Frank W. Smith Glass Plate Slide Collection

Dates: 1830-1933, undated
Size: 11 linear feet in 16 boxes, includes 1058 glass plate slides
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-nhrc-gp-smith
Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The Frank W. Smith Collection came to Special Collections as part of the South Shore Community Collection and slides 1-706 were separated due to their distinct compilation by Smith and their city-wide scope.

Eleven supplements of glass plate slides, unrelated to Smith, have been added to the collection.

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Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Frank W. Smith Glass Plate Slide Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
Finding Aid Author: Processed by Galen R. Wilson and Roberta Bell, October 18, 1988. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022

Abstract

The glass photographic slides cover a broad spectrum of Chicago history including businesses, churches, clubs, organizations, municipal agencies, parks, residences, schools, street views and transportation, among other historical topics such as the Century of Progress and the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Biographical/Historical

Frank W. Smith was a banker and Chicago history enthusiast, born in Chicago on May 19, 1849, just twelve years after the city incorporated. He began his career working in the family business, Smith Brothers, wholesale grocers on South Water Street. After the company was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871, he turned to banking and was long associated with the Corn Exchange National Bank. Smith married Dora Hadden in 1873. They had three children: Fannie, Osborn and Ethel.

Smith had a strong interest in Chicago history. He accumulated a large collection of glass slides and gave illustrated talks about the city. As described in the publication, Chicago, Its History and Its Builders: A Century of Marvelous Growth (1912), “His lectures have at times constituted the force that has called to life the memories of the earlier settlers, while the younger Chicago has listened spellbound to his stories of the early days.”

Scope and Contents

The glass photographic slides cover a broad spectrum of Chicago history including businesses, churches, clubs, organizations, municipal agencies, parks, residences, schools, street views and transportation. Slides of other historical views such as the Chicago Fire of 1871 and Century of Progress and the World’s Columbian Exposition fairs are often the same as stereographs and prints that are available in other collections.

This collection consists of an initial accession of glass plate slides assembled by Frank W. Smith (Slides 1-706) and eleven supplements. Nearly all of Smith’s slides bear a paper label reading “Frank W. Smith, 5539 Cornell Avenue, Chicago.” Chicago Transparency Company and the A.G. McGregor Company were among the vendors who produced and sold ready-made glass plate slides made from daguerreotypes, cabinet photos and other original photographs on a variety of topics. He may have also prepared some of the slides himself. Smith used his slides for presentations and his set includes identification information along with an introduction and conclusion (Slides 1, 2, and 706).

Mr. Smith used slides he had acquired from other sources, and it is impossible to determine if all slides in the Smith Collection were owned by Smith. Thus, the Smith Collection serves as a growing file of Chicago-history glass plates. Slides numbered after 706 are supplements to the collection.

The dates reflect known or approximate dates of the photographic images that were used to create the glass plate slides. The bulk of the slides are undated.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Frank W. Smith Collection came to Special Collections as part of the South Shore Community Collection and slides 1-706 were separated due to their distinct compilation by Smith and their city-wide scope.

Eleven supplements of glass plate slides, unrelated to Smith, have been added to the collection.

Supplement 1 includes Glass Plate Slides 707-710. Slides numbered 707, 708, and 709 were received as a gift from Cathy Koves of the Billy Graham Center Museum in Wheaton, Illinois. Slide number 710 is a Frank W. Smith photograph that was found after the original collection was cataloged.

Supplement 2 consists of Glass Plate Slide 711, a portrait photo (negative) of an unidentified couple that was transferred with collections from the West Side Historical Society.

Supplement 3 includes Glass Plate Slides 712-787. The items have a Chicago Public Library label and were transferred internally.

Supplement 4 includes Glass Plate Slides 788-932. These slides may be part of the Albert W. Swayne Collection that were donated to the Library’s Art Department around 1934 where they circulated. According to a 1956 Library annual report, the use of lantern (glass plate) slides declined. As a result, 75 percent of the collection was discarded and the remaining “200” or so slides—principally views of Chicago—were retained for reference use only in the Social Science Division. In 1977, these were transferred to Special Collections.

Supplement 5 includes Glass Plate Slides 933-971. These slides (negatives) depict a variety of personal and business scenes from circa 1900-1920. It is unclear if these scenes take place in Chicago. The slides were donated to Chicago Public Library, Garfield Ridge Branch by Howard M. Ewert in 1983, who found them in a South Side basement during renovation. They were transferred to Special Collections the same year

Supplement 6 includes Glass Plate Slides 972-974 that were given by Mr. P.H. Sloan to the West Side Historical Society. They were added to the collection in April 1989.

Supplement 7 includes Glass Plate Slides 975-986 that were part of a set of 111 glass plate negatives, lantern slides and emulsion negatives in the West Side Historical Society collection. The slides retained in this collection had Chicago city-wide significance and were added to the collection in April 1989.

Supplement 8 includes Glass Plate Slides 987-1044 that were collected by the Historical Society of Woodlawn and were originally cataloged as part of that collection. These slides concern Chicago parks (987-1038), particularly Jackson Park, and Civil War (1039-1044). They were added in May 1989.

Supplement 9 includes Glass Plate Slides 1045-1051 that came from a box of about 400 slides found in Special Collections. Their provenance is unknown. Slides with unidentified scenes or pages from various books of poetry were discarded. The numbers above were added in January 1990.

Supplement 10 includes Glass Plate Slides 1052-1057 that likely originated in the collections of the West Side Historical Society. These were added in February 1990.

Supplement 11 consists of Glass Plate Slide 1058 that was found with additional slides donated by Carl Warachowski in 1992.

Separated Materials

The following items have been removed from the collection:

  • Yosemite National Forest. 2 slides sent to Sourisseau Academy, San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
  • Winnebago Indians made by the H. H. Bennett Studio. 2 color slides sent to H. H. Bennett Studio, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
  • Beach at South Haven, Michigan. 1 slide sent to Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan
  • Slide Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • Four slides manufactured by Thomas Y. McAllister of New York City sent to the Young-McAllister Collection, Manuscript Division, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Nine slides of scenes in Alaska sent to E. E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. 28 slides sent to Pictorial Collections.
  • Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
  • Supplement 4: The Life of Christ, 58 slides; Hymn texts, 10 slides; America the Beautiful, 16 slides. Sent to the Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

Arrangement

The glass plate slides are arranged into 13 series by topic:

  • Series 1: Presentation Slides, undated
  • Series 2: Biographical Data, circa 1890-1907, undated
  • Series 3: Business Establishments, 1830-circa 1930, undated
  • Series 4: Religious Institutions, 1857-circa 1900, undated
  • Series 5: Clubs and Organizations, 1843-circa 1920, undated
  • Series 6: Historical Sketches, 1864-circa 1910, undated
  • Series 7: Municipal Agencies, 1847-circa 1930, undated
  • Series 8: Parks, circa 1890s-1932, undated
  • Series 9: Residences, circa 1870-1912, undated
  • Series 10: Schools, 1856-circa 1871, undated
  • Series 11: Street Scenes, 1857-circa 1930, undated
  • Series 12: Transportation, 1855-circa 1930, undated
  • Series 13: World’s Fairs, 1893, 1933

Subject Headings

  • Business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Chicago (Ill.) -- History-- Sources
  • Col. Joseph H. Wood's Museum and Art Gallery
  • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
  • Lantern slides – Illinois -- Chicago
  • Local transit -- Illinois – Chicago -- History
  • Parks -- Illinois – Chicago -- History
  • Photographs -- Illinois – Chicago -- History
  • Portraits -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Religious institutions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Societies and clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Transportation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Related Collections

  • Chicago City-Wide Collection
  • Chicago Postcard Collection
  • Chicago Park District Records: Photographs
  • Knowles Postcard Collection
  • South Shore Community Collection
  • World’s Columbian Exposition. Glass Plate Lantern Slides

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Presentation Slides, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains introductory and concluding slides Frank W. Smith used for presentations.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged by slide order.

Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 1-2 Introductory slides (2), undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 706 Concluding slide, poem, undated

Series 2: Biographical Data, circa 1890-1907, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains images of Chicago residents and families. The slides include portraits of Frank W. Smith’s family members and related families of Jocelyn and Wait. Slides 458 through 491 have multiple portraits per slide (and in many cases biographical sketches) of Chicago citizenry. These have been cataloged under the titles “Famous Chicagoans,” “Old Settlers” and “Chicago Residents.”

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by last name with unidentified people at the end. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 252 Andrews, Tom, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 253 Andrews, Tom and Zilla, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 254 Number not used
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 255 Armour, Philip Danforth and Marshall Field, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 256 Ballard, Addison, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 257 Barnard, Alice M. and H.H. Handy, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 885 Beaubien, Alexander (b.1822), (cracked), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 258 Benham, F. A., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 259 Bentley, Cyrus, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 260 Blodgett, Henry W., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 261 Bowen, James H., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 262 Bowers, A. G. [missing], undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 263 Bradwell, James B. [missing], undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 264 Bradwell, James B., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 265 Bradwell, James Bolesworth (1828-1907) and Bradwell, Myra Colby (1831-1894), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 266 Braymer, Albert E. Jr., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 267-268 Braymer, F. A. and family (2) , undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 269 Braymer, Mrs. F. A., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 270 Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 271 Burrows, Dr. J. H., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 272 Burtis, James K., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 273 Buschwak, Mrs., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 274 Calhoun, William Alvin, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 275 Catlin, Seth (1812-1863), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 276 Caton, Judge, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 277 Chamberlin, Sarah, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 309 Chase, B. F., undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 278-279 Cheever, Benjamin S. and wife (2), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 457 “Chicago Celebrities” (24 portraits on slide), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slides 458-467 Chicago Residents, several portraits on each plate (10), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 280 Clark, John K., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 281 Clark, Jonathan, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 282 Clarke, Cy, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 283 Clarke, Ned, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 284 Clarke, Robert, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 285 Cleary House Committee (color), 1907
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 286 Clissold, Ed, Stella and Roland, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 287 Clissold, Emma S. (cracked), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 288 Clissold, H. R., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 289 Clybourn, A. and wife, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 290 Cobb, D. B. and McCormick, Cyrus H., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 291 Curtis, Charles H., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 292-294 Curtis, DeWitt H. (3), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 886 Dearborn, Henry, Secretary of War for whom Fort Dearborn was named (1751-1829), color, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 295 Dike, Julia and husband, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 296 Drake, John B., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 297-298 Dunlap, D.C. and Stella (2), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 299-300 Dunlap, Myrtle (2), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 887 Dunne, Edward F., Mayor, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 301-302 Dye, Nathan (2), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 303 Dymond, Mr., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 304 Dymond, Edwin, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 305 Ebert, Albert Ethelbert (1840-1906), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 306 Ellithorpe, Colonel, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 307 Evans, Mr. and Hamilton, Mr., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 308 Everts, Rev. W. W., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slides 469-483 Famous Chicagoans, several portraits on each plate (15), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 255 Field, Marshall, and P.D. Armour, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 309 Foote, D.S., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 310 Forbes, Eliza, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 311 Forbes, Stephen, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 312 Foreman, Carrie Clarke, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 313 Forrest, Joseph K.C. and wife, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 314 Foster, G.F., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 315 Fox, Catherine, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 316 Freer, L.C. Paine, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 317 Frink, John, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 318 Fuller, Mr., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 319 Fuller, O.F., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 320 Golden, Mr. and Jones, M., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 321 Goodrich, Lovenda Wait, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 322 Graves, Henry, undated
Box 16 Photograph 322 Graves, Henry, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 322, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 232, 235 Gray, John and wife (2), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 326 Gray, William P., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 327 Haines, John C., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 328 Hamill, K. C. and wife, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 329 Hamilton, P. D. (1813-1891), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 257 Handy, H. H. and Alice Barnard, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 330 Handy, Henry, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 331 Higgins, Emma Wait, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 332 Hills, Charles, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 333 Hills, Cynthia and Hills, Erasmus and wife, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 334 Hills, Della, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 335-336 Hills, Erasmus and wife (2), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 337 Hills, Frank and family, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 338 Hoard, Samuel S., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slides 339-341 Howe, Frederick A. (b.1829) (3), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 342 Howe, F.H., undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 976 Howland, George, circa 1890
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 343 Hunt, Charles J., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 344 Joslyn, A.C. and wife, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 345 Joslyn, David, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 346 Joslyn, Kermitt, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 347 Joslyn, Marcellus, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 348 Joslyn, May, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 349 Joslyn, Walter I., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 349a Joslyn family, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 350 Joslyn tombstone, undated
Box 16 Photograph 350 Joslyn tombstone, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 350, undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 351 Keyes, D.H., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 352 Kinzie, Julia A., undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 354 Kohlsaat, Christian C. (b. 1844) and family, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 355 Kohlsaat, C.C. (children), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 356 Kohlsaat, E.W. and C.C., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 357 Kohlsatt, Herman Henry, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 468 Legal celebrities (several portraits on each plate), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 358 Lloyd, Louis and Addie Wait, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 359 McMillan, J.A., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 360 Martin, J.H. and wife, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 361 Morton, Axie Wait and husband, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 362 Myrick, Mr. and Mrs. William, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 362 Oliver, John A., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 363 “Old Settlers,” several portraits on each plate, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slides 484-491 “Old Settlers,” several portraits on each plate (8), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 364 Osborn, Thomas O., undated
Box 16 Photograph 364 Osborn, Thomas O., copy print of Glass Plate Slide 364, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 365 Pearce, Ashael, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 366 Peck, William H. (1853-1905), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 888 Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884) (cracked), undated
Box 16 Photograph 888 Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884) copy print of Glass Plate Slide 888, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 492 “Pioneers of Chicago,” undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 367 Pollard, John K., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 368 Pollard, Mrs. John K., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 369 Porter, Eliza Chappel, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 378 Pullman, George, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 370 Reed, C.M., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 371 Reiners, A., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 372 Rice, H.H. and Louada Wait, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 373 Roberts, Clarke and wife, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 889 Robinson, Alexander (1762-1872) and Catherine (d. 1860), graves, undated
Box 16 Photograph 889 Robinson, Alexander (1762-1872) and Catherine (d. 1860), graves, black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 889, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 374 Robinson, Lucy Wait and husband, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 375 Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), in uniform, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 376 Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 377 Root, Frank S., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 378 Sanger, J. Y. and George Pullman, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 379 Sherman, Alson Smith (1811-1898) and Walter, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 380 Sherman, Frank, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 381 Sherman, U. S., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slides 382-383 Slenett, Isadore (2), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 384 Smith, A, Judson; Kohlsaat, Fannie Smith, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 385 Smith, B., Jr., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 386 Smith, E. D. and family, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slides 387-388 Smith, Elbert C. (2), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 389 Smith, Emily, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 390 Smith, Ernest and family, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 391 Smith, F.A. and wife, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 392 Smith, Frank and sister, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 393 Smith, G.V., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 394 Smith, Mrs. G.V. Jr., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 395 Smith, George, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 396 Smith, Guy, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 397 Smith, Isabell, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slides 398-400 Smith, Israel G. (3), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 401 Smith, I. G. “and group,” undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 402 Smith, James, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 403 Smith, Dr. L.H., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 404 Smith, Mrs. L.H., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 405 Smith, Marcellus B., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 406 Smith, Mrs. Marcellus B., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 407 Smith, Mary Fay, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 408 Smith, Miller J. and family, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 409 Smith, Orson Sr., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 410 Smith, Percy Hazard, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 411 Smith, Peter H., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 412 Smith, Theophilus W., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 413 Smith, W. Waite and wife, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slides 414-415 Smith family (2), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 416 Sollitt, John, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 417 Spaulding, Jesse, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 977-978 Stehman, John Hess, (1850-1940) (2), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 979 Stehman, Letta Harding, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 418 Stuart, William, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 419 Sturgis, James D., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 420 Sullivan, Eugene, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 421 Surdam, Jones S.J., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 422 Swan, James H., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 423 Taylor, Ezra, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 424 Trowbridge, W.E.D. (cracked), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 425 Turner, John W. and wife, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 426 Tyler, Elmer and wife, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 427 Tyler, Orson, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 428 Updike, Peter L., undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 429 Vernon, David, undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 430 Von Schnaidau, John C.F.P. (1812-1859), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 431 Waite, Ann Waldo (1757-1857), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 432 Wait, Archibald, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 433 Wait, Archibald, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 434 Waite, Benjamin, family tree, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 435 Waite, Judge C. B. and wife, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 436 Wait, Mrs. Franklin Hovery, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 437 Wait, George, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 438 Wait, George Jr. and family, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 439 Wait, George W. and wife, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 440 Wait, Helen, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 441 Wait, John M., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 442 Wait, Mary (Mrs. W.W.), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 443 Wait, Matthew, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 444 Wait, W.W., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 445 Wait, Wayland W., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 446 Wait, Mrs. Wayland W., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 447 Walker, Charles, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 448 Whilney, Alice Jennings, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 449 Whistler, Colonel, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 450 Whistler, William, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 451 Wilcox, George W. and family, undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 452 Winana, Susan (b. 1812), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 453 Woodworth, James H., undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 454 Yates, H.H. (b. 1815), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 455 Yates, Richard (1818-1873), undated
Box 7 Glass Plate Slide 456 Youngest bicyclist in Chicago, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 250-251 Unidentified actress (2), undated
Box 5 Glass Plate Slide 353 Unidentified kitchen scene, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 711 Unidentified couple, in Edwardian/Victorian attire, posed in studio, circa 1890
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 890 Unidentified woman, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 946 Unidentified child at play in home, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 947 Unidentified man, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 948 Unidentified man and child, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 949 Unidentified woman, outdoors in overcoat and hat, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 950 Unidentified women, outdoors in overcoats and hats, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 951 Unidentified woman, in kitchen drying dishes, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 952 Unidentified woman, standing in living room, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 953-954 Unidentified woman, sitting backwards in chair (2), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 955 Unidentified women, sitting backwards in chairs, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 956 Unidentified woman, holding long-stemmed rose, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 957 Unidentified woman, seated, reading “The Loving Cup,” undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 958 Unidentified woman, standing, wearing [graduation?] robe, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 959 Unidentified woman, oval portrait, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 960 Unidentified women, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 961 Unidentified women, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 962 Unidentified Thanksgiving dinner in residential home, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 980 Unidentified group, circa 1900
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 981 Unidentified infant/mother/grandmother, circa 1900
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 982 Unidentified woman, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 983 Unidentified woman, “Aunt Lizzie,” undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 943-962 Unidentified photographs, undated

