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41. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Chicago, Praying an Appropriation to Protect that City from the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Chicago, Praying an Appropriation to Protect that City from the Encroachments of Lake Michigan, February 17, 1840 Petitions; Mayors; City council members; Taxes; Mayor Alexander Lloyd and the Common Council did not plead for an appropriation of money from the Government. Instead, they asked for an "unconditional donation" of the land in the Fort Dearborn Addition...
42. 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.
43. S.S. "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback), 1893 S.S. "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback), 1893 Ships; Passengers; Piers & wharves; Whalebacks; Steamboats The S.S. Christopher Columbus is the most famous "whaleback" of the 43 ships of this type built. Whalebacks were developed in Duluth, Minnesota, by Captain Alexander MacDougall for freight service. The...
44. Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Certificates; Gondolas; Fountains; Passengers Certificate of attendance
45. World's Fair Steamship Company passenger steamer, 1893 World’s Fair Steamship Company passenger steamer, 1893 Steamboats; Fairs; Water transportation line available from downtown Chicago to the fairgrounds at Jackson Park.
46. Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Sailboats; Structures; In the mid-1800s, as today, Chicago was supplied with water from Lake Michigan. At that time however, water was drawn only about one mile north of the Chicago River, into which the city sewers discharged...
47. 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...
48. S.S. Illinois in Chicago, 1917 S.S. Illinois in Chicago, 1917 Steamboats; Ships; Photograph. A combination freight-and-passenger steamer, the all-steel Illinois, sister ship to the S.S. Missouri, was built in South Chicago in 1899 for the Northern Michigan Transit Company. In 1922,...
49. 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
50. 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...
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