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Chicago National Bank

Marine Company building

Wood's Museum

Residence of Harlow N. Higinbotham

Natural stone canal banks

First Baptist Church

Art Institute of Chicago

Federal Building at Chicago

Cooking class

Arrangements Committee

Branch Settlement House

William Butler Ogden

Remodeled house on Lincoln Park West

Residence of Jos. G. Peters

Residence of Mrs. K. E. Herbert

Finance Department

Mrs. Raymond Robins

Row houses on Deming

Samuel Levin

M. C. Fisch

Residence of E. W. Houghton

Wrought-iron railing

Grant Place row houses

Public library and John Crerar Library

Italian Coat Makers Local 270

Nettie Richardson

Michigan Avenue, showing Auditorium

Charles H. Reed

Leonard Swett

Hon. Isaac N. Arnold

Charles W. Fairbanks, C. A. Coey, Judge Hanecy

First taxicab in Chicago

Statue of Robert de La Salle

A good job by fire bug

John Walsh's Store at Custom House Place

George P. Upton

Haymarket Riot

Woman's Temple

Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Building

The Rookery

  • Chicago National Bank
    Image | 1902 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "When the new building of the Chicago National Bank was projected it was aimed to produce a structure which would immediately suggest to the observer that it was a bank. How well that idea has been carried out by Jenney & Mundie, the architects, it needs but a glance at the bank building to show. Of the Corinthian order of architecture, with ninety feet front on M...
  • Marine Company building
    Image | 1869 | Picture ChicagoThe Marine Company of Chicago, a bank and foreign exchange dealer, was located at the corner of LaSalle and Lake streets.
  • Wood's Museum
    Image | 1869 | Picture Chicagobesides numerous other objects of interest and wonder. The specimens of birds and quadrupeds, in the department of natural history, for variety, beauty, and faithfulness to nature, challenge comparison with any other in the world. In connection with the Museum is the lecture room, where dramatic performances every night, and matinees in the afternoon, are given by an excelle...
  • Residence of Harlow N. Higinbotham
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoHarlow Higinbotham was president of the World's Columbian Exposition corporation and partner at Marshall Field & Co. (source: Encyclopedia of Chicago)
  • Natural stone canal banks
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Natural stone banks through the 'rock cut'"
  • First Baptist Church
    Image | 1869 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "First Baptist Church, Wabash av., cor. Hubbard court."
  • Art Institute of Chicago
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: ""Art Institute on Michigan Avenue, facing Adams Street. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago""
  • Federal Building at Chicago
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Federal Building at Chicago: Begun in 1896, completed in 1905"
  • Cooking class
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Class in cooking--Normal Practice School. By courtesy of the Board of Education".
  • Arrangements Committee
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Arrangements Committee, 5th Biennial Convention, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Chicago May 8-13, 1922". On photograph: ""371 I. P. E. U."
  • Branch Settlement House
    Image | 1901 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Branch Settlement House near Old Commons." From text: "The appeal of the child life of the traffic crowded streets and ill equipped homes, won the first response from our hearts and home. There were then neither place nor provision for the littlest children in the public schools. So we determined to lay the foundation of our work in the kindergarten. .. . When the ...
  • William Butler Ogden
    Image | 1919 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "William Butler Ogden, Chicago's First Mayor. From the portrait by G. P. A. Healy. By courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society."
  • Remodeled house on Lincoln Park West
    Image | 1963 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "A remodeled house on Lincoln Park West. The cherub and wrought-iron fence and railing are additions, the paneled door original."
  • Residence of Jos. G. Peters
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Residence of Mr. Jos. G. Peters. 6107 Kenmore Ave., North Edgewater."
  • Residence of Mrs. K. E. Herbert
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Residence of Mrs. K. E. Herbert. 5816 Sheridan Road, Edgewater."
  • Finance Department
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Finance Department Main Office Chicago Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America."
  • Mrs. Raymond Robins
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "… the Chicago Women's Trade Union League, of which Mrs. Raymond Robins was then President. ... A Strike Committee was immediately organized by the League and began to work through the following sub-committees: Strike fund committee, of which Mrs. Robins was Chairman."
  • Row houses on Deming
    Image | 1963 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "False fronts with a Dutch flavor embellish row houses on Deming. Note the terracotta "candles" at the sides of each."
