![[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkva2luZy1rZWxseS1jaGljYWdvLXdoaXRlLXN0b2NraW5ncy1iYXNlYmFsbC1jYXJkLXBvcnRyYWl0LWE4NWZiYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/68/webp "[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]")
[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "$10,000"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
DCM 0845: Anonymous, North American Indian (Potawatomi) Courting Flute...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Potawatomi." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube apparently made of a segment of gun barrel, quite old, having a hammer weld seam. Stained wood fl... More
DCM 1634: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, tenons, and lined sockets (with inner tube).; 67.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, with Schleiff key, and patent B-flat/C trill key. Mark... More
DCM 0077: Stecher Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver with nickel plated keys, ferrules, and other fittings.; 69.7 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, foot to B, post and rod with pins, modern style key cup... More
DCM 0791: Anonymous, North American Indian (Mandan) Courting Flute (Ve...
DCM ledger: "Mandan." The brass mouthpipe appears to have been a shell casing. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified soft wood, entirely covered with a length of animal i... More
DCM 1368: Ziegner Swanson, inventor; Chicago Musical Instrument Co. To...
Instrument type: Tonette Medium: Black tenite.; 18.9 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: THE / SWANSON / TONETTE / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR Provenance: Lyon & Healy, Cleveland, Ohio, 27... More
DCM 0497: Anonymous Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 48.95 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Head cracked, full length. Pa... More
DCM 0076: Frank Aman Flute in C
DCM ledger: "Special 'Aman' Model...Boehm system made with the idea of a good flute for cheap, quantity production.... This flute made especially for this collection. Was the first one for which he received 're... More
DCM 0479: V. Kohlert's Söhne One-Handed Flute in C, for the left hand
See DCM 478. This is made in reverse for a performer missing the right hand and/or arm. Instrument type: One-Handed Flute in C, for the left hand Medium: Grenadilla(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 67.55 ... More
DCM 0939: Anonymous, North American Indian (Kichai Tribe) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Kichai Tribe." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bamboo, slender tube, with quill flue cover.; 45.4 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Cracked. Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 7 May 1930.
DCM 0790: Anonymous, North American Indian (Shoshone) Courting Flute (...
DCM ledger: "Shoshone." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo tube, lead flue plate, wood flue cover, leather thong.; 53.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No ma... More
DCM 1583: Felix Bour Piccolo in C
Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Grenadilla, silver keys and ferrules.; 31.7 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#. Mark Maximum: F. BOUR (cursive) / (design) / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE Mark Additiona... More
DCM 0496: Rudall & Rose Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, nickel silver keys, ferrules, and oval lip plate (incorporates half of embouchure), metal-lined head and mounts.; 66.25 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, Ni... More
DCM 0940: Anonymous, North American Indian (Utsehta or Little Osage) W...
DCM ledger: "Utsehta or Little Osage." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Branch, 3 strips of braided grass tied to tube by four strips of thong.; 63.9 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Red painted decoratio... More
DCM 1396: The Tonette Company Toy Whistle Flute, "Bugle Boy"
Small four-note whistle, in bugle/trumpet form, composed of a black plastic body with yellow plastic bell and mouthpiece fused into position. The 4 available notes outline 4 of the standard 5 bugle call notes. ... More
DCM 0175: Anonymous, possibly French Fife in C or D-flat
Although this instrument has a key which would imply its being a flute, so-called, it is probably best to term it a fife based on the catalog information cited above. See "Fife vs. Band Flute." An 1890 catalog ... More
DCM 1205: V. Kohlert's Söhne Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 71.1 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Maximum: TRADE / V.K.S. (in oval) / MARK / WIEN CHICAG... More
DCM 0523: George Cloos Fife in C (B-flat)
Apprentice under Crosby? Crosby model? Instrument type: Fife in C (B-flat) Medium: Unidentified wood, stained brown, silver tips.; 39.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: CROSBY / [BROOKLYN?] [desi... More
DCM 0126: Nicholas Alberti Piccolo in C and D-flat
Instrument type: Piccolo in C and D-flat Medium: Silver.; 30.5 cm., 29.35 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system with Alberti patented tonehole system to permit half-step pitch change. See "Preface." Holes shifted... More
DCM 0847: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube, including integral mouthpiece, of unidentified wood. Lead bands, carved walnut flue cover, lead f... More
DCM 0125: Dollard Flute in C
In remarkable shape. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, ivory cap and cork-setting mechanism, silver keys.; 63.8 cm. Key Holes System: Originally 4 silver keys to low C#, saltspoon, pin in block, a 5th... More
DCM 0486: Hawkes Band Flute in A-flat
Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat Medium: Cocus body and head joint upper section, ebonite barrel, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 37.9 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps, post a... More
DCM 1371: Ziegner Swanson, inventor; Chicago Musical Instrument Co. To...