Series 3: Business Establishments, 1830-circa 1930, undated

Arrangement

Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by business name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 790 A. Booth’s Oyster and Fish Depot, Madison and Dearborn Streets, circa 1870
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 43 A. G. Downs & Co., 150 Lake Street, dry goods, certificate, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 3 Allen & Mackey, 89 S. Clark Street, curtain goods, advertisement, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 4-5 Arcade Building, Clark Street near Madison Street, exterior (2), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 788 Auditorium Hotel, circa 1900
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 6 Bank of Chicago, Seth Payne currency, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 96 Bank of Chicago, Seth Payne $3 bill, undated
Box 16 Photograph 96 Bank of Chicago, Seth Payne $3 bill, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 96, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 712 Bankers’ Building, color, circa 1930
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 17 B. F. Chase Co., 90 Randolph Street, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 7 Bigelow Hotel, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 8 Blackman & Downs, dry goods store, advertisement, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 9 Board of Trade, laying cornerstone, 1872
Box 16 Photograph 9 Board of Trade, laying cornerstone, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 9, 1872
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1046 Board of Trade, under construction (cracked), 1872
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 713 Board of Trade, Wells and South Water Streets, exterior, illustration, circa 1870
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 10 Bookseller’s Row, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 789 Booksellers Row, circa 1890
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 11 Bowen Brothers Dry Goods, 19 and 21 Lake Street, advertisement, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 12-13 Briggs House, Randolph and Wells Streets, exterior (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1045 Bull’s Head [hotel], illustration of circa 1840, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 14 Carhart, Lewis & Tappen, hats, caps and furs, exterior, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 714 Chamber of Commerce, Washington and LaSalle Streets, exterior, illustration, 1872
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 18 Chase, Hanford & Co., oils, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 791 Chicago Arena, Erie Street, McClurg Court and Ontario Street (color), circa 1930
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 792 Chicago Beach Hotel, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 19 Chicago Clearing House Association, checks, 1907
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 20 The Chicago Firemen’s Insurance Company, advertisement, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 715 Chicago Herald Building, circa 1910
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 21 Chicago Marine & Fire Insurance Company, check, undated
  Glass Plate Slide 710 Chicago Mechanics Institute Fair, advertisement for Grand Gala Days, broadside, 1858
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 22 Chicago Plain & Fancy Job Printing Office, advertisement from 1839 directory, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 716 Chicago Telephone Company, Washington and Franklin Streets, circa 1890
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 717 Chicago Times Building, 1854
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 718 Chicago Tribune Building, 1847
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 719 Chicago Tribune Tower (color), circa 1935
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 23-24 Chicago Tribune Building, exterior (2), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 25-29 City Directory of 1839, pages (5), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 30 City Directory of 1854, pages, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 31 Clarendon House, N. Clark Street, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 33 Cobb’s Building, Dearborn Street near Madison Street, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slides 131-132 Colonel Wood’s Museum & Gallery of Fine Arts, Randolph Street (2), 1866
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 34 Com. Ex. Nat. Building, Adams and LaSalle Street, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 36 Crosby Opera House, certificate for one free steel engraving, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 35 Crosby Opera House, exterior, 1865
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 39 Crosby Opera House, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 38 Crosby Opera House, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 37 Crosby Opera House, ticket for October 9, 1871 (year of Chicago fire), circa 1871
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 720 Daily News Building, 1921
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 721 Daily News Building (color), circa 1929
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 722 Daily News Building (color), 1929
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 40 Davis, Sawyer & Co., dry goods, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 41 Dickey Building, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 42 Dietzsch, Blocki & Co., druggists, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 44 Drake’s Block, exterior, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 723 Evening Journal Building, 1873
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 724 Evening Post Building, circa 1880
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 45 Exchange Bank Building, 1871
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 46 Farwell, John V. & Co., exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 47 Field Leiter & Co., post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 48 Field Leiter & Co., exterior, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 725 Fine Arts Institute, Michigan Avenue and Van Buren Street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 726 First National Bank Building, Dearborn and Monroe Streets, circa 1880
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 49 First National Bank, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 50 Follansbe, Charles, certificate, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 51 Fourth National Bank, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 52 Frank & Walker’s stage office, Lake and Dearborn Streets, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 98 F. W. Peek & Co. (cracked), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 53 Mrs. A. Gale’s New York Millinery, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 15 George B. Carpenter & Co., ship chandlers and sail makers, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 16 George B. Carpenter & Co., South Water Street and 5th Avenue, twines, tents, flags, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 54 Gilbert Hubbard & Co., ship chandlery, exterior, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1058 Girard House tavern, 133rd Street and Indiana Avenue (color), circa 1890
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 55 Globe Theatre/Col. Wood’s Museum Co., post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 56 Gray, Phelps & Co., wholesale grocers, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 57 Green Tree Tavern, Canal and Lake, exterior (cracked), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 59 Hagenbeck’s Trained Animal Show, camel, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 62 Hamlin, Hale & Co., exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 63 Hatch, David, 98 Lake Street, hardware store, advertisement, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 793 H. Hayes Saloon, Union Stockyards, cattle drive through streets, color (cracked), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 64 Heyworth Building, Madison Street and Wabash Avenue, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 65 Hoffman & Gelpcke, letterhead, 1857
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 66 Hoffman & Gelpcke, staff, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 67-68 Honore Block, Dearborn and Monroe Streets, exterior (2), undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 69 Gilbert Hubbard & Co., ship chandlery, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 794 Gilbert Hubbard & Co., 1840
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 795 Gilbert Hubbard & Co., 226-232 South Water Street, circa 1890
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 727 Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, circa 1900
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 71 Insurance Building [?], exterior (cracked), undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 728 Inter-Ocean Building, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 118 J & L Turner Livery, advertisement, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 70 J. H. Hudson, Clark and Randolph Streets, draper and tailor, 1843
