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A photograph of the Charnley-Persky House circa 1900.

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1880-present
Robert Augustus Chesebrough created petroleum jelly from “rod wax” used by oil workers for cuts and bruises; he made this discovery in 1859, and the product was available on a limited bases in the 1860s. Chesebrough Manufacturing…

A drawn image of the Crosbys' Opera House on Washington Street that held the meeting that spurred the creation of a school for the Fine Arts or Chicago Academy of Design and later the Art Institute of Chicago.

Image of an alley behind building at 1922
South Halsted Street in Chicago in 1946

Chicago Daily Tribune article from November 7, 1892, page 8, with the headline "CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR: Every Promise Made by This City Has Been Splendidly Redeemed"

A piece of glass from the Chicago Brewing Company, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

Ribbon from the centennial celebration of the creation of Fort Dearborn

1887-1922
John Alfred Lomax consolidated his own soda bottling factory with fifteen others in 1887 to form the Chicago Consolidated Bottling Company; an early letterhead of Lomax’s is below. The name of the firm was changed to the Lomax Company in…

Cover image for sheet music, "Chicago Day Waltz," by George Valisi

An MP3 recording of the song "The Chicago Day Waltz" lasting 3 mins. and 57 secs. long.

Sheet music, "Chicago Day Waltz," by George Valisi

A drawing by Christian Inger, based on a drawing by I. T. Palmatary of the bird's eye view of Chicago in 1857.

Area locations for Chicago neighborhoods.

An image of the historical Chicago Opera House

A photograph taken at the historical location of the Chicago Opera House

Several small American flags planted in the ground on the National Mall of the US Capitol

Cover image of sheet music for "Chicago World's Exposition Grand March" by Victor Vogel

An MP3 recording of the song "Chicago World's Exposition Grand March" lasting 2 mins. and 19 secs. long.

Sheet music for "Chicago World's Exposition Grand March" by Victor Vogel

Image critical of First Ward Balls