Chicago

This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of the view looking through the inside of a Ferris wheel near the top.  It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Western Scenery; CHICAGO and VICINITY. 313. Looking through the Ferris Wheel, near the top.<br />
Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Looking through the Ferris Wheel, Chicago & Vicinity
photograph on cardboard
3 9/16 in. x 7 in. ( 9 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a view of a street in Chicago with tall buildings, a tram, and people on the sidewalks.  It is surrounded by the text: Sample Set No. 1; Randolph Street, Chicago, IL, USA.<br />
Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: Randolph Street, Chicago, USA
photograph on cardboard
3 3/4 in. x 7 in. ( 9.5 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Joseph Jachna
Chicago
gelatin silver print on paper
10 15/16 in. x 14 1/16 in. ( 27.8 cm x 35.7 cm )
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Gilbert
Algimantas Kezys
Reflected Images (Chicago), from "Society's Man"
gelatin silver print on paper
23 15/16 in x 19 15/16 in (60.8 cm x 50.64 cm);28 in x 22 in (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Gift of Dr. Milda Budrys
This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a view of an enormous stove in an iron building and next to a railing.  It is surrounded by the text: Sample Set No. 1; Strohmeyer &amp; Wyman, Publishers; The Mammoth Cooking Stove of Barbecue Dimensions, World’s Fair, Chicago U.S.A., Estufa de Coerua Mammuth de grandes dimensiones, Exposicion Universal, Chicago, E.U.A.<br />
Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: The Mammoth Cooking Stove of Barbecue Dimensions, World's Fair, Chicago, USA
photograph on cardboard
3 3/4 in. x 7 in. ( 9.5 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Redmond Wright
University of Chicago. Plate No. 3
etching on paper
9 ⅞ in x 6 15/16 in (25.08 cm x 17.62 cm)
Gift of Edwin M. Otterbourg
This colorful watercolor shows a crowded cityscape with streets appearing in consecutive horizontal bands, each with buildings or specific types of vehicles. High-rise buildings in the background and various smaller buildings, trains, and cars move along the streets in front. Clothes-lines hang between the buildings in the background. A yellow train passes in the foreground. The artists name appears on a white vehicle near the bottom left.
Vernon Jirgins
Chicago
watercolor on paper
23 9/16 in x 29 7/16 in (59.85 cm x 74.77 cm);23 1/4 in x 29 1/4 in (59.06 cm x 74.3 cm)
Gift of The Daniel and Harriet Fusfeld Folk Art Collection
Elliott Erwitt
Mies Van Der Rohe Building—Chicago, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( 40.7 cm x 50.7 cm )
Gift of Gerald Lotenberg
An abstract photograph of a detail of a wall.
Aaron Siskind
Chicago
gelatin silver print on paper
16 3/8 in x 13 1/2 in (41.59 cm x 34.29 cm);28 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in (71.6 cm x 56.36 cm);24 in x 19 1/8 in (60.96 cm x 48.58 cm)
Museum Purchase
Leon Golub
Flip Flop
color lithograph on paper
43 15/16 x 33 1/2 in. (111.5 x 85 cm)
Gift of Thomas Deutsch
Text: Help Our Town Win This Flag - REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. - Honor Flag - 4th Liberty Loan - Honor Roll of Subscribers
Artist Unknown
Help Our Town Win This Flag - 4th Liberty Loan
color lithograph on paper
27 1/8 x 19 13/16 in. (68.8 x 50.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Side of a contemporary building displaying the reflections, window opened.
John F. Bush
Synergistic Reflections, Jag Prittker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
pigment ink print on paper
11 in. x 9 1/8 in. ( 27.94 cm x 23.18 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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