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Libby Prison, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Libby Prison at the Columbian Exposition. Several carts, horses in front of the building.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f...
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International B-4 Truck carrying Kingsbury Pale Beer

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Men loading crates of Kingsbury Pale Beer onto an International B-4 truck outside the Kingsbury Beverage Company. The truck had a 170-inch wheelbase. The w...
Book or Pamphlet

Keystone Tillage Implements Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Keystone line of tillage implements. Features a color illustration of a farmer behind a horse...
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Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in Chicago

Date: 05 01 1865
Description: Albumen print of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Thirty-six maidens in white surround Lincoln's hearse as it passes through the funeral arch, probabl...
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McCormick Works Club House Stage

Date: 1931
Description: Rows of seats lead up to a arched stage outfitted with a piano and chairs at the McCormick Works Club House theater. The IHC logo is embroidered on the sta...
Poster

New York Central Lines Chicago Poster

Date: 1935
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the city of Chicago. Featuring the artist Leslie Ragan, the poster depicts the buildin...
Photograph

World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Bui...
Photograph

Tree Planting at Columbian Exposition Grounds

Date: 05 03 1892
Description: Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ...
Photograph

Old Cistern, Mts. Mizpeh and Emmans in Distance #1710

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. Mount Mizpeh and Emmaus are in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Be...
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Union Members Group Portrait

Date: 
Description: Group portrait in front of a large stone building with arches of members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 holding giant pennie...
Photograph

McCormick Company Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Entrance of an office building of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market Street. The street around the building is full of rubble and appea...
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Ferris Wheel

Date: 1897
Description: View of a large, stone residence with the first Ferris Wheel in the distance.
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Construction Completed in front of McCormick Harvester Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of street construction completed in front of the McCormick Harvester Machine Co. office. Two men and a young boy stand on the left near th...
Photograph

Road Construction in front of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: Construction in the street in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. building at 212 Market Street. On the far right a man is standing and working o...
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Road Construction in front of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street.
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the dining room. Tables and chairs are set up in the large room which has a vaulted ceiling, with chandeliers hanging from the cross brace...
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Employees Dining at the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View of mostly male, and a few female employees, dining in the Dining Hall of the McCormick Works Club House. In the background is the stage. Numbered wood...
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of dining room. Rows of tables are set with napkins in drinking glasses and mugs. Flags are hanging over the windows on the left and along th...
Photograph

Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of dining room. Rows of tables are set with napkins in drinking glasses and mugs, and baskets of bread. Flags hang over the windows on the ri...

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