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 72 Jencks Block, Wells and Washington Streets, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 103 J. H. Reed & Co., 144-146 Lake Street, druggists, exterior, undated
Box 16 Photograph 103 J. H. Reed & Co., 144-146 Lake Street, druggists, exterior, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 103, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 73 Kendall Brothers Steam Bakery, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 75 King’s Opera House, advertisement, State and Adams Streets, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 76 Lake Street House, Milwaukee Avenue and Fulton Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 796 Lake House Hotel, circa 1840
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 77 Larrabee and North, exterior (cracked), undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 729 London Guaranty Building, circa 1930
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 730 Lumber Exchange Building, circa 1890
Box 16 Photograph 730 Lumber Exchange Building, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 730, circa 1890
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 78 Lyman, Page & Co., exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 79 McVicker’s Theater, exterior, undated
Box 16 Photograph 79 McVicker’s Theater, exterior, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 79, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 80 McVicker’s Theatre, Babes in the Wood, play advertisement, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 82 Marine Building, Lake and LaSalle Streets, exterior, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 731 Marshall Field Wholesale Warehouse, Wells and Quincy Streets, circa 1900
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 83 Matteson House, Dearborn and Randolph Streets, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 84 Matthews & Murphy, Dearborn Street, south of Lake Street, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 85 Mendel Engraving & Lithography, exterior, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 732 Merchandise Mart, color, circa 1920s
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 733 Merchants Insurance Building, LaSalle and Washington Streets, circa 1890
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 87 Merchants Insurance Building, LaSalle and Washington Streets, headquarters General Sheridan, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 88 Merchants Insurance Building, LaSalle and Washington Streets, post-Fire ruins (cracked), 1871
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 86 Merchants & Planters Bank, certificate, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 734 Michigan Boulevard Building, color, circa 1920
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 89 A. H. Miller’s Building, Clark and Randolph Streets, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 81 Monadnock Building, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 797 Montgomery Ward, color, circa 1920
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 735 Monroe Building/University Club, Michigan Avenue and Monroe (color), circa 1920
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 933 Moreno Roller Mills, exterior, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 934-935 Moreno Roller Mills, interior (2), undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 90 Moos Cigar Co., exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 91 Morrison Block, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 92 Myrick House Hotel, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 112 National Union, benefit certificate, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 94 New York Clothing Store, pages from 1839 directory, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 798 Newberry & Dole Grain Elevator, color, 1830
Box 16 Photograph 798 Newberry & Dole Grain Elevator, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 798, 1830
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 95 North Western Iron & Steel Welding Co., exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 97 Potter Palmer House, State and Quincy Streets, undated
Box 16 Photograph 97 Potter Palmer House, State and Quincy Streets, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 97, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 799 Pacific Hotel, circa 1870
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 800 Palmer House Hotel, circa 1880
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 736 Palmer House, circa 1880
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 737 Palmolive Building, 1929
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 99 Penton & Co., wholesale druggists, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 100 Perry & Crapo, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 101 Portland Block, 4th National Bank, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 102 Pullman Palace Car Company, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 104 Reiner’s Market, State and 12th Streets, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 105 Revere House, Randolph and Dearborn Streets (cracked), 1857
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 58 S. C. Griggs & Co., State Street, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 106 St. James Hotel, Old Stewart House, State and Washington Streets, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 107 St. James Hotel, State and Washington Streets, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 108 The Saloon Hotel, Clark and Lake Streets, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 738 Old “Salon” Building, Clark and Lake Streets, circa 1880
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 109 Santa Fe Building, rail exchange, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 801 Sauganash Hotel, first hostelry in Chicago (color), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 802 Sauganash Hotel, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 803 Sherman House Hotel, circa 1880
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 110 Silverman, Lazarus (banker), 50 LaSalle Street, advertisement (cracked), undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 93 Smith Brothers, 43 South Water Street, wholesale grocers, advertisement, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 111 Smith & Nixon, Steinway’s pianos, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 113 Southern Hotel, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 114 Stebbins & Reede, drugs, 159 Lake Street, advertisement, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 804 Steinway’s Pianos, Clark and Washington Streets, circa 1850
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 805 Stevens Hotel, now Conrad Hilton, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 806 Stock Yards Building, entrance (cracked), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 739 Straus Building, circa 1920
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 115 Sturgis, Buckingham & Co., exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 807 Sunnyside Tavern, Clark Street and Sunnyside Avenue, circa 1900
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 740 Tacoma Building, circa 1900
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 840 Theatre advertisement, “Boer War,” circa 1905
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 116 Theatres, advertisements, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 808 Tremont House Hotel, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 117 Unidentified theatre, advertisement, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slides 119-120 Unidentified buildings, downtown (2), undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 121 Unidentified office, interior, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 936 Unidentified factory, exterior, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 937 Unidentified restaurant, interior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 122 Union Building, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 123 Union Ridge [?] Hotel, men holding sign, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 741 Union Trust Building, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 74 W. D. Kerfoot Block, first in the burnt district, 89 Washington Street, 1871
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 124 Wabash Avenue “skating rink,” at Jackson Boulevard, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 125 Wabash [?] Avenue, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 126 Wadsworth, Philip & Co., exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 127 Walsh, John R., news, periodicals, post office, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 128 Washington Engine Company, theater ticket, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 129 Wells & Co./Field Benedict & Co., Wabash Avenue and Lake Street, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 130 Western News Co., 121-123 State Street, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slide 32 William Clingman Clothing, advertisement, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 742 Woman’s Temple Building, circa 1920
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 133 Yonkers Building, exterior, undated
Box 1 Glass Plate Slides 60-61 Z. M. Hall Building, wholesale grocery, exterior (2), undated

