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Japanese_garden_Jackson_Park_Chicago (2).jpg
Postcard showing tourists on a bridge in the Japanese Garden in Jackson Park, Chicago IL

CH-i-visited-bozos-circus-button_busy_beaver_button_museum.png
This button is a 1 7/16 inch button with a locking pin back. It is a circle white litho button with black text and centered image of Bob Bell as Bozo the Clown. The text says: I Visited Bozo's Curcus WGN-TV, Channel 9.

Advertisement for Chicago Daily News newspaper
The Daily News was founded in 1875 and began publishing early the next year. It was the first one-cent newspaper published in Chicago. It strove for mass readership. The purpose was to establish a paper the price of which should be the lowest unit of…

1870 Advertisement in the Chicago Tribune
From its beginnings in 1847, the newspaper pledged to be a good citizen and an active participant in the life of Chicago. The Tribune was also a standard-bearer for innovative journalism. During the paper's formative years, the Tribune was a leading…

July 1887 Advertisement in TheChicago Times
Chicago newspaper popular in the latter half of the nineteenth-century founded in 1854. The paper was originally published in the fifth story of the McCormick Block, on the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. The circulation was but little over…

Beulah Witch hand puppet.jpg
Hand puppet of the character Beulah Witch created by Chicago puppeteer Burr Tillstrom around 1947 for the popular children's television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

Richard A. Chase painting of boat passing the Merchandise Mart, circa 1935.jpg
Painting shows a large vessel towed by a steam tug, moving under the upraised Franklin-Orleans St. bridge; the southwest corner of the Merchandise Mart ( a commercial building located in the downtown Loop that opened in 1930) on the right. Small…

Aerial photo of area around Wrigley Field, 1951.jpg
Photograph showing aerial view of Wrigley Field and surrounding areas, Taken in Chicago, Illinois, April 26, 1951.

ON TO CHICAGO anti-vietnam war button.jpg
White button with text reading "ON TO CHICAGO" and red arrow pointing upward. Made and distributed by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam in the weeks leading up to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 to advocate for…

1955 james galanos cocktail dress.jpg
Cocktail dress, circa 1955, worn by Mrs. Philip D. Block, Jr., to the Commercial Club of Chicago (founded in 1877) after her husband was made a member. Dress designed by James Galanos (American, 1924-2016). Wool jersey and silk chiffon.
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