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View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending Queen of Finnie's Annual Masquerade Ball at the Trianon Ballroom, 6201 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

View of guests attending Queen of Finnie's Annual Masquerade Ball at the Trianon Ballroom, 6201 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

View of guests attending the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ambassador West Hotel, 1300 North State Parkway, Chicago, 1958. Guests in attendance included donor James C. Darby and members of Chicago's gay community.

Moses Asch in his Folkways Records Office in New York City

Cover of Two Short Plays by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, edited with an introduction by Ioana Cornea and Benjamin Goluboff; illustrations by Jaime Deare and Emily Murman

A drawing by Christian Inger, based on a drawing by I. T. Palmatary of the bird's eye view of Chicago in 1857.

The Illinois statutes regarding public education include a portion dedicated to teaching American patriotism in schools, as follows: "Each school shall provide instruction in American patriotism, the principles of representative government, as…

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of McNair Ilgenfritz's "Original Hesitation Waltz"

Shakespeare on a backdrop of the Chicago flag