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Lakes & Ponds (9)
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21. Construction Stage: Dredging, June 1891 Construction Stage: Dredging, June 1891 Dredging; Progress photographs; Digital reproduction of a photograph. Albumen print. Construction for the World's Columbian Exposition: dredging, Chicago's lakefront, June 1891
22. Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Century of Progress Closing Day, October 31, 1934 Certificates; Gondolas; Fountains; Passengers Certificate of attendance
23. 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.
24. Sunset on the Dream City Sunset on the Dream City Gondolas; Sailboats; Boats; Sunrises & sunsets; Clouds; Smoke; Buildings; Facsimile watercolor.
25. View from Lake View House, from Chicago Illustrated View from Lake View House, from Chicago Illustrated Wooden buildings; Houses; Waterfronts; Trees; Sand; Settlements Chicagoans lived in houses built of wood, and the city extended several miles along the sandy dry shore of Lake Michigan.
Literary description by James W. Sheahan. Illustrations by the Chicago Lithographing...
26. Great Central Depot Grounds, with Entrance to Harbor, from Chicago Illustrated Great Central Depot Grounds, with Entrance to Harbor, from Chicago Illustrated Sailboats; Boats; Waterfronts; People; Railroad stations; Railroads; This view of the Great Central Passenger Depot was one of the most familiar scenes in Chicago in the 1860s. Trains from the Illinois Central Railroad, the Michigan Central and the Chicago, Burlington &...
27. 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...
28. On the Grand Basin, July 14, 1892 On the Grand Basin, July 14, 1892 Passengers; Piers & wharves; Boats Reproduction of an albumen print
29. 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.
30. Gondolier, 1893 Gondolier, 1893 Gondolas; Rowers; Digital reproduction of a photograph: a gondolier on a gondola, Chicago, 1893.
31. 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,...
32. Michigan Avenue, Plan of Chicago, 1909 Michigan Avenue, Plan of Chicago, 1909 Streets; Plans; Proposed boulevard to connect the north and south sides of the river; view looking north from Washington Street. The boulevard is raised to allow free flow of east-and-west teaming traffic under it, and...
33. 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...
34. Plan of Chicago Harbor Plan of Chicago Harbor Maps; This 1839 plan for the Chicago harbor illustrates five years of shoreline encroachments and marks the position of the piers on the Chicago River. The blueprint notes that the public ground at Randolph...
35. S.S. Mabel Bradshaw under way in the late 1890s S.S. Mabel Bradshaw under way in the late 1890s Steamboats; Lakes & ponds; Ships; Sea walls 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...
36. 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...
37. Michigan Avenue and Lakefront Park, ca. 1860s Michigan Avenue and Lakefront Park, ca. 1860s Streets; Coastlines; Beaches Cyanotype print. From back of photo:
"Taken by Copeland - probably in early '60s. Gift of Ike Rubel."
38. 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
39. View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871 View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871 Ruins; Buildings; Hotels Stereograph. View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871. Lovejoy & Foster, photographers. Fifty years of steady growth ended on October 8, 1871, when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed...
40. View of the Breakwater from Michigan Avenue, n.d. View of the Breakwater from Michigan Avenue, n.d. Jetties; Lakes & ponds; Men; View of the Breakwater from Michigan Avenue, n.d. Copelin & Melander, photographers.
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