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Deacon William Bross
Recollections of the "Garden city" of the sixties

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Title
Deacon William Bross
Description
From 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.
Date
1910  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
bygonedaysinchic00cook_raw_0255.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/bygonedaysinchic00cook#page/168/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:bygonedaysinchic00cook
Language
eng
Subject
  • Government officials  
  • Journalists  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1860-1869  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • Recollections of the "Garden city" of the sixties  
  • Bygone days in Chicago  
Author of the Book
Cook, Frederick Francis  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleDeacon William Bross
DescriptionFrom 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.
Date1910  
TypePhotograph  
File Namebygonedaysinchic00cook_raw_0255.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/bygonedaysinchic00cook#page/168/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:bygonedaysinchic00cook
Languageeng
Subject
  • Government officials  
  • Journalists  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1860-1869  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • Recollections of the "Garden city" of the sixties  
  • Bygone days in Chicago  
Author of the BookCook, Frederick Francis  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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