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The Burning of Chicago

Date: 1871
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives.
Photograph

Crowd on State Street

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Description: Elevated view of crowd along sidewalks on State Street, and the Masonic Temple from Madison Street. Streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
Photograph

Man Delivers Lecture on Tuberculosis in front of Church

Date: 04 1924
Description: Man appearing to deliver a lecture on tuberculosis prepared by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The man is pointing to an "agri...
Map or Atlas

The City of Chicago

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor.
Photograph

Chapel Organ at the University of Chicago

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Description: View of a large, ornate organ inside a chapel at the University of Chicago. Below the organ pipes are pews and flags. The University was founded by John D....
Photograph

Webb TB Album: A Page of Pals

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with a cut-out of...
Photograph

Interior of Chapel

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Description: View from back of room of the interior of the chapel at Rockford College. There is a piano on the right, in front of the stage. Folding chairs are set up i...
Photograph

View of Rockford

Date: 1878
Description: View down Rock River towards a covered bridge near another bridge, with factories and the city in the background.
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Locomotive No. 390

Date: 1875
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a small group of men posing with Chicago & Northwestern Railway locomotive number 390 and a coal car. Dwellings and a c...
Photograph

Christmas at Church

Date: 12 1899
Description: Interior view of a church with large Christmas trees on either side of the Neo-Gothic altar. Between the trees is an arched sign proclaiming, in German, "G...
Photograph

Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal of the plant, with railroad boxcars behind a long, low industrial buildings along the far shoreline. Behind the railroad tracks ...
Photograph

Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal towards McCormick works. There are piles of parts along the shipping dock. A large church building is in the far distance.
Photograph

Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal. Along the shoreline are piles of lumber along the shipping dock. Men are working with horse-drawn vehicles among the stacks of ...

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