10 Jun

building 51 museum and archive photographic images and ephemera related to louis h. sullivan and george grant elmslie’s 1908 national farmers’ bank in owatonna, minnesota

original henry fuermann interior photographic image of louis sullivan's national...

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09 Jun

bld. 51 museum and archive acquires several richly colored currier and ives hand-colored lithographic prints pertaining to the great chicago fire of 1871

among the most iconic prints issued during the fire are...

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08 Jun

the bld. 51 museum’s “unearthing chicago” project is expected to become an authoritative book in early 2027

recent artifacts dug from a multitude of privy vaults located...

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08 Jun

depression-era collection of original mounted photographic images from the commerical firm aerial explorations, inc., join bld. 51 image archive

aerial explorations, inc. was a notable american commercial photography company...

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06 Jun

chicago architectural foundation buys h.h. richardson’s south side chicago glessner house in 1965

richard nickel contact print images (taken in 1965-66) of h.h....

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05 Jun

eric j. nordstrom and urban remains interview on chicago’s wbbm radio

about wbbm: wbbm (780 khz), branded newsradio 105.9 wbbm, is a...

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04 Jun

recent photographic survey of holabird and root’s 26-story daily news building (1929)

exterior photographic images of holabird and roche/root's chicago daily news...

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01 Jun

back from the dead: fred w. morgan residence (1890s) undergoing restoration

exciting update as of 6-1-2024: recent images of the fred w....

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30 May

photographic survey of paul gerhardt jr.’s robert j. quinn fire academy, built on the site where the great chicago fire of 1871 started

the robert j. quinn fire academy is the active training...

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28 May

terra cotta restoration well underway on downtown chicago’s pittsfield building (1927-28) and montgomery ward tower (1899)

exterior terra cotta restoration well underway on graham, anderson, probst...

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26 May

the “keyhole” beveled window house on washington blvd. as documented by charles cushman and eric j. nordstrom

the house with a "keyhole" window on washington blvd. exterior detail...

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24 May

rare ante-fire tract book rescued from great chicago fire of 1871 joins bld. 51 musuem and archive

rees, chase & co. was a prominent chicago land-title abstract...

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24 May

sizable collection of depression-era linen-back photographic images of downtown new york city skyscrapers joins bld. 51 museum and archive

several original 1920s and 1930s photographic images documenting manhattan's ever-evolving...

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22 May

great chicago fire, architectural ornament, and “the blob” at chicago history museum

recent photographs of exhibits at the chicago history museum, including...

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21 May

the lind block: john van osdel’s pre-fire chicago landmark that survived the great fire of 1871 before being demolished decades later

designed by john m. van osdel, chicago’s first licensed architect,...

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19 May

to hell and back: photodocumentation of the 1889 haymarket riot police monument

recent photographic survey of the haymarket police monument, a nine-foot...

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19 May

rare and original chicago evening post extra newspaper covering the great conflagration of 1871 joins bld. 51 museum and archive

the chicago evening post "chicago in flames" extra edition published...

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18 May

bld. 51 musuem and archive acquires important signed and dated lithographic print of w.d. kefoot’s realty company building – the first building built in the burnt district

oversized lithographic print of the w.d. kerfoot realty company building...

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16 May

bldg. 51 archive and museum acquire rare collection of images of the 1880s boarding house built on site where the great chicago fire of 1871 began.

several newly acquired photographic images of the 1880s three-story lemont...

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15 May

tower trifecta: exterior survery of downtown chicago’s wrigley, tribune, and medinah athletic club buildings

2025 exterior photographic images of walter ahlschlager's medinah athletic club...

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