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Sante Fe Building Construction at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of construction on the Santa Fe building at McCormick Works.
Property Record

25522 Santa Klaus Lane

Community: Orion
County: Richland
Historic Name: Elm Grove School
Reference Number: 90563
Photograph

Rennebohm's Drugstore #2 "Santa's Zoo" Window

Date: 11 11 1944
Description: The window of Rennebohm's Drugstore #2, 204 State Street, displaying Santa Claus and an array of stuffed animal toys, mainly Teddy bears. A sign on the dis...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Photograph

University Club Children's Christmas Party

Date: 12 22 1951
Description: A group of children gather with Santa Claus at the annual children's Christmas party for children and grandchildren of University Club members. Adults assi...
Postcard

With Best Christmas Wishes

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus, surrounded by pine boughs and candles, spilling toys and treats out of his sack. He is wearing a brown coat, mittens and...
Photograph

Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria at Chicago

Date: 1897
Description: View from shoreline of replicas of Columbus' ships the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria sailing into dock at Chicago's Jackson Park.
Photograph

Train Engines Lined Up

Date: 
Description: Railroad workers pose near train engines lined up in a wooden roundhouse garage facility. The number on the train in the foreground is "1252."
Drawing

Drawing of East Elevation of Terrace at Riven Rock

Date: 1899
Description: Architectural drawing of the East Elevation of the terrace at Riven Rock, Stanley McCormick's estate in El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The...
Drawing

Santa Claus Riding a Turret Lathe

Date: 1953
Description: Composite drawing of Santa Claus riding a Gisholt Machine Company lathe as a sleigh and holding a starred whip in hand to guide a team of eight flying rein...
Print

Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way

Date: 1886
Description: Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean....
Photograph

University Club's Assembly Ball

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Couple attending the University Club's annual Assembly Ball. Standing in front of a Santa Claus decoration are Janet Easum, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Ches...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas to All

Date: 1912
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus inside of an upside down horseshoe. He has his finger alongside his nose and is wearing a red suit and hat with blue trim. ...
Print

Holiday Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i...
Photograph

Mrs. Santa Claus at the Golden Age Club

Date: 12 19 1956
Description: A woman in costume is smiling and stands near two women who are sitting. One of the women is holding a wrapped present. Caption reads: "Mrs. Santa Claus vi...
Photograph

Christmas Display

Date: 1925
Description: A tall Christmas tree, a cut-out Santa, and a dollhouse dominate a holiday display in front of the bay window in the dining room of Herbert Paul and Margar...
Photograph

Santa Costume

Date: 1931
Description: A child dressed as Santa Claus is standing and posing in the living room of the Herbert P. Brumder residence at 2030 East Lafayette Place. The costume incl...
Photograph

Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album

Date: 
Description: A page from an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools, showing the Laguna, Santo Domingo, Acoma, and Isleta school buildings.
Photograph

Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album

Date: 
Description: A page from an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools, showing the Jemez school building, the Pahuate school building, and the front and back vi...
Photograph

Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album

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Description: A page from an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools, showing Zuni Pueblo architecture, Pueblo Indians in full dress, and an Indian church at S...

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