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A playbill of Twelfth Night at McVicker's Theatre on December 9th, 1879

"A Library of Congress report said today that evidence about the disputed authorship of the pledge of allegiance to the flag is overwhelminly in favor of the late Francis Bellamy." From a New York Times article dated September 13, 1957.
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Two Medals from the Police Committee in Chicago
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Police Medal from Theodore Roosevelt's Reception
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Titled, "Join the Parade: We had Polio Vaccine, get Your Polio Shots now.", the illustrated poster encourages polio vaccination among infants and children especially.
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Informal full-length portrait of Life guards Esther DeWolfe and Arthur Turk Conley wearing bathing suits, posing on the side of a swimming pool in Chicago, Illinois. DeWolfe is sitting in a high lifeguard chair, and Conley is pointing to the left of…
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Autopsy 2.0

A picture of the creator of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jane Addams: Chicago's Pacifist

Jane Addams, taken c. 1895
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Bertha Honoré Palmer (subheading)

A Portrait of Bertha Honore Palmer (1849-1918). Palmer was serious patron of the arts and was invited to lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also made a generous bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago and formed the core of the museum’s…
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Photograph of 1970 Gay Alliance Rally to protest police harassment.
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Photograph of 1970 Gay Alliance Rally to protest police harassment.

"Each lot in this subdivision is for all purposes perpetually restricted to the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #9269470, Platbook 227, Page 50. Approved: April 15, 1926. Recorded: May 10, 1926. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
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1991 - Loyalty Day references Pledge.pdf

George Bush Sr. declares May 1, 1991, as Loyalty Day, calling upon "all Americans to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies in their homes, in schools, and in other suitable places." The proclamation quotes from the Pledge of Allegiance.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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View of guests attending a private Halloween party in Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.
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Prize Home #22
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