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Date 1906 (5) 1910-04-09 (3) 1911 (2) 1889 (1) 1893 (1) Show more... Subject Parks (3) Singers (2) Galleries & Museum... (2) Public Libraries (2) Business Districts (1) Show more... Creator Chicago Aerial Survey ... (1) L. W. Taylor (1) Spies, August Vincent ... (1)

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1.	Revenge! Workingmen, to arms!!!	Fliers; Anarchists	Caption: "The famous "Revenge" circular." German title: "Rache! Rache! Arbeiter, zu den Waffen!"

2.	Frank Lumbard, Tenor	Singers	Caption: "Frank Lumbard, Tenor (Chicago's Famous Singers of War-time Lyrics)". (Shown on page with his brother, Jules Lumbard.) Image is undated and appears to be an enhanced photograph.

3.	Jules G. Lumbard, Basso	Singers	Caption: "Jules G. Lumbard, Basso (Chicago's Famous Singers of War-time Lyrics)." (Shown on page with his brother, Frank Lumbard.) Image is undated and appears to be an enhanced photograph.

4.	Gurdon S. Hubbard	Business people; Fur trade	Caption: "Gurdon S. Hubbard (The Famous Fur-trader, Friend of the Indian, and Pioneer Settler; arrived in 1818) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (1802-1886) was...

5.	Jackson Boulevard	Business districts	Caption: "Another of Chicago's famous streets. It is paved with asphalt and lined with substantial buildings. The striking facade of the Chicago Board of Trade and the new Post Office Building adorn this...

6.	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...

7.	Palmer House	Hotels	Caption: "This famous hotel, at the corner of State and Monroe streets, was built shortly after the great fire by Potter Palmer, to whose estate it now belongs. Many great political deals were consummated...

8.	Washington Park Club House	Racetracks (Horse racing)	Caption: "Washington Park Club House, and "Derby Day"[.] The most notable of racing tracks in Chicago is Washington Park, especially famous for its "Derby Day," usually run some Saturday in June. This...

9.	Field Museum	Galleries & museums; Parks	Caption: "The Art Building of the famous World's Fair of 1893, is the only one of the white structures preserved in Jackson Park. It had its beginnings as a permanent institution from the contributions...

10.	Sheridan Road, Lincoln Park	Parks; Roads	From text: "North Side--Lincoln Park. This is the oldest park of them all and has attraction and features peculiar to itself. Among them are a beautiful and well-developed foliage, a slightly rolling contour,...

11.	Scene after William McPadden's assassination	Homicides; Organized crime	Caption: "Not passed out, but passed n. William "Gunner" McPadden, an ally of Danny Stanton, was killed in the famous Granada Café on the eve of the New Year, 1929, by George Maloney, killer de luxe for...

12.	Business office in Tacoma Building	Office buildings; Office workers; Insurance companies	Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Business Office, New York Mutual Life Insurance Co., Tacoma Bldg [Charles H. Ferguson, Agent.]". From text: ""Elsewhere is presented in this volume...

13.	Branch reading room	Public libraries	From text: "A goodly portion of well-chosen juvenile books serves to attract the children of the neighborhood, whose interest is further enlisted by means of an occasional story hour, when stories of the...

14.	Blackstone branch interior	Public libraries	From text: "This beautiful structure is worthy of particular mention, not only because it is one of the finest and costliest library buildings of its size in the world, but also because it marks the beginning...

15.	Illinois Central entrance to Chicago	Railroads; Stadiums; Galleries & museums; Aquariums; Parks	Caption: "Illinois Central Entrance to the Heart of Chicago; Soldier Field, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium in the foreground". From text: "Central Station, on the Boulevard System, has an incomparable...

16.	Charles A. Comiskey and A. G. Spalding	Baseball	Caption: "Charles A. Comiskey (left) and A. G. Spalding snapped together for the first and only time. This meeting took place at Comiskey Park just before the famous White Sox-Giants world tour."

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