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Lower Entrance Hall at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Front entrance hall at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street, with marble stairs and Cael stone walls. The view is from the ground floor...
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Stairway from Main Hall to Second Floor at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Stairway from the main hall to the second floor at Cyrus McCormick,Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street, with a view of the house's east windows. The do...
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Main Stairway at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Main stairway of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. This view is of the section of stairway from the first landing to the second lan...
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Lower Reception Hall Stairs at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Lower Reception Hall (basement) stairs of Cyrus McCormick, Jr's residence at 50 East Huron Street. The original caption indicates that the view is "leading...
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North End of Tapestry Room at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: North end of the Tapestry Room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s house at 50 East Huron Street.
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Staircase at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Entrance hall and main staircase of 675 Rush Street [?].
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Dining Room at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Ornately decorated dining room at 675 Rush Street [?], the McCormick family residence.
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Hallway at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Ornately decorated hallway leading to a room with a fireplace at the McCormick family residence on Rush Street. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormic...
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Rockbridge Place Sitting Room

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Description: Ornately decorated room with fireplace at 675 Rush Street. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his family in 1879. After McCormick's death in ...
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Library at McCormick Mansion

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Description: Ornately decorated library at 675 Rush Street. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his family in 1879. After McCormick's death in 1884, the ho...
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Study at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Study at the McCormick family residence on Rush Street. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his family in 1879. After McCormick's death in 188...
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McCormick Family Library

Date: 1900
Description: Library of the McCormick family home at 675 Rush Street. The home was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his wife Nettie Fowler in 1873.
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Petersen House

Date: 1930
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...
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Birthday Tablescape, Scenes IV, V, and VI

Date: 02 26 1928
Description: Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtie...
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Birthday Tablescape, Scenes I, II, and III

Date: 02 26 1928
Description: Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtie...
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Catherine Seipp and Her Grandchildren

Date: 12 25 1915
Description: Catherine Orb Seipp, widow of prominent Chicago brewer and founder of Black Point Estate, Conrad Seipp, poses in her Chicago home with her nine grandchildr...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1899
Description: Christmas tree in the home of Edward Petersen decorated with a wide assortment of ornaments and tinsel garland. It is standing on a low table in front of a...
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Fritzie, the Pet Dachsund

Date: 1915
Description: Fritzie, the pet Dachshund of the Schmidt family, poses standing on a library table in the family home in Chicago. There is a framed picture of a hunting d...

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