Category:History of Chicago

Subcategories

This category has the following 57 subcategories, out of 57 total.

Media in category "History of Chicago"

The following 125 files are in this category, out of 125 total.

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  "Chicago, Looking North from State and Washington Streets." - NARA - 513338.jpg 3,000 × 2,067; 1.4 MB
  
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  "Chicago, Looking North from State and Washington Streets." - NARA - 513338.tif 3,000 × 2,067; 5.91 MB
  
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  1678 La Salle Petitions King Louis XIV.png 368 × 626; 276 KB
  
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  1687 Henri Joutel gives etymology of Chicago as from the word for garlic, Chicagou.png 515 × 81; 33 KB
  
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  1713 Joutel Title Page Last Voyage of La Salle.png 208 × 380; 140 KB
  
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  1892KirklandStoryOfChicago.png 336 × 257; 171 KB
  
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  194 of 'The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)' (10999268353).jpg 2,896 × 1,935; 1.47 MB
  
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  20070612 Residence of Muhammad (2).JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.27 MB
  
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  20070617 East Lake Shore Drive Historic District.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 577 KB
  
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  20080909 Kenwood Evangelical Church from east.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.68 MB
  
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  20090101 Washington Park Court District Map.png 422 × 359; 8 KB
  
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  20090111 50th St in Washington Park Court District.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.69 MB
  
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  20090111 Washington Park Court from 49th St..JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.24 MB
  
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  20090111 Washington Park Court from 50th St..JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.43 MB
  
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  208-PR-14M-2, back.jpg 8,100 × 6,400; 52.34 MB
  
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  BestBrewingCoChicagoAdminBldg.jpg 3,705 × 2,286; 2.28 MB
  
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  BestBrewingCoChicagoPlant.jpg 3,364 × 2,154; 1.14 MB
  
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  Black Hand "Death Corner", Chicago.jpg 4,160 × 2,103; 5.81 MB
  
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  Chicago 1831 Barber 1865p286.jpg 2,096 × 1,036; 441 KB
  
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  Chicago in 1820 (NYPL Hades-118395-54518).tif 4,847 × 3,881; 53.82 MB
  
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  Chicago in early days. 1779-1857 LCCN2003656867.jpg 8,644 × 6,890; 9.04 MB
  
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  Chicago Murder Rates.png 685 × 302; 20 KB
  
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  Chicago portret miasta.pdf 2,022 × 1,418, 516 pages; 13.79 MB
  
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  Chicago Race Riot 1919 leaving house.png 760 × 609; 597 KB
  
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  Chicago Race Riot 1919 stoning.png 690 × 704; 722 KB
  
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  Chicago Race Riot 1919.jpg 382 × 462; 33 KB
  
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  Chicago race riot, five policemen and one soldier.jpg 458 × 344; 97 KB
  
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  Chicago race riot, house with broken windows and debris in front yard.jpg 381 × 423; 130 KB
  
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  Chicago race riot, soldiers with rifles standing guard at vandalized house.jpg 500 × 403; 54 KB
  
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  Chicago race riot, three African American men moving furniture while young Caucasian boys watch.jpg 445 × 266; 73 KB
  
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  Chicago Tenement House.png 532 × 429; 236 KB
  
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  Chicago, as it was (NYPL Hades-118913-55064).tif 4,700 × 3,808; 51.21 MB
  
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  ChicagoPopulation.jpg 1,030 × 530; 106 KB
  
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  ChicagoRaceRiot 1919 wagon.png 760 × 434; 378 KB
  
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  Chicagoracialhistory.png 447 × 347; 3 KB
  
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  Chief Alexander Robinson.jpg 463 × 439; 67 KB
  
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  Conrad Seipp Brewing Co.jpg 3,587 × 2,491; 1.87 MB
  
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  David Leavitt Charles H Ray letter.jpg 2,197 × 2,657; 261 KB
  
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  Denni Hlasatel, Chicago.png 845 × 551; 984 KB
  
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  Dill Pickle Club Benefit Card (NBY 1197).jpg 3,600 × 2,098; 704 KB
  
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  Early Chicago water works.jpg 896 × 612; 214 KB
  
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  Evolution pop Chicago 1840-2000.png 800 × 568; 46 KB
  
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  Finale; Boer War production LCCN2007663930.tif 871 × 708; 1.77 MB
  
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  First Annual Banquet, Federation of American Aero Clubs, tendered by Aeronautique Club of Chicago, Feby. 21, 1908 LCCN2007663594.tif 4,096 × 3,307; 12.92 MB
  
