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

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

Cover image of sheet music for "Santa Lucia," "Finiculi-Finicula," and "L’addio a Napoli" ("Adieu to Naples")

Sheet music for "Santa Lucia," "Finiculi-Finicula," and "L’addio a Napoli" ("Adieu to Naples")

Cover image of sheet music for "The Ferris Wheel Waltz and Polka," with lithographic image by Orcutt Co., Chicago.

Sheet music for "The Ferris Wheel Waltz and Polka," with lithographic image by Orcutt Co., Chicago

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

An MP3 recording of the song of "Santa Lucia" lasting 2 mins. and 34 secs. long.

An MP3 recording of the song "The Ferris Wheel Waltz" lasting 4 mins. and 19 secs. long.

Cover image of sheet music for "The Viking March," by H. C. Verner

Sheet music for "The Viking March," by H. C. Verner

An MP3 recording of the song "The Viking March" lasting 2 mins. and 23 secs long.

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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

Stead's If Christ Came to Chicago opened with a foldout juxtaposing an image of Christ and the money changers with this map of the block bounded by Clark, Dearborn, Harrison, and Polk Streets in Chicago's First Ward. The map both illustrated many of…

Image critical of First Ward Balls

Cover of Ryan's Mammoth Collection

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

Map of the United States showing the state flags.

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.

Outside View of the Art Institute Chicago Modern Wing Building at Night

This is an image of a 16" radio transcription disc of “The Wonder Hat” from 1952 at the Goodman Theatre.

This is an close-up image of a 16" radio transcription disc of “The Wonder Hat” from 1952 at the Goodman Theatre.

Photoplay cue for silent movie music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 3

Photoplay cue for silent movie comedy music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 3

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Comedy Scene"