| 2661 |
View of the Public Square, 1848, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago in 1848 was still a relatively small, raw, muddy city, growing at a pace that...
...would not always be graceful. On April 25, the Chicago Daily Journal published an engraving of...
Date Created: 1848,
Date Depicted: 1848
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| 2662 |
John G. Shortall, "Child Saving Work of the Humane Societies," 1897, Author: John G. Shortall(
Historical Source
) ...John G. Shortall, one of the founders of Chicago Title & Trust, was also a driving force in the...
...creation of the American Humane Society. Chicago, as a center of the meatpacking industry, was also...
Date Created: 1897,
Date Depicted: 1897
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| 2663 |
Descriptive Sketch of Lake Bluff, Creator: Lake Bluff Hotel and Improvement Co.(
Historical Source
) ...gathering place. Within a decade wealthy Chicago businessmen and their families began to travel to...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 2664 |
"Bureau of Public Comfort," Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Editor: Moses P. Handy(
Historical Source
) ...or sterilized, showing a general lack of confidence in Chicago’s tap water to stave off disease....
Date Created: 1893,
Date Depicted: 1893
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| 2665 |
Election Returns, 1830, Creators: John B. Beaubien, James Kinzie, and Charles Kettelle(
Historical Source
) ...wide elections, thirty-two men living in the "Chicago precinct" gathered in the home of John Kinzie...
Date Created: 1830,
Date Depicted: 1830
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| 2666 |
Change of Address Postcards, 1909, Creator: Alfred Holzman(
Historical Source
) ...The renumbering of Chicago's streets in 1909 and 1911 obviously required a great deal of...
Date Created: 1909,
Date Depicted: 1909
|
| 2667 |
Plat Map of Cook County, 1861, Cartographer: W. L. Flower(
Historical Source
) ...and undeveloped areas of Cook County outside Chicago in 1861. Sections that had been laid down by...
Date Created: 1861,
Date Depicted: 1861
|
| 2668 |
Illinois and Michigan Canal Lots, 1850, (
Historical Source
) ...Canal commissioners made the first plat of Chicago in 1830 on land granted to Illinois by the...
Date Created: 1850,
Date Depicted: 1850
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| 2669 |
Hammond Bicentennial Yearbook, 1976, Creator: Hammond American Bicentennial Committee(
Historical Source
) ...1930s a few older municipalities, including Chicago and Aurora, observed their centennials. During...
Date Created: 1976,
Date Depicted: 1976
|
| 2670 |
Committee Minutes, 1906, (
Historical Source
) ...third meeting of planners developing the Plan of Chicago shows how quickly they got to work and how...
Date Created: 1906,
Date Depicted: 1906
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| 2671 |
Draft of Speech by Daniel H. Burnham, n.d., Creator: Daniel H. Burnham(
Historical Source
) ...calculations) of a speech in support of the Plan of Chicago. The letterhead was designed for a suite...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 2672 |
Hull House Map (Nationalities), 1895, (
Historical Source
) ...West Side neighborhood, which housed many of Chicago's most recent immigrants, most of whom came...
Date Created: 1895,
Date Depicted: 1895
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| 2673 |
Arend Van Vlissingen Plan for Lake Calumet Harbor, 1920, Creator: Arend Van Vlissingen(
Historical Source
) ...the Calumet Region was adopted by the City of Chicago as the official plan for the region in 1921....
Date Created: 1920,
Date Depicted: 1920
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| 2674 |
Advertisement for D. S. Taylor Property, c. 1873, Cartographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...the east side of the Calumet River in South Chicago shows the growing interest in the Calumet region...
Date Created: c.1873,
Date Depicted: c.1873
|
| 2675 |
Union Station at Canal and Jackson Streets, 2004, Photographer: Stefani Foster(
Historical Source
) ...consolidation project proposed in the 1909 Plan of Chicago came with the completion of the new Union...
Date Created: 2004,
Date Depicted: 2004
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| 2676 |
Effects of a Tornado along the Fox River in Elgin, 1920, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...On March 28, 1920, tornadoes touched down in Chicago, Elgin, and the western suburbs, killing twenty...
Date Created: 1920,
Date Depicted: 1920
|
| 2677 |
Third Annual Charlie Parker Memorial Jazz Concert, 1957, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...had become one of the premiere figures in the Chicago jazz scene, hosting shows in venues throughout...
Date Created: 1957,
Date Depicted: 1957
|
| 2678 |
New Mt. Hermon M. B. Church, 1975, Photographer: J. G. Domin(
Historical Source
) ...Before there were any church buildings in Chicago, small groups met in private homes and vacant...
Date Created: 1975,
Date Depicted: 1975
|
| 2679 |
Franklin MacVeagh to Daniel Burnham, June 24, 1906, Creator: Franklin MacVeagh(
Historical Source
) ...club backing an effort to offer a plan for Chicago, expresses his approval that Burnham will work...
Date Created: 1906,
Date Depicted: 1906
|
| 2680 |
Woodstock Daily Sentinel, 1953, Creator: Woodstock Daily Sentinel(
Historical Source
) ...have often had diminished significance near Chicago, although township-based high school districts...
Date Created: 1953,
Date Depicted: 1953
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