Fiddle reportedly used by Mark Beaubien, with case and bow (image shows violin only)
View Full Item in Chicago History Museuma) Fiddle - wooden violin with attached chin rest, and 3 metal strings which are wrapped with red and blue thread at the bottom. b) Violin case - black wooden case that opens on side hinges. Case has…
Arrival of Marquette at the Chicago River, plaster bas-relief
MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947 (creator)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumPlaster coppery gold colored bas-relief image of Native American and white men portaging with their canoes on their backs. A man is seated in a canoe in the center of the composition.
Kinzie Mansion and Fort Dearborn
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumView of the main branch of the Chicago River with a military structure on the left and a residence on the right. In the foreground is Lake Michigan with two small boats or canoes on the right -- one w…
Folding chair from the S.S. Eastland
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumFolding chair made of a light colored wood. Seat is seven wooden slats, ladder back with two wide rails. The word Eastland is carved into the back of the top rail of the chair back.