Series 4: Religious Institutions, 1857-circa 1900, undated

Arrangement

Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by the name of religious institutions with unidentified institutions at the end. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 134 Centennial Baptist Church, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 743 Congregational, Drexel Boulevard, color, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 135 First Baptist Church, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 136 First Baptist Church, Wabash Avenue and Congress Parkway, exterior, undated
Box 2 Glass Plate Slide 137 First Baptist Church, Wabash Avenue and Washington Street, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 744 First Congregational Church, Washington Street and Ann, circa 1860
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 745 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Clark and Washington Streets (cracked), circa 1890
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 138 First Presbyterian Church, Wabash Avenue and Congress Parkway, exterior, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 139 First Presbyterian Church, Wabash Avenue and Congress Parkway, exterior (cracked), undated
Box 16 Photograph 139 First Presbyterian Church, Wabash Avenue and Congress Parkway, exterior, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 139, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 140 First Universalist Church, Washington Street between Clark and Dearborn Streets, exterior, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 141 First Universalist Church, Wabash Avenue and Van Buren Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 746 Fourth Presbyterian Church, color, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 142 Grace Church, Wabash Avenue and Madison Street (cracked), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 143-144 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, LaSalle Street and Chicago Avenue (2), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 145 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, LaSalle Street and Chicago Avenue, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 146 Holy Name Cathedral, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 147 New England Church, LaSalle Street, entrance (cracked), undated
Box 16 Photograph 147 New England Church, LaSalle Street, entrance, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 147, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 148 New England Church, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 149 North Presbyterian Church, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 150 Plymouth Congregational Church, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 747 Roman Catholic Church, Wabash Avenue and Madison Street (built 1843), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 151 St. James Church, Huron Street and Cass, 1857
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 152 St. James Church, Huron Street and Cass, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 748 St. James Episcopal, Cass Street between Michigan Avenue and Illinois Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 749 St. Mary’s Roman Catholic, first Catholic church in Chicago, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 153 St. Paul Universalist Church, exterior, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 154 St. Paul Universalist Church, Wabash Avenue and Van Buren Street, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 155 St. Paul Universalist, Wabash Avenue and Van Buren Street, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 156 Second Baptist Church, Monroe and Morgan Street, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 157-158 Second Baptist Church, exterior (2), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 750 Second Baptist Church, Washington and LaSalle Streets, 1858
Box 11 Glass Plate Slides 751-752 Second Presbyterian Church, Wabash Avenue and Washington Street (2), circa 1860
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 159 Second Presbyterian Church, exterior, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 160 Second Presbyterian Church, Jackson, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 753 Third Presbyterian Church, Washington and Carpenter Streets, color, 1860
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 161-162 Trinity Episcopal Church, Jackson, exterior (2), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 163 Trinity Episcopal Church, view from breakwater, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 164 Trinity Episcopal Church, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 165 Trinity Episcopal Church, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
  Glass Plate Slide 166 Not used
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 167 Unity Church, LaSalle Street, exterior
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 168 Unity Church, exterior, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 169 Unity Church, entrance, ruins, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 16 Photograph 169 Unity Church, entrance, ruins, post-Fire ruins, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 169, [1871]
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 170 Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Harrison Street, exterior, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 171-172 Wabash Ave. Methodist Church, Harrison Street, exterior (2), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 754 Unity Church, Michigan and 23rd Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 755 Unidentified Church (cracked), circa 1900
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 938 Unidentified, baptism scene, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 173-174 Unidentified (2), undated

Series 5: Clubs and Organizations, 1843-circa 1920, undated

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by club or organization name.

Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 758 Albert Billings Memorial Hospital, University of Chicago, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 814 Chicago Historical Society Building, color (cracked), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 175 Firemen’s Association, invitation to 2nd Annual Ball, 1847
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 176 Juvenile Social Ball, invitation, 1843
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 204 Magdalena Asylum, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 839 Newberry Library (cracked), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 975 Political rally, circa 1920
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 177 Republican Headquarters, exterior, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 756 Republican Headquarters, the Wigwam where Lincoln was nominated, color, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 178 Tippecanoe Club, members at Lincoln Park, undated

Series 6: Historical Sketches, 1864-circa 1910, undated

Arrangement

Series 6 is arranged alphabetically by historical event or site. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 206 Chicago Centennial Jubilee 1803-1903, poster (cracked), circa 1903
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 207 Chicago Centennial Jubilee 1803-1903, cartoon, circa 1903
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 830 Chicago in 1812, map, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 196 Chicago in 1820, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 197 Chicago in 1830, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 198 Chicago in 1830, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 835 Chicago in 1831, color illustration (cracked), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 200 Chicago in 1832, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 819 Chicago Portage by the French, color illustration, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 211 Civil War - Abraham Lincoln Medal, North Western Sanitary Fair, 1865
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 707 Civil War - Berry and Lincoln store, 1895
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 215 Civil War - Camp Douglas (cracked), 1864
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 842 Civil War - Libby Prison, color, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 212-213 Civil War - Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois (2), undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 708 Civil War - Lincoln lying in state in Chicago, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1039 Civil War - Lincoln birthplace, log cabin, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1040 Civil War - Lincoln-Douglas, debate monument, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1041 Civil War - Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, color, circa 1910
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1042 Civil War - Lincoln monument, “Lincoln the Orator” (Oakwoods Cemetery), color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1043 Civil War - Lincoln, Nancy Hanks (1782-1818), grave, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1044 Civil War - Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 939 Civil War - unidentified 8-story building, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 214 Civil War - Voice of the Fair, front page reporting Lincoln’s death, 1865
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 202 The Cottage, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 815 Father Jacques Marquette’s exploration, color illustration, (cracked), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 816 Father Jacques Marquette crosses site of Chicago, color [illustration?], undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 817 Father Jacques Marquette’s winter quarters, color illustration, (cracked), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 818 Franquelin’s Map of Chicago Region in 1864, color, undated
Box 16 Photograph 818 Franquelin’s Map of Chicago Region in 1864, black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 818, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 185-192 Fort Dearborn (8, Slides 185 and 187 are cracked), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 836 Fort Dearborn, centennial tablet, 1903
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 827 Fort Dearborn, Christmas Eve, illustration, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 824 Fort Dearborn, first fort, color illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 825 Fort Dearborn, from the river, color illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 826 Fort Dearborn, illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 820 Fort Dearborn, Indian Wigwam (cracked), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 829 Fort Dearborn, last surviving building in the 1850s, color illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slides 831-832 Fort Dearborn, massacre of 1812, color illustration (2), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 828 Fort Dearborn, model, color, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 193 Fort Dearborn, poem, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 823 Fort Dearborn, stockade, color illustration of 1803, undated
Box 16 Photograph 823 Fort Dearborn, stockade, black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 823, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 833.1-833.2 Fort Dearborn and Lighthouse, illustration of circa 1830 (2 copies with variations), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 821 Greenville Cession of 1795, shows city limits as of 1852, map, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 194 Imaginary view of the site of Chicago in 1779, shows DuSable, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 179-180 Joliet, Louis (1645-1700) (2), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 195 John Kinzie buys first land at Chicago, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 822 “Mad Anthony” Wayne secures title to Chicago area in 1795, color illustration, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 757 Map of Chicago in 1833, color, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slides 181-183 Marquette, Jacques (1637-1675) (3, one copy cracked), undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 184 Site of Marquette’s Mission, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 201 South Water Street, State Street to Dearborn Street in 1834, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 837 The Treaty Elm, Indian Boundary Line, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 834 U. S. Reservation, south of Ft. Dearborn, color illustration of 1830, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 203 View of the disaster occasioned by the flood in the Chicago River, undated
Box 3 Glass Plate Slide 199 Wolf’s Point in 1830, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1047 Wolf’s Point showing footbridge across river and blacksmith’s shop, color illustration (cracked), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1048 Wolf’s Point, trappers in canoe, color illustration (cracked), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 787 World War I, unidentified soldier, circa 1917-1919
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 968-971 World War I, unidentified soldiers, [See also: Glass Plate Slide 787] (4), circa 1917-1919

