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Rev. W. H. Ryder

Rev. William Weston Patton

Rev. William W. Everts

Riots at Halsted Street viaduct

River gateway to canal

Robert G. Ingersoll

Robert Martin Douglas

The Rookery

The Rookery

Row houses on Deming

Rufus C. Dawes

Ruins of Chicago Postoffice

Rush Medical College

Rush Street Bridge

Safe deposit vaults

La Salle Street from Courthouse Square

Samuel Fielden

Samuel Kapper

Samuel Levin

Scandia Hall

Scene after shooting of Alfred Lingle

Scene after Tony Lombardo's assassination

Scene after William McPadden's assassination

School of Education, University of Chicago

Schulze Baking Company advertisement

Sea wall at Wheeler residence

Section, engraving room

Section of polishing room

Semi-Centennial Celebration Chicago Fire

Sewing Machine Adjusters Local 272

Sheet metal tower

Sheridan Road, Lincoln Park

Sherman House

Shipping department

Shipping department

Shop No. 1

Shop No. 2

Sidney Hillman

Siegel, Cooper & Company

Skandinaven Building

  • Rev. W. H. Ryder
    Image | 1910From text: "Rev. W. H. Ryder, D.D., of St. Paul's Universalist Church, was a frequent speaker at Union meetings. Next to Chapin he was regarded as the most gifted minister in his denomination in the country… He was a stanch supporter of all that the war stood for, even among the most advanced."
  • Rev. William Weston Patton
    Image | 1910From text: "Another whose work stands out conspicuously is the Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., of the First Congregational Church. Dr. Patton was an uncompromising Abolitionist." Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1880s.
  • Rev. William W. Everts
    Image | 1910and though he was absent when the secession crisis came to a head, it is said that the influence of the people of his old congregation was most effective in holding Kentucky to the side of the Union. Dr. Everts was probably the most forceful preacher in the history of the city's pulpit."
  • Riots at Halsted Street viaduct
    Image | 1889Caption: "The Labor Troubles of 1877: Riots at the Halsted Street Viaduct, Chicago." The viaduct was located at Halsted and 16th Street. (Source: The Labor Trail: Chicago's History of Working-Class Life and Struggle http://www.communitywalk.com/labor_trail/map/5258#0003KY%3C)
  • River gateway to canal
    Image | 1912
  • Robert G. Ingersoll
    Image | 1910From text: "By way of contrast in the field of religion occupied by Mr. Moody, some reminiscences of the great infidel, Robert G. Ingersoll, come naturally to mind." Ingersoll's "home-grown radicalism" influenced youths of the next generation, including Carl Sandburg and Floyd Dell. Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.
  • Robert Martin Douglas
    Image | 1912Caption: "Robert Martin Douglas: Eldest son of Stephen A. Douglas."
  • The Rookery
    Image | 1891From text: "The Rookery, twelve stories, corner Adams and LaSalle Streets, one of the chief office buildings of Chicago and one of the most ornate structures erected by private enterprise in the world--159 feet."
  • The Rookery
    Image | 1906Caption: "When the great fire of 1871 destroyed the City Hall at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets a temporary building erected on the site was jokingly called " The Rookery." The twelve story building erected later upon this spot retained the name of ""The Rookery." It is built of gray granite and fire proof brick." Designed by Burnham and Root. The base is of red gr...
  • Row houses on Deming
    Image | 1963Caption: "False fronts with a Dutch flavor embellish row houses on Deming. Note the terracotta "candles" at the sides of each."
  • Rufus C. Dawes
    Image | 1933Caption: "Rufus C. Dawes President A Century of Progress"
  • Ruins of Chicago Postoffice
    Image | 1871Caption: "Ruins of the interior of the Chicago Postoffice after the Great Fire of 1871. By permission of Chicago Historical Society."
  • Rush Medical College
    Image | 1869From text: "Located on the corner of Indiana and North Dearborn street, was established in 1843. The new building, erected in 1857 at a cost of $70,000, is one of the finest educational structures in the West. The College possesses a large and well-selected library, besides ample chemical apparatus, a laboratory, and a museum filled with every needed means of illustration an...
  • Rush Street Bridge
    Image | 1910Caption: "Lake House, Rush Street Bridge, and River Mouth". View is looking northwest, across the Chicago River, to the Near North Side. Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • Safe deposit vaults
    Image | 1902From text: "Between these sets of apartments is the great treasure room of the safe deposit vaults--the immense room which is lined with 6,000 private safe deposit boxes of various sizes. The floor of this apartment is made of chrome-steel plates, three one-inch plates being riveted together, making a drill-proof and bomb-proof floor. The ceiling and side walls are construct...
  • La Salle Street from Courthouse Square
    Image | 1860-1869Caption: "La Salle Street from Courthouse Square. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society."
  • Samuel Fielden
    Image | 1886From text: "Samuel Fielden is below the medium height, thick set and muscular. His face is swarthy and covered with a heavy beard. His brow is low, his face dull, and his appearance indicates the predominance of the brute. Unlike any of his associates he is a laboring man. He drove a stone wagon, and worked hard for his daily bread. He was kind to his family, and bore a good...
