva... |
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| Description: | A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
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| Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the amenities aboard the "North American" and "South American". |
| Date: | 07 01 1913 |
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| Description: | The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | This photograph from the album of aviation pioneer Jesse Brabazon is described by him as the "first simulated bombing in history, using an aeroplane versus... |
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| Description: | Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan with a ship in the background. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of downtown Chicago before the fire of 1871. The photograph was taken from the South side of the Chicago River, looking Northeast. The Rush ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p... |
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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.... |
| Date: | 01 28 1918 |
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| Description: | Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads... |
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