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Date 1912 (7) 1893 (6) 1906 (4) 1919 (3) 1869 (2) Show more... Subject Alcoholism -- Treatmen... (3) Office Buildings (3) Universities & Col... (3) Railroad Stations (2) Banks (2) Show more... Creator Baker, Chicago (2) Vandercook co. (2) L. W. Taylor (1) Moffett (1) Staunton (1) Show more...

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1.	Chicago harbor	Harbors	From 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...

2.	Gateway to Oak Woods Cemetery	Cemeteries	Caption: "Gateway to Oakwoods (sic) Cemetery." From text: "This beautiful cemetery stands in the front rank, as one of the handsomest of Chicago's burial grounds. It is located south of 67th St. between...

3.	Merchants Insurance Company building	Office buildings; Insurance companies	From 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....

4.	Davis Square branch reading room	Public libraries	From text: "The wide distribution of Chicago's population has made it necessary to provide small branch or deposit libraries in the residence districts, thus, in a measure, carrying the benefits of the...

5.	Michael Donnelly addressing crowd	Labor unions; Meat industry	Caption: "Michael Donnelly Addressing the Cattle Butchers." From text: " The coming, four years ago, of Michael Donnelly into the stock yards, made us conscious of a renaissance, that, owing to many forces...

6.	Rev. Robert H. Clarkson	Clergy	Caption: "Rev. Robert H. Clarkson By Courtesy of 'The Churchman'. From text: "Deserving of a grateful remembrance as are all these, I feel like giving first place to Dr. Robert H. Clarkson, of St. James's...

7.	William Hale Thompson, Mayor	Mayors	Quotation below: "Let us turn our eyes to the future, with a determination to solve every question of reconstruction and to meet all problems of future progress of our beloved city, in that spirit of loyalty...

8.	City Hall and County Courthouse	Courthouses; City & town halls	Caption: "City Hall and Cook County Court House The administrative offices of the city of Chicago and the court-rooms and offices of Cook County, Illinois, are in this massive building which occupies the...

9.	Montgomery Ward Building	Office buildings; Skyscrapers	Caption: "Montgomery Ward & Company Building The headquarters of one of the largest mail order concerns in the world, located on Michigan Avenue and Madison Street. The structure enjoys the distinction...

10.	Stock yards and Packingtown	Stockyards; Meat industry	Caption: "Stock yards and Packingtown in distance[.] Beyond the pens at the stock yards, lies Packingtown, where the slaughtered meats are prepared for the markets of the world. It is here that several...

11.	Kenwood Club	Clubs	From text: "From this meeting resulted the present Kenwood Club, the organization of which was perfected in February, 1884. In June of the same year the Club took possession of the house on Forty-seventh...

12.	Alphonse Capone and John Stege	Organized crime; Police	Caption: "Alphonse Capone, released from a Philadelphia jail, set Chicago on its ears, when he appeared unheralded in the office of John Stege, Commissioner of Detectives, and blandly inquired if he was...

13.	Wells' Mastiff Shoes advertisement	Advertisements	Copy reads: "Wells' Mastiff Shoes Best Line on Earth For Men, boys, Youths, Women, Misses, & Children. Made up in all popular leathers for every member of the household. Stylish-Satisfactory-Popular Largest...

14.	Bank vaults on main floor	Banks; Vaults (Strong rooms)	From text: "At the rear of the banking floor are ten immense vaults in which the money, valuables, and books of the bank are placed at the close of each day's business. If ever anything built by human...

15.	Safe deposit vaults	Banks; Safe-deposit boxes	From text: "Between these sets of apartments is the great treasure room of the safe deposit vaults--the immense room which is lined with 6,000 private safe deposit boxes of various sizes. The floor of...

16.	Terminal of Chicago & Northwestern Railroad	Railroad stations	Caption: "Passenger terminal of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, completed in 1911. Courtesy of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway." From text: "In the annual report for the year ending June 30th, 1907,...

17.	Chicago University	Universities & colleges	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...

18.	Dome and Grand Stairway	Galleries & museums	Caption: "Dome and grand stairway of Art Institute, completed in 1912. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago". From text: "There are now in 1911, fifty public exhibition galleries, of which twenty-seven...

19.	Orrington Lunt	Universities & colleges	Caption: "Orrington Lunt: Early resident of Chicago and Evanston, and liberal benefactor of Northwestern University". From text: "The first subscription made to the Northwestern University was that of...

20.	Clark T. Hinman	Universities & colleges; College presidents	Caption: "Clark T. Hinman: First president of Northwestern University". From text: "The first president of the Northwestern University was Dr. Clark T. Hinman, who ... was elected by the Board of Trustees...

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