  • Samuel Kapper
    Image | 1922Caption: "Samuel Kapper, Killed in 1915 Strike". From text: "On October 26th Samuel Kapper, one of the strikers, was shot and killed and a large number of others wounded in a riot at Harrison and Halsted streets. More than ten thousand striking garment workers paid their tribute at the funeral to this hero of the strike." On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Samuel Levin
    Image | 1922Caption: "Samuel Levin, Manager. Chicago Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America."
  • Scandia Hall
    Image | 1893Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Scandia Hall, W. Ohio St., near Milwaukee Ave. [See "Scandia Hall."]".
  • Scene after shooting of Alfred Lingle
    Image | 1930Caption: "Put On the Spot--Alfred (Jake) Lingle, Tribune reporter, was shot down in a subway, just off Randolph Street and Michigan Boulevard at 1 o'clock in the afternoon as he, with a blond youth, were hurried along with a crowd towards a train bound for the races at Washington Park. The "blond" youth stepped back a few paces, whipped out a snub-nosed revolver, shot Jake i...
  • Scene after Tony Lombardo's assassination
    Image | 1928Caption: "Tony Lombardo, King of the Mafia, and a lieutenant for Alphonse Capone. (Left) Madison and Dearborn Streets where Lombardo was assassinated one summer afternoon."
  • Scene after William McPadden's assassination
    Image | 1928Caption: "Not passed out, but passed n. William "Gunner" McPadden, an ally of Danny Stanton, was killed in the famous Granada Café on the eve of the New Year, 1929, by George Maloney, killer de luxe for Michael "Bubs" Quinlan, bourbon baron." The Granada Cafe was located at 68th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.
  • School of Education, University of Chicago
    Image | 1906The School of Education building, at 1362 E. 59th Street, is now called Emmons Blaine Hall, and houses the Lower School of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
  • Schulze Baking Company advertisement
    Image | 1919Text in advertisement: "The Bakery where bread is made of the highest standard of quality and production. Schulze Baking Co." The Schulze Baking Company building is located at 40 East Garfield Boulevard.
  • Sea wall at Wheeler residence
    Image | 1910Caption: "Massive sea wall protecting Mr. Albert G. Wheeler's lawn Foot of Sheridan Road and Devon Ave., North Edgewater Shore Line of Rogers Park and Evanston in background"
  • Section, engraving room
    Image | 1922August 1922.
  • Section of polishing room
    Image | 1922August 1922.
  • Semi-Centennial Celebration Chicago Fire
    Image | 1921Text in image: "Chicago the Great Central Market. Semi-Centennial Celebration Chicago Fire October 2-15". Caption: "Poster proclaiming celebration of Great Fire anniversary. The personifying figure of Chicago was given to the city by The Inter Ocean, March 20, 1892, when that paper, now extinct, but long maintained as a Republican authority by Wm. Penn Nixon, was in possessi...
  • Sewing Machine Adjusters Local 272
    Image | 1922Caption: "Officers and Executive Board Members Sewing Machine Adjusters Local 272".
  • Sheet metal tower
    Image | 1963Caption: "Two-legged dragons cavort around a sheet metal tower, one of a pair on a large building at Wisconsin and Fremont. Bricks for round towers like these were usually cast to a radius."
  • Sheridan Road, Lincoln Park
    Image | 1912From text: "North Side--Lincoln Park. This is the oldest park of them all and has attraction and features peculiar to itself. Among them are a beautiful and well-developed foliage, a slightly rolling contour, a "zoo" containing about 1,200 specimens, and boulevards skirting about five miles of lake front. The latter includes the famous Lake Shore Drive and the Sheridan Road....
  • Sherman House
    Image | 1910Caption: "The Sherman House By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". The Sherman House was located at northwest corner of Randolph and Clark Streets. (Source: Early Chicago Hotels, by William R. Host and Brooke Ahne Portmann (2006).
  • Shipping department
    Image | 1908Photograph is included in section on company's Marion facility.
  • Shipping department
    Image | 1908Photograph is included in section on company's Grand Rapids facility.
  • Shop No. 1
    Image | 1908Caption: "Section of Shop No. 1".
  • Shop No. 2
    Image | 1908Caption: "N. E. Corner Shop No. 2."
  • Sidney Hillman
    Image | 1922Caption: "Sidney Hillman, General President". From text: "Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, was an apprentice cutter in Hart, Schaffner and Marx and a striker in the strike of 1910."
  • Siegel, Cooper & Company
    Image | 1906universally known as "The Big Store." Almost every commodity of commerce ranging from soap to diamonds is sold over the counters of this immense business institution. It requires a corps of nearly two thousand employees to attend to the wants of customers. Siegel, Cooper & Company have stores also in New York and Boston." Building was designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
  • Skandinaven Building
    Image | 1893forty-two pages. The Skandinaven was at its birth a four-page weekly paper.... To-day it has a larger circulation than any other paper printed in the Scandinavian language in this country."
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