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Forest Park at Chautauqua Grounds

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Description: Children play in Forest Park at the Chautauqua Grounds, an institution founded in 1874. Residences can be seen beyond the playground at right. Caption read...
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Wisconsin Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Wisconsin Building at the Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exposition).
Drawing

MacAndrews Residence Drawing

Date: 1956
Description: Pencil on vellum drawing showing an interior perspective of the living room/balcony space and an exterior perspective of the residence designed and drawn b...
Drawing

Murphy Residence Elevation and Floor Plan Drawing

Date: 1958
Description: Pencil on velum drawing of the Charles Murphy residence showing the floor plan and East and West elevations designed and drawn by architect John Randal McD...
Photograph

Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: View of the back of the dining room towards an open balcony above a brick wall. There are rows of chairs set up on the balcony. The dining room has a vault...
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Elevated View of Manufacturing Area

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of manufacturing area at McCormick Works. Parts are stacked on the ground floor. Upper level balconies are on the left and right. A crane is ...
Photograph

Cook County Housing Authority Elderly Housing

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Description: Cook County Housing Authority Elderly Housing, Keck and Keck project #795. Project date 1969. Exterior photograph taken from the ninth floor porch deck.
Photograph

Crystal House — Century of Progress

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Description: The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog...
Photograph

Crystal House — Century of Progress

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Description: The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog...
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Crystal House — Century of Progress

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Description: The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog...
Photograph

McCormick's Gymnasium

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Description: Interior, elevated view of McCormick's Gymnasium. Sports equipment is set up on the floor, and a punching bag is attached to the brick wall near a set of d...
Photograph

McCormick's Gymnasium

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Description: Interior, elevated view of McCormick's Gymnasium. Sports equipment is set up on the floor, and a punching bag is attached to the brick wall near a set of d...
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Manufacturing Area

Date: 01 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of manufacturing area. A crane is suspended over the factory floor.
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...

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