| 2401 |
Hickory St. Ramp to Goose Island from Ogden Avenue, 1988, Photographer: John McCarthy(
Historical Source
) ...were Charles Levy Circulating Company and Chicago Terminal Clearance, a large trucking operation...
...that "fast arterial highway," as described in a Chicago Tribune article from November 26, 1934. The...
Date Created: 1988,
Date Depicted: 1988
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| 2402 |
Incorporation Act of Little Fort, 1837, Creator: State of Illinois (Printed by Chicago Democrat)(
Historical Source
) ...Creator: State of Illinois (Printed by Chicago Democrat)...
Date Created: 1849,
Date Depicted: 1849
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| 2403 |
School and Other Special Districts, (
Historical Source
) ...into the twentieth century, many children in the Chicago region began their education in one-room...
...Source: Lake County Outside the city of Chicago, school districts are independent local governments,...
...Firefighting ; Zoning The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The...
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| 2404 |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Conference, 1944, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...In 1944 the NAACP held a conference in Chicago....
...Among the dignitaries present was Chicago alderman Earl B. Dickerson (front row to the left of woman...
Date Created: 1944,
Date Depicted: 1944
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| 2405 |
Sanctuary: A Justice Ministry, c.1983, Author: Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America(
Historical Source
) ...Author: Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America...
Date Created: c.1983,
Date Depicted: c.1983
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| 2406 |
Lincoln Funeral Procession, 1865, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Lincoln funeral procession entering Chicago's courthouse, May 1, 1865....
Date Created: 1865,
Date Depicted: 1865
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| 2407 |
Construction of "The Fair" Building, c.1891, (
Historical Source
) ...accompanying William Le Baron Jenney, "Chicago Construction of High Buildings on a Compressible...
...News Record, November 1891, showing construction of "The Fair" department store in downtown Chicago....
Date Created: 1891,
Date Depicted: 1891
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| 2408 |
Maypole Dancing, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Maypole dancing, Chicago Commons Day Nursery (no date)....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 2409 |
Interior of Rockefeller Chapel, n.d., Photographer: Jun Fujita(
Historical Source
) ...Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago (no date)....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 2410 |
Cattle in the Union Stock Yard, 1897, (
Historical Source
) ...Manufacturing Company Institution: Library of Congress The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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| 2411 |
State and Madison, 1897, (
Historical Source
) ...Manufacturing Company Institution: Library of Congress The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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| 2412 |
Year Page: 1983, Kathleen McCourt(
Year Page
) ...Brooks and Studs Terkel, performancesby the Chicago Children's Choir and theMorris Ellis Orchestra,...
...1937 1968 1983 At the start of 1983, Jane Byrne was Chicago's first woman mayor. By its end, Harold...
...it was decidedly not politics as usual in Chicago. Helped by a bungled snow removal operation, Byrne...
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| 2413 |
Letter from Herbert Brown to Edward Brennan, 1934, Creator: Herbert Brown(
Historical Source
) ...renaming initiative in 1936, the proceedings of the Chicago City Council for April 21, 1937, proudly...
...noted, "[T]here are now only 1363 street names in Chicago for 3624 miles of streets. . . ....
...There are now fewer street names in Chicago than in any other city in the country of even one-half...
Date Created: 1934,
Date Depicted: 1934
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| 2414 |
View of the Wooded Isle of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold(
Historical Source
) ...Osaka Japanese Garden in 1993 in honor of Chicago's "sister city" relationship with the city of...
Date Created: 1893,
Date Depicted: 1893
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| 2415 |
Remarks of Clarence A. Burley at Site of Old Fort Dearborn, 1922, Creator: Clarence Burley(
Historical Source
) ...Clarence Burley, president of the Chicago Historical Society in 1922, remembered seeing the second...
...he described his memory of the fort and the Chicago River in remarks made at ceremony at the laying...
...Guarantee and Accident Co. In 1971 the City of Chicago designated the site of Fort Dearborn a city...
Date Created: 1922,
Date Depicted: 1922
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| 2416 |
Menu from a Ball in Honor of the Prince of Wales, 1860, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...on September 19, 1860, the Prince of Wales did not arrive in Chicago until September 21, according...
...to reports in the Chicago Tribune. The prince traveled through the city as...
...part of a North American tour. While in Chicago, the royal party stayed at the Richmond House at...
Date Created: 1860,
Date Depicted: 1860
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| 2417 |
Armour & Co. Advertisement, 1911, Artist: Albert Guillaume(
Historical Source
) ...Armour & Company's Meat Extract demonstrates the international reach of Chicago's meatpackers. Beef,...
...pork, and meat byproducts from Armour and other Chicago firms made their way around the world from...
...At the beginning of the twentieth century, Chicago meatpackers entered and quickly dominated the...
Date Created: c.1891,
Date Depicted: c.1891
|
| 2418 |
Gerard & Rabe Clothing Manufacturers, c.1880, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The Gerard & Rabe factory was located at what was, by Chicago's old street numbering system, 377...
...W. Chicago Avenue, which now corresponds to 1413...
...W. Chicago, just west of Noble Street on the Northwest Side....
Date Created: c.1880,
Date Depicted: c.1880
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| 2419 |
Lakeshore Property (Formerly U. S. Steel South Works), 1987, Photographer: Bob Thall(
Historical Source
) ...The shoreline on the South Side of Chicago that was laden with steel mills for most of the twentieth...
...Park, occupied a mile and a half of lakefront property. In 2004, the city of Chicago was working...
...with South Chicago to develop public space along that stretch of lakefront....
Date Created: 1987,
Date Depicted: 1987
|
| 2420 |
Students and faculty at the Institute of Design, c.1950, Photographer: Ray Pearson(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago's Institute of Design, founded in 1937 as the...
...Bauhaus, served along with the Art Institute, Chicago Society of Arts and Crafts, and the Arts Club...
...regarded for its design curriculum, making Chicago an important center of industrial art and design....
Date Created: c.1950,
Date Depicted: c.1950
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