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Divers at work on a barge after the Eastland Disaster, Chicago, Illinois, 1915.

Passenger boats in the Chicago River, view west from the Rush Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905. Sign on a passenger boat reads: To Michigan City. Michigan City & Chicago LINL.

People standing on the capsized Eastland steamer in the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 1915.

Survivors of the Eastland Disaster being led ashore by the tugboat Kenosha in the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 1915.

The passenger ship Christopher Columbus docked at the Goodrich Docks on Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905.

Fifteen images in folder. Veterans Administration Hospital (1950-1959 Aug. 25). Buildings of Washington, D.C. (1958). Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield (1961). Idaho State Capitol Buildin…

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

The SS Eastland being righted after the Eastland Disaster on the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, 1915.

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…

View of boats on the Chicago River, east from Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1888.

Lumber schooner on the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, 1900.

Oil on canvas.

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

Viking Ship on display at the World's Columbian Exposition; Chicago, Illinois, 1893

Oil on canvas. Gold frame.

View of the Canal Street Bridge with boat passing through on the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 1899.

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…

Six-pointed star in metal, with an engraved image of ship sinking on its side in center. Inscription reads "For valued services rendered to the coroner, Eastland Disaster, 1915."

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.

Folding 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.