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| Description: | Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English... |
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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.... |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages from Mortons Surf Club, with spot illustrations on colored rounds of representative items, such as the "Mortini" for the drinks section... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A young Ferdinand Hotz sits behind a large desk in his Chicago office. There is an art print and a framed collection of moths and butterflies on the wall b... |
| Date: | 10 30 1917 |
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| Description: | Two-sided dinner card menu from the Blackstone Hotel for Meatless Tuesday ("Dishes containing beef, veal, mutton, lamb or pork will not be served to-day.")... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Ceiling Department of the Wheeling Corrugating Company, with a decorative panel with a pair of griffins facing one another on either side... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The cover of a promotional brochure features a drawing of Hull-House, a Chicago social settlement founded in 1889 by Jane Addams. Mrs. W.F. (Alma Schmidt) ... |
| Date: | 05 1922 |
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| Description: | A woodland print is featured on the cover of the program for Deutsches Mai-Fest (German May Festival), hosted by the German Federation of Chicago. Dr. Otto... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp sitting near a window, knitting. Her upholstered chair has carved wood accents. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Alma Seipp posing seated in an ornately carved chair. She wears a floor-length gown with high collar and ribbon trim. Alma is a dau... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A seated, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Elsa Seipp, daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is wearing a floor length gown wi... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of nineteen-year-old Ernst Conrad Schmidt, grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, and an owner of Black Point Estate. He i... |
| Date: | 09 16 1919 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt poses for a waist-up portrait on the day of her wedding to William F. Petersen. She holds her bouquet of sweet peas and lilies of the valley. ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp (1825-1890), seated at left, poses with his second wife, Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), seated to his left, with other family... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A room off the entrance hall of the Edward Petersen home at 1322 Astor Street in Chicago's Gold Coast area has a barrel vaulted ceiling and bookcases along... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The fireplace in the living room of the Edward Petersen house features a classical revival surround and mantel. A small stuffed toy dog sits under a carved... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a boy and girl standing on the street corner across from the granite mansion built for Conrad Seipp at 3300 South Michigan Avenu... |
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