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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | The facade of the McCormick family residence at 675 Rush Street, which takes up an entire block between Erie and Huron Streets. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. h... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Customers gathered outside the J. Cunradi Drugstore. A sign above the awning identifies the store as a Deutsche Apotheke, or German apothecary. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a pho... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; Foreground: Irish Village in Midway; Background: Buildings in Jackson Park. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings at the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, viewed from Stony Island Avenue. The "L" station and train are in the foreground. S... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; Administration Building in Jackson Park, viewed from 64th Street; foreground: a crowd of men gathered near Pass Gate. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of terminal station at Jackson Park; Administration Building in background. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition, looking through the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; on board the caravel "Santa Maria." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; under the bow of the caravel "Santa Maria." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; on board the caravel "Santa Maria," looking aft. |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market St. Two men and a boy are standing outside the office building on left side, while three ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Reaper, grain binder and mower in a yard outside the McCormick Reaper Works. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an artistic rendering of a rally held at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886, before the explosion of the bomb. Haymarket Square is at the Inters... |
| Date: | 05 03 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact... |
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