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Chicago Commons Woman's Club

Chicago Commons' playground

Scandia Hall

Milwaukee Avenue State Bank

Branch Settlement House

Humboldt Park boathouse

  • Chicago Commons Woman's Club
    Image | 1901 | Picture ChicagoDecember 1901.
  • Chicago Commons' playground
    Image | 1901 | Picture ChicagoDecember 1901.
  • Scandia Hall
    Image | 1893 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Scandia Hall, W. Ohio St., near Milwaukee Ave. [See "Scandia Hall."]".
  • Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
    Image | 1893 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. [See "Banks, State and Private."]". From text: "Location Milwaukee Avenue and Carpenter street. … Successor to the banking house of Paul O. Stensland & Co., the leading financial institution of the northwest section of the city. The former bank had built up a very large business with the tr...
  • Branch Settlement House
    Image | 1901 | Picture ChicagoDecember 1901.
  • Humboldt Park boathouse
    Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Free Bathing Pool[.] One of the most beneficent of Chicago's charities is the public bathing system, a comparatively recent institution. The baths are spacious and well-equipped and the best evidence of their importance is found in the numbers resorting daily to their use. They are open and free to all. The Carter H. Harrison Bath at 192 Mather Street is noted for ...