02 Jan important architectural artifacts, objects, and ephemera acquired by bldg. 51 museum and archive in 2021
January 2, 2022
in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products
throughout 2021, the bldg. 51 museum amassed several historically important architectural fragments and objects, in addition to the evolving archive, consisting of period photographs, books, documents, drawings, blueprints, models, and other related materials that will prove invaluable to bolster the narratives of the museum’s architectural ornament for future exhibitions. several hundred artifacts and ephemera have been archived and/or documented and posted online. links (with images) from some of bldg. 51’s 2120 acquisitions are listed below.
NOTABLE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHICAGO COMMERICAL BUILDING ORNAMENT FROM THE BLDG. 51 MUSUEM COLLECTION
RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY WINKLE TERRA COTTA COMPANY FIGURAL RONDEL SALESMAN SAMPLE JOINS BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
BLDG. 51 MUSUEM’S COLLECTION OF ART DECO ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT FROM HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT CHICAGO BUILDINGS
CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOWER BUILDING BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, AND EPHEMERA HOUSED IN BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
RARE AND IMPORTANT 1ST EDITION “SKELETON CONSTRUCTION IN STEEL BUILDINGS” JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE
RELICS OF THE CHICAGO FIRE: A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT OF BLDG. 51’S MUSEUM COLLECTION
URBAN REMAINS AND BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION ACQUIRED TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT FROM WALTER BAILEY-DESIGNED KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILDING
A SELECTION OF IMAGES AND EPHEMERA CULLED FROM THE BLDG. 51 VAST ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE
EXAMPLES OF TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT EXECUTED BY THE WINKLE TERRA COTTA COMPANY FROM THE BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
EXTENSIVE REPOSITORY OF 19TH CENTURY CHICAGO WORKERS COTTAGE BUILDING MATERIALS HOUSED IN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE HOUSES ONE OF THE LARGEST REPOSITORIES OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT “SULLIVANESQUE” TERRA COTTA
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MUSEUM-QUALITY CHICAGO BUILDING ARTIFACTS AND EPHEMERA ADDED TO BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE.
A CATALOG OF ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT FROM ADLER AND SULLIVAN’S CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING HOUSED IN THE BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
LATEST HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL ARTIFACTS AND EPHEMERA ADDED TO BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE IN 2021
SEVERAL HISTORIC CHICAGO BUILDING FOUNDRY PATTERNS AND CASTINGS JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION
SEVERAL RARE 19TH CENTURY HARDBOUND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE CATALOGS JOIN BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
TWO LOUIS H. SULLIVAN-DESIGNED ORNAMENTAL CAST PLASTER GARRICK THEATER AUDITORIUM PROCENIUM VAULT “STAR-PODS” JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM’S CHICAGO “MOVIE PALACE” ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT AND ARCHIVE COLLECTION
BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE ACQUIRES SEVERAL IMPORTANT JAMES W. TALYOR ALBUMEN CABINET CARDS DEPICTING SCENES OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO
IMAGES AND ORNAMENT OF HOLABIRD AND ROOT’S CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING FROM THE BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT SCHILLER BUILDING ARTIFACTS AND EPHEMERA HOUSED IN THE BLDG. 51 MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM GIFTED ORIGINAL HISTORICALLY-IMPORTANT HERMAN VON HOLST COMED SUBSTATION EXTERIOR TILED PANEL
LATEST MID-19TH CENTURY SODA BOTTLES FROM “UNEARTHING CHICAGO” PROJECT HOUSED IN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archvie. all rights reserved. 2022.