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1910
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1850-1859
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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Chicago in the Fifties
View north from Court House dome
View southwest from Court House dome
View south from Court House dome
Stephen A. Douglas
Chicago University
Sherman House
Old Fort Dearborn
View northeast from Court House dome
State Street, Near Washington
Clark and South Water Streets
Tremont House
Chicago in the Fifties
Image | 1850-1859 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Chicago in the Fifties. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society"
View north from Court House dome
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Views from the Court House dome in 1858 Randolph and Clark Streets By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". View is looking north-northeast. The Sherman House hotel appears in foreground
View southwest from Court House dome
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Views from the Court House dome in 1858 La Salle and Washington Streets (Looking South and Southwest) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". View to the southwest, with masts of ships in the Chicago River in distance.
View south from Court House dome
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Views from the Court House dome in 1858 Washington and La Salle Streets (Looking South and Southwest) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". View appears to be looking nearly due south.
Stephen A. Douglas
Image | 1856 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Stephen A. Douglas: Photograph taken during his debates with Lincoln in 1856". From text: "In Clark E. Carr's volume entitled 'Stephen A. Douglas,' the author pays this deserved tribute to the memory of Douglas for his services in connection with the University of Chicago in its formative period. 'To the building of a great university in Chicago Senator Douglas dev...
Chicago University
Image | 1850-1859 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Chicago University". From text: "To Stephen A. Douglas is due the credit of founding the first University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago. In 1856 a number of citizens visited Judge Douglas with plans for a university, and asked him for help. He gave them ten acres of ground lying along Cottage Grove avenue, at Thirty-fourth street, not far f...
Sherman House
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "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).
Old Fort Dearborn
Image | 1856 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Old Fort Dearborn with surroundings in 1856. By courtesy of Chicago Historical Society."
View northeast from Court House dome
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Views from the Court House dome in 1858 Clark and Randolph Streets By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society"
State Street, Near Washington
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Street Scenes Before the War State Street, Near Washington By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society"
Clark and South Water Streets
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Street Scenes Before the War Intersection of Clark and South Water Streets By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society"
Tremont House
Image | 1910 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "The Tremont House By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". The Tremont House was located at the southeast corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets. (Source: Early Chicago Hotels, by William R. Host and Brooke Ahne Portmann (2006).
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