tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2023-11-30T16:48:01Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/396982016-08-11T15:00:36Z2023-11-30T16:48:42ZUnion Defense Committee of ChicagoCaption: "The Union Defense Committee, Organized in 1861 (Through this Representative Body of Chicago Citizens the First Regiments were Placed in the Field, Civilians Organized, and Chicago's Reputation for "Doing Things" Established) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Individuals portrayed are: Judge Thomas Drummond, Judge George Manierre, Julian Rumsey, John C. Dore, R. M. Hough, H. D. Colvin, James H. Bowen, E. W. Willard, L. P. Yoe, A. H. Burley, Gov. Richard Yates (ex-officio member), Thomas B. Bryan, George Schneider, Judge Grant Goodrich, Judge Mark Skinner, Judge Van H. Higgins, Charles G. Wicker, Thomas Hoyne, John Van Arman, E. C. Larned, Judge John M. Wilson. Image stamped with (illegible) name of Chicago photography studio, located on State Street. Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/397012016-08-11T15:00:37Z2023-11-30T16:48:42ZConfederate prisoners at Camp DouglasCaption: "Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Camp Douglas opened as a training camp for Union troops in 1861 on the property of Stephen J. Douglas, between 31st and 33rd Streets, and Cottage Grove and present-day Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and later served as a prisoner of war camp for Confederate soldiers. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/388.html)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/390972016-08-11T14:59:49Z2023-11-30T16:47:27ZBattle-Cry of FreedomCaption: "Cover of "The Battle-Cry of Freedom" (Written by George F. Root at the Time of Lincoln's Second Call for TroopsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/390982016-08-11T14:59:49Z2023-11-30T16:47:27ZFrank Lumbard, TenorCaption: "Frank Lumbard, Tenor (Chicago's Famous Singers of War-time Lyrics)". (Shown on page with his brother, Jules Lumbard.) Image is undated and appears to be an enhanced photograph.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391462016-08-11T14:59:53Z2023-11-30T16:47:34ZMcVicker's TheatreCaption: "McVicker's Theatre, "Home of the Tragic Muse" By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society"". Image undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391472016-08-11T14:59:53Z2023-11-30T16:47:34ZWood's Museum and TheatreCaption: "Wood's Museum and Theatre Originally Kingsbury Hall By courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Image undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393682016-08-11T15:00:10Z2023-11-30T16:48:01ZClark and South Water StreetsCaption: "Corner Clark and South Water Streets Before the Fire. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society".University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393712016-08-11T15:00:11Z2023-11-30T16:48:01ZTerrace RowCaption: "Terrace Row on Michigan Avenue Before the Fire". Terrace Row was located where the Auditorium Building now stands (at Michigan Avenue and Congress Boulevard).University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393342016-08-11T15:00:08Z2023-11-30T16:47:56ZM. E. Page & Co. ConfectionersFrom text: "M. E. Page & Co. Wholesale Confectioners! 24 Michigan Avenue, Manufacturers of Rock Candy, Gum, Cream and Cordial Work. The Confectionary House of this firm, a cut of which appears on the opposite page, is the largest and most complete concern of the kind in the United States. They occupy the whole of the immense building for the different departments of their business, and have spared no expense in arranging it for turning out the different descriptions of Confectionary manufactured by them, in the most complete and expeditious manner."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393282016-08-11T15:00:07Z2023-11-30T16:47:56ZMichigan Southern R. R. DepotFrom text: "The Michigan Southern, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific trains start from the same depot on Van Buren, opposite LaSalle street."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393292016-08-11T15:00:07Z2023-11-30T16:47:56ZTremont HouseFrom text: "The visitor to Chicago can not fail to be attracted by the splendid and massive structure of the Tremont House, which is centrally located on the corner of Dearborn and Lake streets. This hotel is widely known as one of the most spacious and agreeable in the West. The internal arrangements admirably harmonize with the inviting aspect of the exterior. The Tremont was rebuilt, remodeled, and refurnished in the richest and most luxurious style in 1868. It comprises nearly three hundred rooms--single and in suites--with baths, closets, and every modern improvement attached."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393312016-08-11T15:00:08Z2023-11-30T16:47:56ZSteins BazaarText in illustration reads: "81 83 City of Paris. Bazaar. M. Campbell's Hair Manufactory. National Bazaar. Steins Bazaar. E. H. Stein." From text: "The City of Paris, [i]n miniature, can be seen by the visitor to Chicago at Stein's unique and elegant bazaar, No. 83 South Clark street. The collection of fancy goods, toys, and elegant ornaments he keeps in stock in this beautiful bazaar is wonderful and well worth seeing. It is bewildering to both mind and eye to see the thousand and one useful and ornamental articles you are invited to select from for one dollar. Stein's Bazaar, 83 South Clark street, is one of the institutions of Chicago, and like many other of her institutions, must be seen before it can be appreciated."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393322016-08-11T15:00:08Z2023-11-30T16:47:56ZField, Leiter & Co'sCaption: "Field, Leiter & Co's Establishment." From text: "Dry Goods, Wholesale. Field, Palmer & Leiter, State, N. E. cor. Washington street."