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A streetcar travels on 12th Street, east from Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.

Children selling candy apples and other goods near the area of Maxwell Street in Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.

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

An black and white photograph of a man being removed by another man and a police officer from a bar or shop nearby. He is clearly either drunk or been in a fight on what the photographer writes is Christmas Eve night. (East 78th Street & 3rd Avenue,…

Charles Waliczek at Estelle's Cozy Inn at 3062 S. Broad Street in Chicago on April 26, 1949. (Note: The original image has been cropped for purposes of the game.)

This is a black and white image of a train car as it moves over the Lake Street Bridge in Chicago, 1924.

An artist’s depiction of residents inside Dunning, published in 1898 in the Chicago Inter Ocean newspaper.

This February 1947 photo, taken inside the Chicago State Hospital, shows the poorly ventilated, narrow and congested hallways where some patients slept.

A drawing of Rice's Theatre, which on the image is the building in the middle

Exterior view of the Iroquois Theater at the time of the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903.

View of a fire engine and male firefighters in an alley during the Iroquois Theater fire, December 30, 1903, Chicago, Illinois.

View of the ruined stage of the Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois, after the fire on December 30, 1903. Taken on January 4, 1904, the photographer was looking down from the balcony.

Exterior view of the the northeast corner of Clark Street and Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 1952. Formerly the Clarendon Hotel.

This is a bird's eye view map of Chicago in 1857 that shows the early beginnings of the city. It was first drawn by James T. Palmatary. Later drawn on stone by Christian Inger, lithographed by Herline and Hensel, and published by Braunhold and Sonne,…

A Newsboy stands by several street vendors in Maxwell Street area, Chicago, Illinois, 1906.

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