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1. Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Vaux & Company, Landscape Architects, 1871 The design for Chicago's park system began in 1869, with Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s ambitious proposal for the South Park.
2. Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Newcastle and Richmond Railroad Company, et al., ca. 1853 Digital reproduction of the signed printed document: Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States for a land grant to aid the Newcastle and Richmond Railroad Company, et al.,...
3. Manhattan Beach, n.d. Manhattan Beach, n.d. Beaches; Sunbathing; Swimmers; Waterfronts; Manhattan Beach was located at 75th Street and the lakeshore. The Chief Justice Wallace, a passenger steamer, carried passengers from Manhattan Beach to the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.
4. On the Beach, by James Fagan, ca. 1893 On the Beach, by James Fagan, ca. 1893 Beaches; Walking; Sand; People; Children; Trees; Buildings; Smoke; Boardwalks; Etching
5. Winter Quarters of Father Marquette, 1674 Winter Quarters of Father Marquette, 1674 Canoes; Houses; Tipis; Winter; Portages; Rivers; Postcard. The Winter Quarters of Father Marquette, 1674, from the painting by Lawrence C. Earle. At the mouth of the Arkansas River, Jolliet and Marquette encountered hostile Indians and Spaniards who...
6. Nichol's Pier, Windsor Park, October 28, 1893 Nichol’s Pier, Windsor Park, October 28, 1893 Cards; Dance parties; Balls (Parties); Dance card
7. Opening Party, Windsor Beach Hall, January 12, 1893 Opening Party, Windsor Beach Hall, January 12, 1893 Cards; Dance parties; Balls (Parties); Dance card
8. Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Certificates; Gondolas; Fountains; Passengers Certificate of attendance
9. Steamship pass #19, assigned to James W. Ellsworth by the World's Fair Steamship Company, July 22, Steamship pass #19, assigned to James W. Ellsworth by the World’s Fair Steamship Company, July 22, 1892 Correspondence; Typed letter, signed, with manuscript additions.
10. Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands Covers (Illustration); Advertisements; Selling; Land In the decade between 1850 and 1860, the Illinois Central had transformed the face of the Chicago lakefront, and had stimulated the development of the city's outlying areas. The era of railroad growth...
11. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Debris; Beaches; Coastlines; Lakes & ponds; People Reproduction from a viewbook. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893. Rubbish from the Fire was used to fill in the area on the lakeshore between the outlying Illinois Central railroad track and...
12. Deck of the S.S. Mabel Bradshaw Deck of the S.S. Mabel Bradshaw Decks (Ships); Steamboats; Passengers; Lakes & ponds; This small, wooden passenger steamer was built in the Spring of 1889, and named for a relative of her owner, Hugh Bradshaw of Chicago. The Mabel Bradshaw's original service ran between Holland, Michigan...
13. C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893 C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893 Exhibition buildings; Deterioration; Conservation & restoration; Meetings Typed letter, signed. Just two weeks after the close of the Fair, Chicagoans were already thinking about how to save the majestic, yet deteriorating, buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition. In...
14. Electric Launch on the Grand Basin, 1893 Electric Launch on the Grand Basin, 1893 Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Albumen print.
15. View from the Grand Basin to the Colonnade View from the Grand Basin to the Colonnade Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Passengers; People To navigate the Exposition waterways, Olmsted arranged for English electric launches and Venetian gondolas.
16. First Fort Dearborn built in 1803 First Fort Dearborn built in 1803 Forts & fortifications; Horses; Horseback riding; Men; Postcard. The First Fort Dearborn built in 1803, from the painting by Lawrence C. Earle
17. Sunset on the Dream City Sunset on the Dream City Gondolas; Sailboats; Boats; Sunrises & sunsets; Clouds; Smoke; Buildings; Facsimile watercolor.
18. Gondola Landing Gondola Landing Gondolas; Umbrellas; Passengers; People; Lakes & ponds; Facsimile watercolor.
19. Charles Ringer's South Shore Subdivision, n.d. Charles Ringer’s South Shore Subdivision, n.d. Housing developments; Sunbathing; Beaches; Swimmers; Brochure. The bathing beaches were considered one of the draws to neighborhood housing developments built on the South Side in the early 1900s. Caption for photo:
"Lake Front North of Seventy-Fifth...
20. View from the Breakwater, Michigan Avenue, ca. 1860s View from the Breakwater, Michigan Avenue, ca. 1860s Jetties; Stereograph. View from the Breakwater, Michigan Avenue, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers
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