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  Frank Leavitt Chicago.jpg 403 × 500; 57 KB
  
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  František Hlaváček (vpravo), Karla Hlaváčková a František Soukup, 1933, Chicago (F. Soukup - Revoluce práce, 1938).png 935 × 510; 1.02 MB
  
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  Garden City Warehouse, 320 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,15- (sheet 1 of 1).tif 9,642 × 7,584; 692 KB
  
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  GARDEN, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND MERCHANDISE BUILDING, VIEW TO SOUTHWEST - Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, Bounded by Lexington and Grenshaw Streets, Kedzie HABS ILL,16-CHIG,110-1.tif 4,977 × 3,989; 18.94 MB
  
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  Gay games ad gerald farinas.jpg 640 × 480; 57 KB
  
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  General Superintendent's office; view to southwest - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-27.tif 5,000 × 4,034; 19.24 MB
  
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  GENERAL TEST ROOM IN 1946 ADDITION, FOURTH FLOOR, LOOKING WEST. ORIGINALLY HAD SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS WITH FLOURESCENT LIGHTING AND ASPHALT MASTIC TILE FLOORS - HABS ILL,16-CHIG,103-30.tif 5,000 × 3,991; 19.03 MB
  
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  General view 'east facade; view to west - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-5.tif 5,000 × 4,050; 19.31 MB
  
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  GENERAL VIEW FROM DAMEN AVENUE BRIDGE. - Santa Fe Railroad, Grain Elevator, On Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad slip, South side of sanitary and ship canal, Chicago, HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 155-2.tif 5,000 × 3,987; 19.01 MB
  
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  General view from east wing to east escalator; view to west - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-13.tif 4,029 × 5,000; 19.21 MB
  
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  GENERAL VIEW IN SWITCH ROOM OF TOWER SHOWING MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING LEVERS. - Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL HAER ILL,16-CHIG,107A-2.tif 5,208 × 3,726; 18.51 MB
  
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  Graham and Morton Line docks, Chicago.jpg 1,024 × 809; 119 KB
  
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  Gravier Le Boulanger Chicago Etymology Words.png 472 × 147; 57 KB
  
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  Großer Tunnel Rohrpostzentrale Sears, Roebuk & Co Chicago.jpg 615 × 344; 72 KB
  
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  Harriet E. Vittum with children.jpg 500 × 401; 77 KB
  
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  Hinman Street station.png 350 × 491; 314 KB
  
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  History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past (IA historyofgreatfi00good 0).pdf 814 × 1,245, 730 pages; 64.95 MB
  
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  Illustrated catalogue. (IA illustratedcatal00unio).pdf 1,102 × 758, 34 pages; 1.16 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTUING K.C. BAKING POWDER. General view of the laboratory showing Chief Chemist's office and library. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485965.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 18.46 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K C BAKING POWDER. Automatic weighing and filling machine. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485959.jpg 6,263 × 9,032; 19.17 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Day's output ready for the U.S. Government. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company's plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485961 (cropped).jpg 5,246 × 4,009; 7.73 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Day's output ready for the U.S. Government. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company's plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485961.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 18.35 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. K.C. Baking Powder laboratory. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485969 (cropped).jpg 5,393 × 4,215; 6.93 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. K.C. Baking Powder laboratory. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485969.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 16.93 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Packed, ready for shipment over seas. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485963.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 19.83 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Butter - MANUFACTURING BUTTER FOR THE GOVERNMENT AT THE FOX RIVER BUTTER CO., CHICAGO, Illinois - NARA - 31486215.jpg 9,011 × 6,157; 19.88 MB
  
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  Industries of War - Butter - VIEW OF THE INTERIIOR OF MAIN OFFICE OF THE FOX RIVER BUTTER CO., Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31486221.jpg 9,011 × 6,157; 18.67 MB
  
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  Interior of Pullman Residence.jpg 500 × 395; 79 KB
  
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  Jackson Park Beach, Lake Michigan (NBY 415914).jpg 819 × 521; 65 KB
  
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  Kinzie House.png 687 × 434; 590 KB
  
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  Lake Michigan Excursion Steamers, Lincoln Park, Chicago (NBY 415099).jpg 822 × 518; 73 KB
  
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  Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 1 of 8).jpg 446 × 756; 81 KB
  
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  Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 4 of 8).jpg 756 × 471; 205 KB
  
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  Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 5 of 8).jpg 756 × 483; 212 KB
  
