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Description: | McCormick family residence showing circular fountain. |
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Description: | Harold McCormick Mansion. View is showing steps at the rear of the house. |
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Description: | Outdoor view of the residence of Mr. J.V. Farwell, Jr. A curved drive is leading up to the house, which is surrounded by trees and shrubs. Caption reads: "... |
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Description: | Museum exhibit for the Chicago Historical Society depicting what a typical early Chicago drugstore looked like. |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co. of Chicago, Illinois' screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American." |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
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Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
Date: | 11 1909 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard of a posed group of orphan children of miners from mine disaster, Nov. 13, 1909. Caption reads: "#31 Group made orphans by Cherry Min... |
Date: | 11 1909 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeto... |
Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked ai... |
Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | An exhibition airplane on display inside a tent at Dixon, Illinois, thought to be a "Red Devil," plane designed by Thomas A. Baldwin. |
Date: | 08 11 1911 |
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Description: | Souvenir postcard sent to Harriet O'Shea of Madison from an unidentified friend who attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. The Chicago meet, whi... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Portrait of William Howard Taft, used in his 1908 presidential election campaign. Caption reads: "William Howard Taft, Our Next President." |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Randolph and Dearborn Streets crowded with people, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "A Busy Day on Dearborn and Randol... |
Date: | 1946 |
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Description: | The "Colonial Farm House" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Caption reads: "Colonial Farm House, Harvester Farm,... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Panoramic bird's-eye view of the heart of the Loop. Labeled sites include: Insurance Exchange, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Post Office, Dear... |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | View from the upper right field corner of a baseball game in progress at the National League Ball park in Chicago. The stands are filled with spectators an... |
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Description: | Promotional postcard with three city scene sketches and thirty-one characteristics of the city listed. Caption reads: "Kankakee the Rising City Beautiful." |
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