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Statue of the Republic in 1893

Wrecked automobile lying upside-down in a ravine beneath a bridge with a crowd of people standing on a hill in the background

Yellowware bowl at the Charnley-Perksy House

1890-1922?
Frank Yergin sold his Paris, Illinois drugstore in 1890 with the intention of moving to Chicago to focus on manufacturing his own products. An advertisement for his Russian Oil is shown below; tin 1916, his wife is listed as the…

Full body photograph of young Anna O'Neill (Francis O'Neill's wife)

Photograph of head and shoulders of Anna O'Neill (young)

Photograph of Francis O'Neill and his wife Anna when they were young

Unidentified Young Lords at the Puerto Rican Heritage Festival on Armitage Avenue, August 23, 1969.

Young Lords painting murals and setting up furniture inside their community center at 834 Armitage Ave.

The full-page view of the Youth's Companion's program for the "Official School Celebration of Columbus Day," published September 8, 1892, and scheduled for October 21, 1892.

1880-1949
Founded in 1880, Zeh, Scherzer & Co. produced a wide range of products, including an exclusive series for Geo. Borgeldt & Co. (advertised in the 1921 image below). In 1949, they began using the name and backmark Scherzer & Co. or Scherzer…

Image of Zion Congregation, c. 1900.