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Old Cook County Hospital opened in 1866 at 18th and Arnold Streets, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900.

Off She Goes - Single Jig

Off She Goes - Single Jig

Plate used for printing O'Neill's Irish Music

First page of O'Neill's Irish Music

Cover of O'Neill's Irish Music (400 Arranged Tunes)

Cover of O'Neill's Irish Music (250 Arranged Tunes)

O'Neill's Edison Phonograph Player

Newspaper clipping of Francis O'Neill becoming the new police chief

Photograph of Francis O'Neill's home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Francis O'Neill, Anna O'Neill, Caroline O'Neill Crowe, Ann O'Neill, May O'Neill

1902-1940(?)
Otto W. Tanke took over Emil Dorner’s drug store at 557 N. Clark St. in 1902, just four years after passing the Board of Pharmacy. In the early 1900s, Tanke established the Lavox Company, manufacturing chemicals, drugs, and toilet…

"No portion of said property shall ever be leased, rented, sold, or conveyed to or occupied by any person who is not of the Caucasian race, except in the capacity of domestic servant employed by the owner of said property." (Source: Plat #14410768,…

"No portion of this land shall ever be sold, rented, occupied or conveyed to any person not a member of Caucasian race, nor shall any building thereon be occupied by any person or persons not a Caucasian whether grantee is by deed or other…

"No portion of this land shall ever be sold, rented, occupied or conveyed to any person not a member of Caucasian race, nor shall any building thereon be occupied by any person or persons not a Caucasian whether grantee is by deed or other…

This image shows the view of crowds on State Street, south from Washington Street, in Chicago, Illinois, 1913.

North Chicago Hebrew Congregation, c. 1900

1877-1894
Brothers Thomas and William Wood established their pottery on the Burslem Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal, near a recently-built wharf; fittingly, they called the venture New Wharf Pottery. The 1880 advertisement below promotes the…