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| 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: | 10 1844 |
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| Description: | A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harb... |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Distant view of the early settlement of the town showing a strip of low-slung buildings in a barren expanse. |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | A view of the college and surrounding green space at Saint Clara Academy. Saint Clara Academy moved to River Forest, Illinois in 1922, and since 1970 has g... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map of showing the two proposed routes from the Milwaukee River to the Moody’s Lime Quarry at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The map includes the route... |
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