In the old 57th Street Art Colony
Beman, Roff, 1891-1940 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Ship Alexander McDougall
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Mrs. Catharine O'Leary milking Daisy
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumThis oil painting depicts cow being milked by a woman seated on a stool with an oil lamp on the floor. Bottom right corner of the canvas is signed.
Memories of the Chicago Fire of 1871
Lemos, Julia, ca.1842-1923 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil painting on canvas: depicts crowded street flanked by burning buildings, top half engulfed in fire and smoke. Many small, dark figures, some running and some on horseback or in carriages, are gath…
Steamer at dock
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Erecting the Wabash Ave. bridge
Chase, Richard A., 1892-1985 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on masonite.
S.S. Seneca
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Painting of the second Fort Dearborn
Brackett, E. M., Mrs. after Albert C. Brackett, 1827-1896 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil 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.
Oil painting titled the Birth of the Atomic Age
Sheahan, Gary, b. 1920 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil painting on masonite (wooden) board. Depicts a dark basement room with a group of men in suits surrounding two desks on left. On right is large wooden structure filled with black bricks. Three men…
East South Water Street
Chase, Richard A., 1892-1985 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on masonite.
Dock scene
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Camp Douglas, Chicago. 1862-1865
Myers, Albert E. (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas, mounted on beaver board.
Caricature of Charles Albert Comiskey
Schmedtgen, William Herman, 1862-1936 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Tug at dock
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Tug boats
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Battle of the Ironclads Monitor and Merrimac, March 9th, 1862
Torgerson, William, 1833-1890 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Chicago waterfront
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Steamer and warehouse
Needham, James Bolivar, 1850-1931 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas on board.
Grain elevators, Goose Island, Chicago River
Otis, George Demont, 1879-1962 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Palmolive Building at night
Chase, Richard A., 1892-1985 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on masonite.