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Bronze with green patina

The John Hancock Center at its construction was the second tallest building in the world. It is now the 4th tallest skyscraper in Chicago, IL. It's architectural style is Structural Expressionism.

Postcard showing tourists on a bridge in the Japanese Garden in Jackson Park, Chicago IL

1914 portrait of Jane Addams, social worker and founder of Hull House in Chicago.

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.

Transcript of an oral history interview- Edo J. Belli interviewed by Betty J. Blum. The original interview was done on November 3, 1983 at the Belli & Belli office in Chicago Illinois. It was published in 2005.

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.

A colorized photograph portraying the interior lobby of the Hotel Atlantic in Chicago, Ill. on the front of a postcard.

In the mid-1890s, the West Park Commissioners installed a cast-iron fountain in Wicker Park. The fountain had an a cut granite outer basin with finials and floral urns. Produced by J.L. Mott Ironworks Company, the two-tiered fountain featured foliage…

A photograph of the auditorium in the Granada Theater, demolished in 1990.