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  Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 6 of 8).jpg 756 × 482; 204 KB
  
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  Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 7 of 8).jpg 756 × 480; 224 KB
  
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  Lincolnparkporchcollapse.jpg 1,024 × 768; 652 KB
  
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  McCutcheonTRChicagoExersise.jpg 1,053 × 1,500; 391 KB
  
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  Milford Theatre Chicago 1917.jpg 1,365 × 443; 305 KB
  
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  Moorish Science Temple 1928 Convention.jpg 760 × 613; 293 KB
  
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  Männer mit Waschbärfell und Biberfell, Taxidermien, Damenporträt-Plakate, vielleicht Chicago.jpg 1,600 × 1,022; 197 KB
  
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  NorthwesternTerraCottaCoBldgChicago.jpg 3,621 × 2,592; 1.7 MB
  
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  Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue181928geoc).pdf 758 × 1,175, 484 pages; 25.23 MB
  
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  Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue191929geoc).pdf 806 × 1,200, 482 pages; 24.91 MB
  
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  Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue261936geoc).pdf 787 × 1,179, 416 pages; 34.68 MB
  
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  Old LaSalle Street Station.jpg 1,049 × 1,097; 261 KB
  
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  Our-Lady-Queen-of-Heaven.jpg 1,757 × 1,797; 453 KB
  
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  Out from the Darkness- An Autobiography Unfolding the Life Story and Singular Vicissitudes of a Scandinavian Bartimǽus (1890) (14765987705).jpg 2,296 × 1,696; 973 KB
  
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  Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol (United States, prohibition era) 2.jpg 475 × 382; 83 KB
  
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  Seeing America first - with the Berry brothers (1917) (14776320774).jpg 3,112 × 2,128; 2.08 MB
  
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  Side view of train (3329274066).jpg 1,050 × 752; 167 KB
  
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  The stranger's guide to the city of Chicago, giving the location of places of amusement, banks ... etc (IA strangersguidet00chic).pdf 887 × 1,368, 128 pages; 8.22 MB
  
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  Svornost Chicago.png 1,145 × 476; 1.07 MB
  
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  The Americana - a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world (1903) (14576936370).jpg 2,116 × 3,158; 1.33 MB
  
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  The Americana - a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world (1903) (14576937220).jpg 2,072 × 3,128; 954 KB
  
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  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at La Salle Opera House 1921 external.jpg 738 × 1,156; 263 KB
  
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  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at La Salle Opera House 1921.jpg 1,558 × 1,132; 249 KB
  
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  The Street railway journal (1900) (14571755899).jpg 1,429 × 887; 463 KB
  
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  The trial of the anarchists in Chicago.jpg 760 × 578; 104 KB
  
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  Total Annual Murders.png 2,000 × 1,013; 94 KB
  
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  Train and tracks (3329274136).jpg 1,050 × 754; 146 KB
  
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  Train and tracks (3329274182).jpg 1,050 × 750; 156 KB
  
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  US Housing Authority in Chicago, Illinois - the before photo of - NARA - 196098.tif 2,000 × 1,407; 2.71 MB
  
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  Cook County Hospital, Chicago; exterior. Photograph, 187-. Wellcome V0030941.jpg 3,390 × 2,069; 2.33 MB
  
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  Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-004.jpg 1,443 × 1,230; 1.12 MB
  
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  Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-005.jpg 1,476 × 1,245; 1.31 MB
  
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  Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-009 (cropped).jpg 1,431 × 2,122; 2.16 MB
  
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  Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-057.jpg 2,220 × 1,605; 2.18 MB
  
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  View of Chicago as seen at the top of St. Mary's College (NYPL Hades-118733-54858).tif 5,086 × 4,534; 65.98 MB
  
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  Wed-dress-001.jpg 1,825 × 2,744; 1.3 MB
  
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  Wells Street Bridge c. 1909 with Steamer Muncy at dock on east side of Wells Street.jpg 1,600 × 1,013; 744 KB
  
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  William Mark Young - Chicago's First Stage Depot - etching.jpg 1,085 × 1,600; 493 KB
  
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  William Mark Young - Chicago’s First School House - etching.jpg 1,599 × 1,599; 492 KB
  
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  Nina van Zandt.jpg 669 × 1,024; 122 KB
  
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  ZGS preaccelerator.png 432 × 336; 85 KB
  
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  Zymotechnic Institute and Siebel's Brewing Academy, 1416-1424 Montana Street, Chicago (NBY 6917).jpg 805 × 574; 62 KB