| 2511 |
Portrait of William E. Dever, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...the future mayor William E. Dever, who came to Chicago from Woburn, Massachusetts in 1887. He was a...
...he walked back and forth from downtown to the Chicago College of Law. After graduation he worked as...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 2512 |
Letter of Charles Norton to Samuel Insull, 1907, Author: Charles Norton(
Historical Source
) ...leading financial underwriters of the planning efforts that resulted in the 1909 Plan of Chicago....
Date Created: 1907,
Date Depicted: 1907
|
| 2513 |
Cortland Street Bridge, 1953, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The first trunnion bascule bridge was built in Chicago at Cortland Street in 1902....
...This is the bridge type Chicago engineers are perhaps most famous for. The trunnion bascule has two...
Date Created: 1953,
Date Depicted: 1953
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| 2514 |
West toward Dearborn Street Bridge, 1918, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Dearborn Street Bridge looking north across the Chicago River. Note both the horse drawn wagons and...
Date Created: 1918,
Date Depicted: 1918
|
| 2515 |
Dearborn Street Bridge, 1972, Photographer: Laszlo L. Kondor(
Historical Source
) ...and in the foreground of this 1972 photograph looking east from the north bank of the Chicago River....
Date Created: 1972,
Date Depicted: 1972
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| 2516 |
Bridge Tender's House on Swing Bridge at Calumet Harbor, 1952, Photographer: Owen Kent(
Historical Source
) ...Some of the earliest bridge tenders' houses in Chicago were fixed on top of the...
...center of the swing bridges which dominated Chicago River bridges in the nineteenth century. Seen...
Date Created: 1952,
Date Depicted: 1952
|
| 2517 |
Plan of Minneapolis, page 55, Creator: Edward Bennett(
Historical Source
) ...reveal the continuing influence of the Plan of Chicago in his other city-planning work....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
|
| 2518 |
Michigan Avenue Bridge, 2004, Photographer: Harlan Wallach(
Historical Source
) ...level for commercial traffic, an important proposal within the 1909 Plan of Chicago, is evident....
Date Created: 2004,
Date Depicted: 2004
|
| 2519 |
Panoramic View of Northerly Island, 2004, Photographer: Stefani Foster(
Historical Source
) ...which occupied Northerly Island for fifty-five years, was shut down by the city of Chicago in 2003....
Date Created: 2004,
Date Depicted: 2004
|
| 2520 |
Blue Note Jazz Club, c.1950s, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The Blue Note, one of Chicago's premiere jazz clubs during the 1950s, showcased nationally renowned...
Date Created: c.1950s,
Date Depicted: c.1950s
|
| 2521 |
Merchandise Mart, 1949, Photographer: Earl Fiske(
Historical Source
) ...passes under the Wells Street bridge on the Chicago River in front of the Merchandise Mart in the...
Date Created: 1949,
Date Depicted: 1949
|
| 2522 |
Peoria County Tax Book, 1825, Creator: John L. Bogandus(
Historical Source
) ...1825 tax assessments for residents of the Chicago area appeared in the records for Peoria Country,...
...in 1831. The roll of taxpayers from the "Chicago precinct" listed members of several multiracial...
Date Created: 1825,
Date Depicted: 1825
|
| 2523 |
Annuities Paid to Potawatomi Chiefs, 1827, Creator: Alexander Wolcott(
Historical Source
) ...Affairs. Alexander Wolcott, Jr. , who was a physician and trader in the Chicago area, served as...
...Agent in the Chicago region from the late 1810s through the late 1820s. This document itemized...
Date Created: 1827,
Date Depicted: 1827
|
| 2524 |
Soto Meat Market, 1983, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...produce market that he opened in 1980 at 1106 W. Bryn Mawr in the Edgewater community of Chicago....
Date Created: 1983,
Date Depicted: 1983
|
| 2525 |
Grebe & Co. Shipyard, 1952, Photographer: Louis F. Zimmerman(
Historical Source
) ...Henry C. Grebe & Co. shipyard on the west bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River, June 1952....
Date Created: 1952,
Date Depicted: 1952
|
| 2526 |
Coliseum, 1908, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...It served as the city's major indoor arena until the opening of the Chicago Stadium in the 1930's....
Date Created: c.1908,
Date Depicted: c.1908
|
| 2527 |
Sailboats at Van Buren Street Breakwater, 1905, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...in the breakwater at Van Buren Street prior to the beginning of the Chicago to Mackinac Race, 1905....
Date Created: 1905,
Date Depicted: 1905
|
| 2528 |
Sparta ABA Soccer Team, 1945, (
Historical Source
) ...the National Soccer League sponsored by Chicago's Sparta ABA (Athletic and Benevolent Association)...
Date Created: 1945,
Date Depicted: 1945
|
| 2529 |
Breeder's Gazette, 1881, (
Historical Source
) ...The Breeder's Gazette was published in Chicago from 1881 to 1931, when it merged with another...
Date Created: 1882,
Date Depicted: 1882
|
| 2530 |
Notice of Speech by Albert Parsons, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...members. This flyer advertises a speech by Chicago's Albert Parsons in St. Joseph, Missouri....
Date Created: 1885,
Date Depicted: 1885
|