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Medal from the International Association Chiefs of Police Eleventh Annual Convention, which took place in St. Louis, MO

Picture of elderly Francis and Anna O'Neill, along with daughters Ann, May, and Caroline

Photo of Ann, May, and Caroline O'Neill (Mary Lesch's great-aunts)

convention in Galesburg, IL (Illinois Union Chiefs of Police)

1900-1962
Edwin M. Knowles was born in 1869, the son of Isaac Watt Knowles, founder of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co. (one of the largest American pottery companies at the turn of the 20th century). A graduate of Harvard, Edwin took control of…

1885-1904
Edward Everett started in the glass industry by buying Newark Star Glass, which he renamed after himself in 1885; he sold the company to the Ohio Bottle Company (a corporation he also led) in 1904.
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Photograph of Edward Cronin

Photograph of traditional music collector, Edward Bunting

Close-up image of the Edison phonograph

1830-present
Edouard Pinaud opened his first perfume shop in 1839 in Paris, and the company first appeared in Parisian registered in 1841. The company grew swiftly and was the perfume supplier for Napoleon III and Queen Victoria of England by the…

An MP3 recording of the song "Echoes of the White City Waltz" lasting 3 mins. and 45 secs. long.

Sheet music for "Echoes from the White City," by Edward Holst.

Cover image of sheet music for "Echoes from the White City," by Edward Holst.

"Ownership and Occupancy of any Lot in this Subdivision shall be restricted to the Caucasian Race."(Source: Plat #14762713, Platbook 382, Page 2. Recorded: March 27, 1950. Expired: January 1, 1968)Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage

Notes written by James Early or his wife

Dedication from Francis O'Neill to James Early

"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lots." (Source: Plat #14132013, Platbook 366, Page 42. Recorded: August 27, 1947. Expired: January 1, 1980.)

1852-present
E. H. Sargent was established in 1852; a bottle embossed with the company’s name was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2010. In 1875, Sargent began marketing through a catalog, the first recorded mail order solicitation for…

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

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

Inscription inside book about Early Dunn

Handwritten dedication from Francis O'Neill to Michael J. Dunn

Dedication to Michael J. Dunn from Francis O'Neill

“That no part of said lots or premises shall be conveyed or leased by the owners thereof, or any subsequent grantee or the successors in title to any person or persons nor shall any improvements erected thereon be used or occupied by any person,…