| 2601 |
"Mud Lake," 1908, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...it looked in 1908, seen from the Kedzie Avenue Bridge along the South Branch of the Chicago River....
Date Created: 1908,
Date Depicted: 1908
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| 2602 |
Plantation Café, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...at 35th and Calumet Streets suggested black Chicago's continuing engagement with the Deep South....
Date Created: c.1920,
Date Depicted: c.1920
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| 2603 |
Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom, 1941, Photographer: Russell Lee(
Historical Source
) ...to one of the theater's two orchestras. The Chicago Defender described the theater's inerior as "an...
...make 47th Street's reputation as the Harlem of Chicago. The theater was demolished in 1973, but it...
Date Created: 1941,
Date Depicted: 1941
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| 2604 |
Mayor William Hale Thompson at Weeghman Park, 1915, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Hale Thompson throwing first ball for the Whales, a Chicago Federal League baseball team, in 1915 at...
Date Created: 1915,
Date Depicted: 1915
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| 2605 |
Mural, I Welcome Myself to a New Place: Roseland Pullman Mural, Olivia Gude, Jon Pounds, and Marcus Jefferson, 1988, Photographer: Catherine Gass(
Historical Source
) ...Gude, Jon Pounds, and Marcus Jefferson of Chicago Public Art Group, 1988. 113th Street at Cottage...
Date Created: 1988,
Date Depicted: 1988
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| 2606 |
Silver Brooch, c.1799-1800, Creator: Robert Cruickshank(
Historical Source
) ...like this silver brooch, ca. 1799-1800 by Robert Cruickshank of Montreal and recovered at Chicago....
Date Created: c.1800,
Date Depicted: c.1800
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| 2607 |
Clippings on Twentieth Century Club (Fernando Jones Scrapbook), 1889, Creators: Various(
Historical Source
) ...The origins of Chicago's Twentieth Century Club lay in the belief that the creation of a cultural...
...from the city's best families could help Chicago overcome its reputation for coarseness. Spearheaded...
Date Created: 1889,
Date Depicted: 1889
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| 2608 |
Committee Minutes, 1908, Creator: Merchant's Club(
Historical Source
) ...21, 1908 meeting regarding the 1909 Plan of Chicago reveal the intense deliberations surrounding the...
Date Created: 1908,
Date Depicted:
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| 2609 |
Signing of the Treaty of Greenville, 1795, Artist: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago was on the periphery of the American empire, and decisions important to it were made far...
Date Created: ,
Date Depicted: 1795
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| 2610 |
Acknowledgments, (
User's Guide or Introductory Material
) ...Materials Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Chicago List of Staff and Consultants List of...
...Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, Bank One, The Boeing...
...A. Sprague Memorial Institute. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chicago–a metropolis of such great magnitude, with a...
|
| 2611 |
Letter of Caroline Palmer Clarke to Mary Clarke Walker, 1 November 1835, Author: Caroline Palmer Clarke(
Historical Source
) ...Henry and Caroline Palmer Clarke arrived in Chicago from upstate New York in 1835. In this letter to...
Date Created: 1835,
Date Depicted: 1835
|
| 2612 |
L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. Plumbing Equipment Catalog, 1912, Creator: L. Wolff Manufacturing Co.(
Historical Source
) ...By the early twentieth century, Chicago enterprises such as L. Wolff Manufacturing Company,...
Date Created: 1912,
Date Depicted: 1912
|
| 2613 |
James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan, 1935, Author: James T. Farrell(
Historical Source
) ...character from his own experiences growing up on Chicago's South Side in the opening decades of the...
Date Created: 1935,
Date Depicted: 1935
|
| 2614 |
Chautauqua Brochure, 1922, (
Historical Source
) ...Bradley, who founded the Peoples Church of Chicago in 1912, was known as a powerful orator, and...
Date Created: 1922,
Date Depicted: 1922
|
| 2615 |
Kitchen of Farley Residence, 1952, Photographer: Hedrich-Blessing (Giovanni Suter)(
Historical Source
) ...with thousands of new houses constructed all of the Chicago metropolitan area. Suburban governments...
Date Created: 1952,
Date Depicted: 1952
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| 2616 |
Laundry Room of Farley Residence, 1952, Photographer: Hedrich-Blessing (Giovanni Suter)(
Historical Source
) ...with thousands of new houses constructed all of the Chicago metropolitan area. Suburban governments...
Date Created: 1952,
Date Depicted: 1952
|
| 2617 |
Post Office and View Southwest from Board of Trade, 1951, Photographer: J. Sherwin Murphy(
Historical Source
) ...and Jackson Boulevard), looking southwest. The Chicago River is visible, but the Congress (later the...
Date Created: 1951,
Date Depicted: 1951
|
| 2618 |
Pine Street (now Michigan Avenue) North from Huron Street, c.1886, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...residential character of what would become one of Chicago's renowned retail strips. The city's water...
Date Created: c.1886,
Date Depicted: c.1886
|
| 2619 |
Dedication of the Water Tower and Laying of the Cornerstone, March 25, 1867, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago's water and sewer systems were built in stages beginning in the 1850s. Here citizens gather...
Date Created: 1867,
Date Depicted: 1867
|
| 2620 |
View of Lakefront, with Illinois Central Railroad Yards in Foreground, n.d., Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...despite the prominent presence of the railroad, Chicago promoted its Lake Front Park as a tourist...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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