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Illinois Central Railroad north from Harrison Street toward Van Buren Street Station and viaduct, Chicago, Illinois, 1896.

The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria replica caravels arriving for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, 1893.

Crowds standing along the shore and pier at the bathing beach near 78th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1905.

Print depicting the Great Fire of 1871. It reads: The Burning of Chicago. This terrible conflagration commenced on Sunday evening Oct. 8th, 1871, and continued until stopped by the rain on Tuesday Mor…

Carved wooden figurehead from schooner Mary A. Gregory in the shape of an eagle's head. Yellow-green paint with black for eyes and red for mouth and tongue. Attached to stem timber (bowsprit),1925.43

Ship prow. Stem timber of the schooner Mary A. Gregory (bowsprit). Applied carved wood decoration in scroll design. Painted green on white. Figurehead in the shape of an eagle's head is attached, 1935…

Oil on canvas. Painting is of Fort Dearborn. Green grass plains in the foreground, Fort Dearborn in the center, Lake Michigan in the background. Depicts the date 1849.

View of the mouth of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, 1949. The Outer Drive Bridge is lifting to allow a ship to pass through.

by Charles Morris. Caption title. "May 23, 1882."--Caption. Printed in triple columns.

View of the World's Columbian Exposition world's fair taken from Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, 1893.

A crowd of swimmers at Oak Street beach, buildings in the background, Chicago, Illinois, 1921-1922.

by Leon Lewis. Title from page 1. Printed in triple columns. "December 16, 1891."--Caption. Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, v. 1, p. 233, no. 686.

Crowds of people at the waterfront beach of Lake Michigan at the Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1913.

View north from the Water Tower after the Chicago Fire of 1871, taken circa 1871-1872. This is one of a series of views documenting the progress of rebuilding from the top of the Water Tower. The lake…

View of the Potter Palmer residence and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1890. The date of this photograph is probably the mid-1880s, shortly after construction of the home of Bertha and Pot…

View of the Chicago skyline from across Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, May 30, 1966. A sailboat is visible.

Oil on canvas, mounted on beaver board.

Aerial view of Outer Lake Shore Drive extension at Foster Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 1954.

Aerial view of lakefront along Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1925-1929. View includes the Chicago Beach Hotel.

Unimproved Jackson Park, before the World's Columbian Exposition construction, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1880-1890.