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An illustration of Briggs House (a hotel in Chicago) being raised, as the city planned to lift the buildings up by a few feet in order to install new foundations and municipal sewage systems

An aerial photograph of the city of Chicago from 1900 or 1901, titled "The Heart of Chicago".

A photograph of Chicago skyline from the Tribune Tower with the Wrigley building in the foreground, showing the heavy smog that blanketed the city in the mornings.

Boys learning carpentry during a class at an open air summer school in Chicago, as open air schools were believed to help prevent and combat the spread of tuberculosis among children.

Illustrated postcard of Cook County Institution at Dunning, IL (later to be called the Dunning Mental Hospital and then the Chicago State Hospital)

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. This written piece about the Pledge seeks to denote and understand what each word means. A transcript is as follows: When I was a small…

A picture of the creator of the Pledge of Allegiance.

A version of the original salute before the hand on the heart was put in place.

The original salute was a long standing tradition in American public schools until World War II.

Title 4 establishes the manner and conduct concerning the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: "§4. Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of…

President George Bush Sr. Proclaims National Pledge of Allegiance Day "On September 8, 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag first appeared in print. Today, nearly a century later, the words penned by Francis Bellamy in observance of the 400th…

This law review conducted by the Chicago-Kent College of Law examines the relationships between free speech, the right of parental choice in a child's upbringing, and the right of the State to establish patriotism in public schools. "On July 23,…

Statue of the Republic in 1893

"Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 131 at the desk and just received from the House."

The decision to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance into a national monument…

From the Congressional Record for June 14, 2004:
"But today is also special for another reason. As the resolution also notes, today is the 50th anniversary of the modern version of the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge has come under attack in…

Jane with other delegates to First International Congress of Women, The Hague, 1915

1837-present
After attempting to replicate an Indian recipe, John Wheeley Lea and William Perrins introduced their Worcestershire sauce around 1837. The sauce was sold internationally by 1870, allowing for American manufacture of the sauce. The…

A print advertisement for L. T. Piver's face powders and perfumes.

Print advertisements for James C. Crane's Crème Elcaya.

1868-?
Dr. J. Parker Pray’s story is inextricably tied to that of his first wife, Mary E. Cobb. Having been trained as a manicurist shortly after their 1874 marriage, Cobb opened her first salon in 1878. Pray was originally a chiropodist, but had…

The neck of a bottle of Alexis Godillot Jeune's olive oil, produced in Bordeaux, France, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

Glass sherds from a jar made by the Ball Corporation, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

Glass sherds from a bottle of Horlick's Malted Milk Powder, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

1796-1968
Founded in 1796 by Thomas Minton, Mintons first focused on producing practical tableware, often with prints like the kitten print on the plate below, found at the Charnley-Persky House. After Thomas’s son, Herbert, took control of the…