Instrument type: Tonette Medium: Clear tenite.; 18.7 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: THE / SWANSON / TONETTE / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR Condition: Upper section warped. Provenance: ... More
![The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdGhlLWxhbmQtb2Ytb3VyLWJpcnRoLXRoZS1mb2xsb3dpbmctcG9lbS13YXMtdGhlbi1yZWFkLWJ5LXByb2Ytcm9kbmV5LXdlbGNoLWExMjZjMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/67/webp "The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].")
The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodne...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 27.
University of Notre Dame St. Joseph County, Ind.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lith. Co.
Chstematisch zusammengesteilter Wand, Bilder, Atlas zur Naturgeschicht...
Print shows illustrations of different species of birds surrounded by text. Title from item.
Republic Life Building, Chicago
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lithographing Co.
Field building, Chicago
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Greengard, B.
Family register
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lith. Co.
Paper doll fashions
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Herald.
God bless our family, family record, Chicago IL.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Great Western Supply House.
Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy
Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... More
![Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1wcm9qZWN0ZWQtcmFpbHdheS1mcm9tLWhhcnJpc2J1cmctdG8tcGl0dHNidXJnLXNpYy13aXRoLXByb3Bvc2VkLTQ5MjY2Yy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/16/webp "Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.")
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...
Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... More
Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and connecting lines, Solomo...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central states showing major drainage, relief by hachures in Ohio, place names, canals, and the railroad network. Chartered in 1848. Consolidated to form the Pittsburgh... More
Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...
Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... More
Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.
Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... More
Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...
Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:2,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 115 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Illinois... More
Map of Chicago & Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and Mississipp...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing "railroads completed or in progress" and "railroads proposed & authorized unless named as 'projected.'" Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. LC Railroad... More
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...
Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... More
A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... More
Map of the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad.
Outline map of Wisconsin and parts of adjoining states showing major drainage, important cities, and the present and proposed railroad network. Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. LC Railroad maps, 380 Description derived f... More
D.B. Cooke & Co's railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations ...
Outline map showing "R.R. in operation" and "R.R. in Progress." [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:850,000. Hand colored. LC Railroad maps, 203 Shows railroads in operation and progress. Includes index, ... More
Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...
Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 20, Folder 5.
Tremont House, Chicago - presentation of flag to Light Guards, by Duqu...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 33 (1856 July 26), p. 100. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424. Caption card tracings: Milit... More
The death chamber
Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 38 (1856 Aug. 30), p. 189 (top).
![[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWltbWVkaWF0ZWx5LXByaW9yLXRvLXNlbmF0ZS1ub21pbmF0aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28taWxsaW5vaXMtZDY1YTA0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.
![Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvb3JpZ2luYWwtYWlyLWxpbmUtYW5kLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtbWFpbC1yb3V0ZS0xODU3LXNwcmluZy1hcnJhbmdlbWVudC0xODU3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/76/webp "Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.")
![[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWltbWVkaWF0ZWx5LXByaW9yLXRvLXNlbmF0ZS1ub21pbmF0aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28taWxsaW5vaXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More
![1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvMTg1Ny1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY2VudHJhbC1yYWlscm9hZC1pbi1kaXJlY3QtY29ubmVjdGlvbi13aXRoLXRoZS1waXR0c2J1cmdoLTEwMjQuanBn/40/84/webp "1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.")
170 miles saved to Northern Iowa and St. Paul! Chicago, St. Paul and F...