Series 7: Municipal Agencies, 1847-circa 1930, undated

Arrangement

Series 7 is arranged alphabetically by business name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 216 Billiards & Pool Store, election polling place, 1909
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 217 Chamber of Commerce, exterior, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 843 Chicago Public Schools, Bureau of Visual Instruction poster, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 844 Chicago symbol, “I Will” [cracked], undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 845 Chicago symbol, “I Will,” undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 760 Chinatown City Hall, color, circa 1930
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 218 City Hall, (Water Tank surrounded by building) [cracked]
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 846 Coliseum, old exposition building at Lake front, color illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 847 Coliseum, old building, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 848 Coliseum, old building, view from lake, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 849 Coliseum, new building, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 219 Committee of Safety, 1861
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 759 Cook County Hospital, old building, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 220 Courthouse, LaSalle Street exterior, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 221 Courthouse, 1st courthouse, Clark and Randolph Streets, 1892
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 222-223 Courthouse (2), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 224 Courthouse, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 16 Photograph 224 Courthouse, post-Fire ruins, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 224, [1871]
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 761 Courthouse, 1st courthouse, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 762 Courthouse, 2nd courthouse, color, circa 1860
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 763 Court House, circa 1860
Box 11 Glass Plate Slides 764-765 Court House and City Hall, (2, 4th home of the Chicago Public Library), circa 1880
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 766 Court House and City Hall, color, 1888
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 225 Defense Committee, 1867
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 769 Federal Building, circa 1900
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 226 Fire Department, No. 9, men and engine, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 227 Fire Department, badge, “303 C.E. Allen,” undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 228 Fireman’s Association, invitation to 2nd Annual Ball, 1847
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 940 Fire Department, boat on water, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 229 Fire truck, Lake and State, undated
Box 16 Photograph 229 Fire truck, Lake and State, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 229, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 850 Navy Pier, color, circa 1930
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 230 Post Office, exterior (cracked), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 231 Post Office, Monroe and Dearborn Streets, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 232 Post Office, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 851 Post Office in 1833, color illustration, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 767 Post Office and Customs House, 1863
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 768 Post Office and Customs House, 1872 [?]
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 770 Seal of Chicago, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 709 State House at Vandalia, Illinois, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 771 Water Tower, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 772 Water Tower, color, circa 1900

Series 8: Parks, circa 1890s-1932, undated

Arrangement

Series 8 is arranged alphabetically by park name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 773 Art Institute of Chicago, lion statue [?], undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 233 Central Park, boating, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 234 Douglas Park, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 852 Douglas Park, Karel Havlicek monument by Strachovsky, color, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 774 Field Museum of Natural History, color, 1932
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 853 Fort Dearborn, massacre monument, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 854 Fort Dearborn, relief tablet, Michigan Avenue Bridge, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 987 Fort Dearborn, massacre monument, circa 1920
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1038 Garfield Park, “Lincoln the Railsplitter,” color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 988 Grant Park, Buckingham fountain by night, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 989 Grant Park, Lincoln monument “Seated Lincoln,” undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 775 Grant Park, Buckingham fountain (color), circa 1930
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 855 Grant Park, “Indian Bowman” by Ivan Mestrovic, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 856 Grant Park, Abraham Lincoln monument by Augustus St. Gaudens, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 857 Grant Park, John A. Logan monument by Augustus St. Gaudens, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1054 Grant Park, John A. Logan monument by Augustus St. Gaudens, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 858 Humboldt Park, Lief Erickson monument by Sigvald Asbjornsen, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 859 Humboldt Park, Alexander von Humboldt monument by Felix Gorling, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 860 Humboldt Park, Fritz Reuter monument by Franz Engleman, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 861 Jackson Park, “The Republic” by French [missing], undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 990 Jackson Park, bridge, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 991-992 Jackson Park, bridge (2), undated
Box 14 Slide 993 Jackson Park, bridge (color), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 994-998 Jackson Park, flowers (color, 5), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 999-1003 Jackson Park, footbridge over lagoon (color, 5), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1004-1005 Jackson Park, footbridge over lagoon (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1006 Jackson Park, footbridge over lagoon (color), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1007-1008 Jackson Park, pagoda, color (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1009-1010 Jackson Park, inside conservatory, color (Slide 1010 is cracked), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1011-1021 Jackson Park, color (11), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1022-1023 Jackson Park (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1024-1025 Jackson Park, color (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1026 Jackson Park, tree, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1027-1031 Jackson Park, winter, color (5), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1032 Jackson Park, winter, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1033 Jackson Park, winter, color, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 235 Jefferson Park, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 862 Lake front, Michigan Avenue (military review), color illustration, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 863 Lincoln Park, “The Alarm” by John Boyle, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 864 Lincoln Park, Hans Christian Andersen monument by Johannes Gelert, color (cracked) undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 865 Lincoln Park, Beethoven monument by Johannes Gelert, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 866 Lincoln Park, Benjamin Franklin monument by Richard Parks, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 867 Lincoln Park, Goethe monument by Herman Hahn, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 868 Lincoln Park, David Kennison boulder, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 869 Lincoln Park, LaSalle monument by La Laing, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 870 Lincoln Park, Abraham Lincoln monument by Augustus St. Gaudens, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 871 Lincoln Park, Emancipation statue, Lincoln freeing the slaves, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 872 Lincoln Park, Linne monument by C. Dyperman, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 873 Lincoln Park, “The Alarm” Ottawa monument (cracked), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 874 Lincoln Park, Schiller monument by Ernest Raus, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 875 Lincoln Park, Shakespeare monument by William O. Partridge, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 876 Lincoln Park, “The Signal of Peace” by Dallin, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 877 Lincoln Park, Totem pole, color, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 236 Lincoln Park, Shakespeare monument, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 237-238 Lincoln Park (2), undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 239 Lincoln Park, “The Signal” statue, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 240 Lincoln Park, LaSalle monument, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 241 Lincoln Park, Lincoln monument, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1034 Lincoln Park, Lincoln monument, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 1052-1053 Lincoln Park, Ulysses S. Grant monument (2), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 878 Marquette and Joliet Memorial, Robey Street, color, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 879 Midway, “Fountain of Time” by Lorado Taft, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1035 Midway Plaisance, Goode-Cheney memorial, color, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 242-243 Museum of Science and Industry (2), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 880 Oak Street Beach
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 244 “Old School House Bench”
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 245 Pullman Monument, Fort Dearborn Massacre
Box 4 Glass Plate Slides 246-247 Riverside Park (2), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 776 Shedd Aquarium, color), 1932
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 777 Shedd Aquarium, color, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 881 Philip Sheridan monument by Borglum, Sheridan Road at Belmont Avenue, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 882 Soldier Field Stadium, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 248 Union Park, undated
Box 16 Photograph 248 Union Park, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 248, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 249 Unidentified park, dogs, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 941 Unidentified park, picnic group, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 942 Unidentified park, swamp scene, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 943 Unidentified park, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slides 944-945 Unidentified park, river (2), undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 1055 Unidentified park, people strolling, circa 1890s
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 883 Victory Negro Memorial by Leonard Crunelle, S. Parkway at 35th Street (cracked), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1036 Washington Park, “Fountain of Time” by Laredo Taft, color, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1037 Washington Park, “Fountain of Time” by Laredo Taft, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 884 George Washington monument, South Parkway at 51st Street, color, undated