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393652016-08-11T15:00:10Z2023-11-30T16:48:00ZDemocratic National AmphitheatreCaption: "Democratic National Amphitheatre Situated on Michigan Avenue, near Twelfth street. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society".University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393672016-08-11T15:00:10Z2023-11-30T16:48:01ZMichigan Avenue in the 1860'sCaption: "Michigan Avenue in the '60s. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393702016-08-11T15:00:11Z2023-11-30T16:48:01ZLa Salle Street from Courthouse SquareCaption: "La Salle Street from Courthouse Square. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393192016-08-11T15:00:07Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZChicago Tribune buildingFrom text: "The new Tribune building [i]s, in every respect, a model of beauty, convenience and comfort, and an ornament to the city. It is located on the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets. It fronts 72 feet on Dearborn, by 121 feet on Madison street, and covers an area of 8,712 square feet. The building is constructed entirely of fire proof materials. It is four stories high above the basement, with a complete altitude of 70 feet. ... The style of architecture is "Roman," which allows great diversity of detail and ornamentation. Both street fronts are of Athens marble, from the sidewalk to the cornice. The cornices are of galvanized iron, artistically and elaborately finished, with pediments, parapets, etc. The total cost of the building has been about $200,000."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/396972016-08-11T15:00:36Z2023-11-30T16:48:41ZEllsworth Requiem MarchCaption: "The Ellsworth Requiem March' (The Cover Shows an Authentic Portrait of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, Chicago's Youthful Hero, the First Soldier Killed in the Civil War) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Text on cover: "To the memory of Col. E. E. Ellsworth. Who fell at Alexandria, Va., May 24th, 1861. Col. Ellsworth Requiem March, by A. J. Vaas. Published by Root & Cady, Chicago. 'Sadly the bells toll the death of the hero.' Published by A. Judson Higgins, Chicago. Song by A. B. Tobey." Undated, but probably was created in the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391132016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:29ZLevi D. BooneFrom text: "Other notables of the "Old Guard" who arrived in the thirties, and were for the most part in hale and hearty middle life, were … Levi D. Boone (a stalwart Know-nothing)…" Levi D. Boone (1808-1882) was a doctor, captain in the Black Hawk War, and mayor of Chicago (1855-1856). (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391142016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:29ZThomas HoyneFrom text: "Other notables of the "Old Guard"" who arrived in the thirties, and were for the most part in hale and hearty middle life, were … Thomas Hoyne, …." Thomas Hoyne (1817-1883) was a justice of the peace and mayor of Chicago (1876). (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391152016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:30ZDr. Charles Volney DyerFrom text: "Other notables … who arrived in the thirties … [were] ... Dr. C. V. Dyer …" Charles Volney Dyer (1808-1878) was a physician and abolitionist. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391162016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:30ZJudge Mark SkinnerFrom text: "Other notables … who arrived in the thirties … [were] Judge Mark Skinner …" Mark Skinner (1813-1887) was a Cook County judge and city attorney. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Photo is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391262016-08-11T14:59:52Z2023-11-30T16:47:31ZChicago in the SixtiesCaption: "Bird's-eye view of Chicago in the Sixties"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391872016-08-11T14:59:56Z2023-11-30T16:47:39ZTerrace RowCaption: "Terrace Row--"The Marble Terrace" The Lake Front By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". The Marble Terrace stood on property later occupied by the Auditorium Building.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391452016-08-11T14:59:53Z2023-11-30T16:47:33ZFrancis F. BrowneImage appears to be an enhanced photograph. Undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393122016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZChicago Water WorksFrom text: "… it was not until Monday, March 25th, 1867, that the water was let into the tunnel to flow through the water pipes and hydrants of the city. On that day the new water works were formally inaugurated by the laying of the corner stone of the new tower, situated about half a block west of the old tower, and since completed to a total height of 130 feet, standing on a base of twenty-four feet square. Within this tower is an iron column three feet in internal diameter, to the top of which the water is forced from the tunnel by powerful pumping machinery, and is thence forced by its own pressure through the mains and to the tops of the highest buildings in the city."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393132016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZChamber of CommerceFrom text: "Chamber of Commerce--Board of Trade Is located on the corner of Washington and LaSalle streets. Its walls are built of Athens marble, and its dimensions are 93 by 181 feet. It is in the modern Italian style of architecture, and consists of a basement, half beneath the street, and used for business officesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393142016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZChicago harborFrom text: "In 1833 Congress made the first appropriation of $30,000 to improve the harbor. The north pier was run out a short distance and a light-house erected. An embankment was made to cut off the river from her old channel, which had previously emptied into the lake near the foot of Madison street. This work was commenced in the summer of 1833, and vigorously pushed forward. In the following spring came a great freshet, which cleaned out the sand from the mouth, and did more work than all the dredges. In successive years additional appropriations were made, amounting in the aggregate to $144,000. In 1839 the work was suspended, the money having been exhausted."