| 811 |
Montauk Block, c.1880, Photographer: J. W. Taylor(
Historical Source
) ...and Dearborn. It was the first major commercial building developed by the architectural firm of...
Date Created: c.1880,
Date Depicted: c.1880
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| 812 |
Hull House Complex, c.1904-1913, Photographer: Barnes-Crosby(
Historical Source
) ...dining room, an auditorium, a coffee house, a Women's Club, a Children's Building, and a gymnasium....
Date Created: c.1904-1913,
Date Depicted: c.1904-1913
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| 813 |
Palmer Houses on Schiller Street, Photographer: Sigmund J. Osty(
Historical Source
) ...Clearly seen here are the expensive building materials employed on facades of these houses built...
Date Created: 1964,
Date Depicted: 1964
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| 814 |
Fort Dearborn Addition to Chicago, 1839, Creator: Asa Bradley(
Historical Source
) ...and south to Twelfth Street, to the city as "Public Ground forever to remain vacant of Buildings."...
Date Created: 1839,
Date Depicted: 1839
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| 815 |
Demolition of Dearborn Street Bridge and Bridge Tender House, 1959, Photographer: Robert Mark(
Historical Source
) ...view looks northwest across the Chicago River to the Central Cold Storage Building in November 1959....
Date Created: 1959,
Date Depicted: 1959
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| 816 |
Kimball and Lawrence Avenues, 1929, Photographer: Chicago Daily News(
Historical Source
) ...Elevated line in 1907 further fueled the building boom, particularly around the station near the...
Date Created: 1929,
Date Depicted: 1929
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| 817 |
Topsy Turvy Times Display, 1926, Photographer: Chicago Daily News(
Historical Source
) ...A window display at the Chicago Daily News building featured a model set for the Topsy Turvy Time...
Date Created: 1926,
Date Depicted: 1926
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| 818 |
Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Zoning), n.d., Creator: Chicago Plan Commission(
Historical Source
) ...slide explains street and alley setbacks and height limitations for tall buildings in the downtown....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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| 819 |
Lawrence and Kedzie Avenues (Northwest Corner), c.1935, Photographer: R. E. Jackson(
Historical Source
) ...on Chicago's North Side. The Thomasson Block building on the northwest corner housed a dance studio,...
Date Created: c.1935,
Date Depicted: c.1935
|
| 820 |
Chicago Defender Newsboy, 1942, Photographer: Jack Delano(
Historical Source
) ...Defender near the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Building at 3501 South Parkway (later Martin Luther...
Date Created: 1942,
Date Depicted: 1942
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| 821 |
Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, 1951, Photographer: Mildred Mead(
Historical Source
) ...Side. This 1951 photograph shows several of the buildings and the well-maintained public spaces....
Date Created: 1951,
Date Depicted: 1951
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| 822 |
Sanitary and Ship Canal Construction Cranes, 1895, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The building of the Sanitary and Ship Canal improved shipping from Chicago to the Mississippi...
Date Created: 1895,
Date Depicted: 1895
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| 823 |
Golden Wedding Anniversary Pamphlet, 1898, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...built townhouses at 2033 Prairie Avenue. The 1870 U. S. census suggested that Otis was successful in...
Date Created: 1898,
Date Depicted: 1898
|
| 824 |
Crane Co. Catalogue, "Plumbing and Heating for Architects," 1956, Creator: Crane Co.(
Historical Source
) ...products were part of the post-World War II building boom that took place on Chicago's southwest and...
Date Created: 1956,
Date Depicted: 1956
|
| 825 |
Circular of Information for Foreign Exhibitors, 1891, Creator: World's Columbian Exposition, Office of the Director-General, Department of Foreign Affairs(
Historical Source
) ...governments to participate in the fair by building exhibitions that might highlight their nation's...
Date Created: 1891,
Date Depicted: 1891
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| 826 |
Illinois and Michigan Canal Lots, 1850, (
Historical Source
) ...long. Land sales continued to repay the cost of the building the canal after it opened in 1848....
Date Created: 1850,
Date Depicted: 1850
|
| 827 |
Robert Forsyth's Plumbing Store, 1868-1869, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...window contrast strikingly with the pump just below the window on the outside right of the building....
Date Created: 1868-1869,
Date Depicted: 1868-1869
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| 828 |
Draft of Speech by Daniel H. Burnham, n.d., Creator: Daniel H. Burnham(
Historical Source
) ...a suite of rooms on top of the Railway Exchange Building, where Burnham and other planners worked to...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
|
| 829 |
Grant Park, 2004, Photographer: Harlan Wallach(
Historical Source
) ...the southeast corner of the roof of the Santa Fe Building on Michigan Avenue at Jackson Boulevard....
Date Created: 2004,
Date Depicted: 2004
|
| 830 |
Chicago State Hospital, 1947, Photographer: Chicago Daily News(
Historical Source
) ...were outdated and overcrowded. Few of the buildings had been updated since its rebuilding after a...
Date Created: 1947,
Date Depicted: 1947
|