Series 9: Residences, circa 1870-1912, undated

Arrangement

Series 9 is arranged alphabetically by family name of the residence or street name and address with unidentified residences at the end. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 563 122-124 Ashland Avenue, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1050 North Clark Street at Indian Boundary, Rogers Park, toll house (cracked), circa 1900
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 564 Clybourne Mansion, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 892 Clybourne Mansion, first brick house built in Chicago, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 778 Samuel B. Chase home, Belmont Avenue, circa 1900
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 893 DeSable Home, memorial tablet, color, 1912
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 565 Early Chicago home [?], undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 566 Egan, home and garden, 1863
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 567 Dr. Foster’s home, “last house burned,” post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 568 Honore home, Adams Street and Michigan Avenue, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 569 Honore home, Adams Street and Michigan Avenues, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 570 Joslyn home, Elgin, Ill., undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 894-895 John Kinzie home in 1832, color illustration (2), undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 571 C. C. Kohlsaat home, 239 Ashland Avenue, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 572 Lake and Elizabeth Streets, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 573 Lake Street near State Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 779 Cyrus H. McCormick home, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 574 E. B. McGagg home, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 575 E. B. McGagg home, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 891 Mrs. O’Leary home, 137 DeKoven Street, undated
Box 16 Photograph 891 Mrs. O’Leary home, 137 DeKoven Street, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 891, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 577 Park Row, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 578 Paulina Street home, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 898 James Payne home, Evanston and Addison Streets, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 899 Ebenezer Peck home, Clark Street north of Fullerton, 1905
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 780 O. W. Potter home, circa 1870
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 896 Potter Palmer home (cracked), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 897 Potter Palmer mansion [not same structure as 896], color, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slides 576-576a Potter Palmer home, Lake Shore Drive (2), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 900 Reese home, Cornelia near Lake Michigan, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 901 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago residence, State Street and North Avenue (cracked), undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 579 George F. Rumsy [Ramsey?] home, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 580 “I.G. Smith home, Ridge,” undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 581 I.G. Smith home, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 582 I.G. Smith farm, barn, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 583 Soldiers’ home, 35th and Lake Streets, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 584 Staples home, undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 585 Terrace Row, or Michigan Terrace [sic], undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slides 586-587 Terrace Row (2), undated
Box 8 Glass Plate Slide 588 Terrace Row, undated
Box 16 Photograph 588 Terrace Row, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 588, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 589 Terrace Row, from breakwater, undated
Box 16 Photograph 589 Terrace Row, from breakwater, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 589, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 902 William M. Tilden home, Wabash and 13th Streets, circa 1890
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 590 Wheeler home, Madison Street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 591 54th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 592 Unidentified street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slides 593-602 Unidentified, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 205 Unidentified barn, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 841 Unidentified barn (Smith family), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 963 Unidentified tornado scene, house ripped off foundation, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 972 Unidentified Chicago residence, undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 984 Unidentified apartment buildings, undated
  Glass Plate Slide 603 No slide for this number

Series 10: Schools, 1856-circa 1871, undated

Arrangement

Series 10 is arranged alphabetically by school name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 9 Glass Plate Slides 604-605 Dearborn School (2), undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 781 First public school in Chicago, color, 1856
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 782 First schoolhouse in Chicago, color, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 210 Foster Medal, 1857
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 606 Lake View High School, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 783 Moody Bible Institute, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 607 “Old schoolhouse,” undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 608 Rush Medical College, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 838 University of Chicago, Crerar Library, undated

Series 11: Street Scenes, 1857-circa 1930, undated

Arrangement

Series 11 is arranged alphabetically by street name or location with unidentified locations at the end. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 647 Chicago, aerial view illustration, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 648 Chicago, aerial view, lake and river illustration, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 649 Chicago, aerial map illustrations (cracked), undated
Box 6 Glass Plate Slide 359 Chicago, map showing burnt district after the Chicago Fire (cracked), 1871
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 903 Chicago in 1830, map by James Thompson, color (cracked), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 904 Ashland Avenue, color, circa 1870
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 609 Clark Street, 1857
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 610 Clark and Randolph, northeast corner, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 611 Clark and Washington, northeast corner, 1858
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 905 Clark Street, opposite Court House, 1860
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 906 Clark Street, 1887
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 650 Courthouse roof, view looking east, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 651 Courthouse roof, view looking east-southeast, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 652 Courthouse roof, view looking southeast, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 653 Courthouse roof, view looking south-southeast, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 654 Courthouse roof, view looking south, 1858
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 1056 Courthouse roof, view looking south and southeast, circa 1870s
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 655 Courthouse roof, view looking west, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 656 Courthouse roof, view looking northwest, 1858
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 657 Courthouse roof, view looking northeast, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 612 Dearborn, north from Lake Street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 613 Dearborn, west side, south from Lake Street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 614 Dearborn and Madison, southwest corner undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 615 Dearborn and Washington Streets, northwest corner, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 616 Fullerton Block, Dearborn and Washington Streets, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 907 Grand Boulevard, color, circa 1870
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 617 Harrison Street, looking north, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 646 Indian trails and villages of Chicago, 1804 map, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 618 Lake Street, between Clark and LaSalle Streets, while being raised to new grade, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 619 Lake Street, west from Michigan Avenue (cracked), undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 620 Lake Street, west from Michigan Avenue, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 621 Lake Street, east from State Street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 622 Lake Street and State Street, southeast corner, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 623 Lake Street, #22, 24, 26, ice-clad building following a fire, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 908 Lake Street, looking east from Clark Street, circa 1890
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 909 Lake Shore Drive, circa 1920
Box 16 Photograph 909 Lake Shore Drive, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 909, circa 1920
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 624 LaSalle Street, looking south, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 625 LaSalle and Adams Streets, southwest corner, 1858
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 626 LaSalle and Washington, northwest corner, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 627 Michigan Avenue, color, undated
Box 16 Photograph 627 Michigan Avenue, black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 627, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 628 Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, northwest corner (cracked), undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 629 Michigan Avenue, south from Jackson Street (cracked), undated
Box 16 Photograph 629 Michigan Avenue, south from Jackson Street, copy print Glass Plate Slide 629, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 630 Michigan Avenue and Lake Street, southwest corner, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 631 Michigan Avenue, looking north from Madison Avenue, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 632 Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street [missing], undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 633 Michigan Avenue and Water Street [missing], undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 910 Michigan Avenue, looking south from north of Art Institute, circa 1930
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 634 Milwaukee and Ashland Avenues [missing], undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 635 Randolph Street, west from Michigan Avenue [missing], undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 636 Rush Street Bridge [missing], undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 637 State Street, east side from Lake Street, south [missing], undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 638 State Street, north of Washington Street, color, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slides 639-639a State Street, south from Lake Street (2), undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 640 State Street Bridge, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 911 State Street, looking north from Van Buren Street, color, circa 1920
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1051 State Street, looking north from South Water Street (cracked), circa 1870
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 641 Wabash Avenue, north from Hubbard Court, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 912 Wabash Avenue, from Jackson Boulevard, pre-Fire (cracked), 1871
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 913 Wabash Avenue, north from Hubbard Court, circa 1890
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 914 Wabash Avenue and Washington Street, water wagon (cracked), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 915 Wacker Drive, looking west, river, circa 1920
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 642 Washington Street, east from Dearborn Street, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 643 Washington and LaSalle Streets, undated
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 644 Washington and LaSalle Streets, southwest corner, post-Fire ruins, [1871]
Box 9 Glass Plate Slide 645 South Water Street, illustration, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 916 South Water Street, color illustration of 1834, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 658 Unidentified street, horse and carriage, Col. Wood’s Museum in background, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 660 Unidentified street, with elephants, illustration, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 661 Unidentified street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 662 Unidentified street, horse-drawn wagons, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 663 Unidentified street, Redd’s Temple of Music store, trams in street, illustration, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 664 Unidentified street, unpaved, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 665 Unidentified street, North Western Patent Agency store, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 666 Unidentified street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 667 Unidentified street, Cobb’s building
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 668 Unidentified street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 669 Unidentified street, demolished building, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slides 670-671 Unidentified street, people in street, post-Fire ruins (2), 1871
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 672 Unidentified street, post-Fire ruins, 1871
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 673 Unidentified street, undated
Box 16 Photograph 673 Unidentified street, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 673, undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 973 Unidentified street, circa 1930
Box 15 Glass Plate Slide 974 Unidentified street, crowd milling in front of burned-out building, circa 1910
Box 14 Glass Plate Slides 985-986 Unidentified street (2), undated
Box 14 Glass Plate Slide 1057 Unidentified street, [possibly Near West Side?], undated

