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Date 1906 (5) 1893 (3) 1850-1859 (1) 1869 (1) 1883 (1) Show more... Subject Parks (2) Public Libraries (2) Banks (2) Galleries & Museum... (2) Boathouses (1) Show more... Creator Chandler (1) Vandercook co. (1)

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1.	Merchants' Farmers', and Mechanics' Savings Bank	Banks	From text: "We give a view of the building occupied by the Merchants', Farmers and Mechanics' Savings Bank, No. 13 Clark street. This institution was chartered in 1861, and in 1864 removed to its present...

2.	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...

3.	Public Library	Public libraries	Caption: "Chicago's Public Library building bears the reputation of being one of the finest library structures in the world. The interior is exquisitely finished in marble, mother-of-pearl and onyx. It...

4.	Art Institute	Galleries & museums; Art education	Caption: "This structure stands on the lake front facing Michigan Avenue, near the foot of Adams Street and was erected in 1893 at a cost of $785,000. It contains a rare collection of paintings, statuary...

5.	Siegel, Cooper & Company	Department stores	Caption: "This is another of the mammoth department stores of Chicago; universally known as "The Big Store." Almost every commodity of commerce ranging from soap to diamonds is sold over the counters of...

6.	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...

7.	Humboldt Park boathouse	Boathouses; Parks	Caption: "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...

8.	St. Vincent's Hospital	Hospitals; Orphanages	Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] St. Vincent's Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital. [See "Hospitals"]". From text: "St. Vincent's Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital.--Located at...

9.	Keeley Institute	Alcoholism--Treatment	Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] The Keeley Institute--Laboratory and Office Building. [See "Keeley Institute."]. From text: "Probably no discovery in medicine has been productive of...

10.	Milwaukee Avenue State Bank	Banks	Caption: "[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...

11.	Chicago Public Library	Public libraries	Caption: "The Chicago Public Library". From text: "The Chicago Public Library is a free public institution, established under the Illinois library law of 1872, and maintained by the city as part of its...

12.	Washington Park clubhouse	Racetracks (Horse racing)	Caption: "Club-House at Washington Park." From text: "One of the most important and certainly the most aristocratic clubs in the city is the new Washington Park Club. Not only in the turf world, but in...

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