Transportation.; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac r. R.; Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... More
Map of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail Road and its connections.
Map of Wisconsin and parts of Illinois and Michigan showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the railroad network. The main line is in red, and the Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad is in blue. Scal... More
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, and Chicago R. R. in direct connection with the...
Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 22... More
Letter to Hon. Henry A. Wise from S. A. Douglas, November 7, 1858.
Refers to success of the Democratic Party in recent State elections in Illinois.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal, connecting Illinois and the West with...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 7, no. 178 (1859 April 30), p. 339.
Road road route from Boston, Massachusetts to Chicago, Illinois.
Outline map of a strip between Boston and Chicago showing one schematic rail line with many railroad stations named along the line. Mileage table indicating five railroads is at lower right of map. Scale ca. 1:... More
The city of Chicago, Illinois
Bird's-eye panorama, with border vignettes of buildings and landmarks. Wood engraving by Lossing-Barritt. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1859 Sept. 10). Reference copy may be in LOT 4389 C. This record contains u... More
The Republican Standard.
Partly colored broadside in five columns within a colored border of a rail fence. Heading in a large type. No 1745, Vol. 3. T. W. Streeter Collection sale, 1967.
View from Dearborn Park looking N.E
Title from item. No. 94.
Water Works
Title from item.
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
No. 140. Title from item.
To President Andrew Johnson. Whereas, Andrew Johnson, President of the...
Printed on Satin.; On verso: File.; President Johnson did not visit Memphis on his "Swing Around the Circle" tour, August 28 to September 15, 1866. Papers of Andrew Jackson, vol. 11, Appendix 3. Available also... More
Light House Chicago
Title from item.
Hon. T.M. Pomeroy of N.Y
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: T.M. Pomeroy. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... More
Chicago River, north from Randolph St
Title from item. No. 71.
Sherman House
No. 140. Title devised by Library staff. Title from item.
Trinity Church
No. 108. Title from item.
Gen'l Lee's old homestead, Arlington, Va
On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas.; El Paso, Tex. Handwritten on verso: Gift Society of Calif. Pioneers Jan. 19, 1954. Title from item.
Water Works
Title from item.
Langley Ave., M. E. Church
Title from item.
The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...
Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
Composite of 8 different drill scenes. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1860 July 28. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420F. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More
![A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYS1qLXBvdHRlci13YWxsaXMtYnJvdGhlcnMtcHJlbWl1bS1waG90b2dyYXBoLWdhbGxlcnktMTE3LWxha2Utc3QtY2hpY2Fnby1pbGxpbm9pcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/70/webp "A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.")
Interior detail of the Capitol building rotunda
Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex. Title devised by Library staff.
Spot him! "Rev." Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, who was present at the Chic...
Dean, Henry Clay. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 94, Folder 21.
Sherman House, cor. Clark and Randolph Streets
No. 52. Title devised by Library staff. Title from item.
View from dome of City Hall, looking N.E
Title from item. No. 8.
Rt. Rev. James Duggan, D.D. Bishop of Chicago
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mendel, Edward.
View from Lake Mountain, Lincoln Park
Title from item. No. 1; 165.
Lincoln Park
Title from item. No. 10; 62.
Hon. Washington Townsend of Pa
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Townsend. Delegate to Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph ... More
Langley Ave., M. E. Church
Title from item.
View from dome of City Hall, looking S.E
Title from item. No. 2.
Custom House and Post Office
No. 68. Title from item.
Inside of entrance to Rosehill Cemetery
Title from item. No. 103.
Hon. Phineas Warren Hitchcock of Neb
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: Sen. Hitchcock. Delegate to Republican National Convention in Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph c... More
Hon. Columbus Delano of Ohio
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
1. the Zouave drill - running in double quick step; 2. rallying by companies to repel cavalry (with protruding payonets to resemble a pin-cushin). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1860 July 28. ... More
![[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvYnJhZHktYW5kLWhlc2xlci1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1saW5jb2xuLWE1YmQwYS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.]")
[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.]
Hesler Photograph: Meserve no. 26, June 1860, also known as the Ayre's portrait