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1906
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Frances E. Willard
Temperance; Activists
From text: "It is safe to say that no name among the residents of Evanston looms larger on the pages of the country's history than that of Frances Elizabeth Willard. … In 1874, Miss Willard was elected...
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Post Office pneumatic tube system
Post offices; Pneumatic tubes
Caption: "End of the big pneumatic tube system in the basement of the Chicago Post Office." From text: "The underground pneumatic tube system is the largest of the kind in the world. There are three double-tube...
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Post office overhead carrier system
Post offices
Caption: "Overhead carrier system in the post-office, similar to cash carriers used in stores."
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Underground tunnel railway
Post offices
Caption: "The first mail arriving at the Post Office station of the Chicago subway or underground railroad, March 10, 1903."
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M. E. Page & Co. Confectioners
Advertisements; Stores & shops
From text: "M. E. Page & Co. Wholesale Confectioners! 24 Michigan Avenue, Manufacturers of Rock Candy, Gum, Cream and Cordial Work. The Confectionary House of this firm, a cut of which appears on the opposite...
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Federal Building
Post offices; Government facilities
From text: "The Federal Building, at Clark, Adams, Dearborn, and Jackson, is a massive eight-story structure, in Roman Corinthian style, of granite, surmounted by a majestic dome 297 feet high; it contains...
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