Series 12: Transportation, 1855-circa 1930, undated

Arrangement

Series 12 is arranged alphabetically by transportation type and then alphabetically within. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 784 Bridge - Rush Street Bridge, illustration, 1860
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 785 Bridge - Rush Street Bridge, color, 1865
Box 16 Photograph 785 Bridge - Rush Street Bridge, black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 785, 1865
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 786 Bridge - Rush Street Bridge, 1914
Box 13 Glass Plate Slides 965-966 Horse - Harness racing, on a rural dirt road (2), undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 917 Mass Transit - Cable car and sketch of the grip, color illustration, 1881
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 925 Mass Transit - Parmalee Omnibus Line, advertisement, 1855
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 918 Railroad - Chicago and vicinity in 1852, map drawn to show city’s plank and railroad system, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 678 Railroad - Galena & Chicago Union Depot, “Railway Men’s Reading Room,” Kinzie and Canal Street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 679 Railroad - Great Central Depot, basin, Michigan Avenue from Park Row, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 680 Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad (?), engine, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 920 Railroad - Illinois and Michigan Canal, color illustration of 1840s, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 921 Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Union Depot, Lake Street, 1857
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 922 Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Michigan Avenue from the lake, illustration, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 681 Railroad - Lake Shore Union Depot, post-Fire ruins (cracked), [1871]
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 923 Railroad - North Chicago City Railway, tickets, circa 1850
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 924 Railroad - North Chicago Street Railroad, “horse car and hoopskirts,” color illustration, 1858
Box 16 Photograph 924 Railroad - North Chicago Street Railroad, “horse car and hoopskirts,” black and white copy print of Glass Plate Slide 924, 1858
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 677 Railroad - “Old Cook Street Depot,” illustration, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 927 Railroad - Randolph Street Railroad Station, circa 1860
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 682 Railroad - tracks, over waterway, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 964 Water - Calumet River [?], dam and lock, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 674 Water - Chicago Harbor, illustration, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 675 Water - Chicago Harbor, first shipment of grain from Chicago’s first dock, illustration, undated
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 208 Water - Chicago River [?], undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 676 Water - Chicago River, shipping, illustration, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 919 Water - Chicago River, from Rush Street Bridge, circa 1880
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 967 Water - Ore boat, Lake Michigan, undated
Box 16 Photograph 967 Water - Ore boat, Lake Michigan, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 967, undated
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 926 Water - Port of Chicago, Lake Michigan, aerial, circa 1930

Series 13: World’s Fairs, 1893, 1933

Arrangement

Series 13 is arranged by fair and then alphabetically within. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 809 Century of Progress - Fort Dearborn Replica, color (cracked), 1933
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 810 Century of Progress - Hall of Science, color (cracked), 1933
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 811 Century of Progress - Administration Building, color (cracked), 1933
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 812 Century of Progress - Byrd’s Polar Ship, color (cracked), 1933
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 813 Century of Progress - Adler Planetarium, color (cracked), 1933
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 683 World’s Columbian Exposition - café, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 684 World’s Columbian Exposition - Chicago Day Parade, horse and rider, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 685 World’s Columbian Exposition - Cliff dwellers exhibit, 1893
Box 4 Glass Plate Slide 209 World’s Columbian Exposition - crowd scene on lakefront, “U.S.S. Illinois,” U.S. Government Exhibit, color, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 686 World’s Columbian Exposition - Cummins’ Wild West Show, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 687 World’s Columbian Exposition - dedication, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 688 World’s Columbian Exposition - entrance, color, 1893
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 928 World’s Columbian Exposition - Fine Arts Building, 1893
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 929 World’s Columbian Exposition - German Building, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 689 World’s Columbian Exposition - [Columbian] Guard, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 690 World’s Columbian Exposition - Horticultural Building, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 691 Slide number not used
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 692 World’s Columbian Exposition - Japanese pottery, color, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 693 World’s Columbian Exposition - lagoon by night, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 694 World’s Columbian Exposition - Main Basin, east end, night view, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 695 World’s Columbian Exposition - Maryland Building, color, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 696 World’s Columbian Exposition - Mines and Mining Building, Montana, Silver Statue of Ada Rehan, 1893
Box 16 Photograph 696 World’s Columbian Exposition - Mines and Mining Building, Montana, Silver Statue of Ada Rehan, copy print of Glass Plate Slide 696, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 697 World’s Columbian Exposition - Mississippi Building, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 698 World’s Columbian Exposition - New York State Building, color (cracked), 1893
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 930 World’s Columbian Exposition - plan of grounds, 1893
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 931 World’s Columbian Exposition - statue, “The Appeal to the Great Spirit” by Dallin, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 701 World’s Columbian Exposition - statuary, figurine of two cats, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 702 World’s Columbian Exposition - statuary, “Playing Doctor,” 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 703 World’s Columbian Exposition - statuary, slave in Court of Honor, 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slides 699-700 World’s Columbian Exposition - statuary, unidentified (2), 1893
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 704 World’s Columbian Exposition - Transportation Building, 1893
Box 13 Glass Plate Slide 932 World’s Columbian Exposition - United States Government Building
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 705 World’s Columbian Exposition - welcome (cracked), 1893
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