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393152016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZUniversity of ChicagoFrom text: "University of Chicago [i]s located within four miles of the Court House, and on the route of the Cottage Grove horse-cars, within a few steps of the shores of Lake Michigan. It is conducted under the auspices of the Baptist denomination, but is founded on a broad and liberal basis. It is built on a beautiful tract of ground donated by Hon. S. A. Douglas. It was founded in 1855, and the first building erected in 1858. The main central building is 126 x 172 feet, and was completed in 1868, at a cost of $110,000. It is of Athens marble, and is of very imposing appearance. The property, with endowments, is valued at $400,000." Note: This school closed in 1886 and was not associated with the University of Chicago later established in the Hyde Park neighborhood.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393162016-08-11T15:00:06Z2023-11-30T16:47:54ZChristian Brothers AcademyFrom text: "The Academy of the Christian Brothers, on Van Buren street, near Clark, was first opened in the spring of 1868, and has already achieved a very high and deserved celebrity. In the Order of the Christian Brothers, founded for the purpose of devoting themselves to the education of youth, the members are trained especially to fulfill the duties of teachers. How well they perform the onerous duties of their calling, is attested by the great success and popularity of their schools in Europe, and of late years in this country. Students of all denominations are received, and the religious opinions of the parents respected and never interfered with in the child."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393202016-08-11T15:00:07Z2023-11-30T16:47:55ZMerchants Insurance Company buildingFrom text: "One of the most stately and beautiful edifices in the United States, is the new building of the Merchants Insurance company of Chicago, on the northwest corner of LaSalle and Washington streets. It is five stories in height, and has a frontage of ninety-six and one-third feet on LaSalle street, and a frontage of one hundred and eleven and a half feet on Washington street. Both the front elevations are built of magnesium limestone, from Athens, of which so many of our best buildings are made. ... The style of the architecture is the modified Italian, such variations having been made as are necessary to adapt it to the rigor of our climate."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393232016-08-11T15:00:07Z2023-11-30T16:47:55ZMerchants' Farmers', and Mechanics' Savings BankFrom text: "We give a view of the building occupied by the Merchants', Farmers and Mechanics' Savings Bank, No. 13 Clark street. This institution was chartered in 1861, and in 1864 removed to its present very appropriate and convenient edifice. The institution is in a highly flourishing condition, and is deservedly popular.""University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/397022016-08-11T15:00:37Z2023-11-30T16:48:42ZCol. Benjamin J. SweetCaption: "Col. (later Gen.) Benjamin J. Sweet (Commander at Camp DouglasUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391172016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:30ZDeacon William BrossFrom text: "Among somewhat later arrivals (the men of the forties) the Hon. William Bross, ex-Lieutenant-governor and "deacon" extraordinary, easily took first rank, because--well, because he was "Deacon" Bross." William Bross (1813-1890) was a journalist and served as Lieutenant Governor. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391192016-08-11T14:59:51Z2023-11-30T16:47:30ZReception at Court HouseCaption: "Reception of the remains at the Court House"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/390992016-08-11T14:59:50Z2023-11-30T16:47:28ZJules G. Lumbard, BassoCaption: "Jules G. Lumbard, Basso (Chicago's Famous Singers of War-time Lyrics)." (Shown on page with his brother, Frank Lumbard.) Image is undated and appears to be an enhanced photograph.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391022016-08-11T14:59:50Z2023-11-30T16:47:28ZJohn WentworthCaption: "Long John" Wentworth (Chicago's Giant Mayor)". Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/390912016-08-11T14:59:49Z2023-11-30T16:47:26ZDeacon Philo CarpenterFrom text: "The Deacon (he was deacon emeritus in his last years) came to Chicago in 1832, and was largely instrumental in organizing the First Presbyterian Church. Later he moved to the West Side, and there joined the Third Church. As an ingrained Abolitionist he attended the Anti-Slavery Convention in Cincinnati in 1850..." Image appears to be an enhanced photograph and is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/391252016-08-11T14:59:52Z2023-11-30T16:47:31ZMahlon D. Ogden propertyCaption: "The Mahlon D. Ogden Property By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/393722016-08-11T15:00:11Z2023-11-30T16:48:01ZO'Leary HouseCaption: "The O'Leary House, back of which the Great Fire is said to have started." From text: "The cause of the fire is not known, even after the diligent investigation which was undertaken a few weeks later. The story, now classic, that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a kerosene lamp during the process of milking and thus set fire to the straw in the shed, is cherished by romancers and cartoonistsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library