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The Art World in Downtown Chicago

Left half of stereo photo pair of Edward Kemeys's lion statue outside the Art Institute of Chicago, in Illinois.
World's Fair Souvenir Music

Cover image of sheet music for "The Song of the Ferris Wheel" by George Schleiffarth.
Souvenir Music from the 1893 World's Fair

Cover image of sheet music for "The Song of the Ferris Wheel" by George Schleiffarth.
Song of the Ferris Wheel (George Schleiffarth).pdf

Sheet music for "The Song of the Ferris Wheel" by George Schleiffarth.
10 The Song of the Ferris Wheel.mp3

An MP3 recording of the song "The Song of the Ferris Wheel" lasting 4 mins. and 17 secs. long.
Seán Cleland - Tralibane Bridge & My Mind Will Never Be Easy.mp3

Slow Air-Slip Jig
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Session Performers
2 Seán Cleland & Friends - ED Hornpipes - The Boys Of Blue Hill, Off To CA, Rights Of Man.mp3

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session
3. Seán Cleland & Friends - ED Slow Air + Slip Jigs.mp3.mp3

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session
4. Seán Cleland - ED Set Dance Garden of Daisies.mp3

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session
5. Seán Cleland - Solo Jigs - Cherish The Ladies & Knocknagow.mp3

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session
1. Seán Cleland & Friends - ED Slip - Give Us A Drink Of Water; My Mind Will Never Be Easy; A Fig For A Kiss Jigs.mp3

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session
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The Stage Guild Plays front playbill cover for the Goodman and Hecht's play "The Wonder Hat."
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Title page for "The Wonder Hat" signed by co-author Ben Hecht, published by Frank Shay of New York for Stage Guild Plays.
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Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 656)
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St. Stanislaus Kostka Façade

Donniker’s Minstrel’s theater where they performed “Africanized opera bouffe) of minstrel and drag
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Ella Wesner, male impersonator, performed here; Chicago Whispers, also black face performed here
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Featuring from Left to Right: Studs Terkel, Win Strake, Big Bill Broonzy, and Larry Lane
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Black and White photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe as a young woman captured by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
18 The Last Day of the Fair.mp3

An MP3 recording of the song "The Last Day of the Fair" lasting 3 mins. and 39 secs. long.
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