  • Samuel Levin
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Samuel Levin, Manager. Chicago Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America."
  • M. C. Fisch
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "M. C. Fisch, Recording Secretary. Officers Chicago Joint Board". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Residence of E. W. Houghton
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Residence of Mr. E. W. Houghton. 1414 Estes Ave., Rogers Park."
  • Wrought-iron railing
    Image | 1963 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "A wrought-iron railing edges the balcony of a residence on Fremont. The supporting corbel includes a female head."
  • Grant Place row houses
    Image | 1963 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Row houses on Grant Place. These were undoubtedly built as one-family units in a single development."
  • Public library and John Crerar Library
    Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Chicago Public Library occupies one of the handsomest public buildings in the Loop, at Michigan Boulevard, Washington and Randolph Streets. The structure is of Bedford limestone upon a granite base, and its impressive architecture combines several classic styles, Greek, neo-Greek, and Roman. Entering from Washington Street, the visitor beholds the superb flyi...
  • Italian Coat Makers Local 270
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Officers and Executive Board Members Italian Coat Makers Local 270". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Nettie Richardson
    Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoOne of four individuals depicted above caption: "National Organizers, Chicago Campaign, 1919". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Michigan Avenue, showing Auditorium
    Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Michigan Avenue, showing the Auditorium[.] Michigan Avenue lies along the lake front and is a favorite driveway. No obstructing buildings lie between it and the lake and the cool breezes make it a most inviting thoroughfare on a warm day. The Auditorium Building, one of the largest in the whole country, covering an area of sixty-two thousand feet, is located betwee...
  • Charles H. Reed
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Charles H. Reed, Prosecuting Attorney (""Charley" Reed was the Unwilling Victim of the Arnold-Swett "Lincoln Séance," and Later of His Own too Great Popularity)"
  • Leonard Swett
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoLeonard Swett and Isaac Arnold were defense attorneys for a sensational Chicago murder trial. (Trial was held in Lake County, Illinois.)
  • Hon. Isaac N. Arnold
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoLeonard Swett and Isaac Arnold were defense attorneys for a sensational Chicago murder trial. (Trial was held in Lake County, Illinois.)
  • Charles W. Fairbanks, C. A. Coey, Judge Hanecy
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Ex-Vice President Fairbanks, C. A. Coey, and Judge Hanecy"
  • First taxicab in Chicago
    Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The first taxicab seen in Chicago--C. A. Coey, owner."
  • Statue of Robert de La Salle
    Image | 1889 | Picture ChicagoFrontispiece of book
  • A good job by fire bug
    Image | 1916 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "A good job by one of the fire bugs. Incendiary fires are supposed to have totaled one-half Chicago's annual loss. The trust heads are now in Joliet and insurance rates are down again."
  • John Walsh's Store at Custom House Place
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Street scenes in the "Bygone Days" Custom House Place, Showing John R. Walsh's Store By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • George P. Upton
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoGeorge Putman Upton (1834-1919) was a writer and music critic (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago).
  • Haymarket Riot
    Image | 1889 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Haymarket Riot: The Explosion and the Conflict."
  • Woman's Temple
    Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Woman's Temple, at the corner of Monroe and La Salle streets, stands as a monument to the untiring temperance workers of Chicago. It is twelve stories high and contains three hundred offices. The building is a fire-proof structure of steel, granite and terra cotta, and was built by the W. C. T. U. at a cost of $1,500,000." The building was designed by the firm ...
  • Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Building
    Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "One of the largest department stores on State Street is that of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company. For years it was located in the building here shown, diagonally across the city from the Marshall Field store. The concern recently removed to more ample quarters in a new structure at the corner of Madison and State streets." Building was designed by architect Louis H. ...
  • The Rookery
    Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "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...