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A lithograph of the Sauganash Hotel as seen between 1830 and 1833

A backlit image of the American Flag from Flickr

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows five players on the stage around a prop.

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows two players on the stage talking to one another.

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows two players on the stage sitting and talking in elaborate costumes.

Pamphlet produced for the exhibition of the Du Sable cabin replica during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

An image of Foundation of Great Lakes in the 1900s surrounded by a flock of pigeons. It is used as the "then" shot to compare the modern day landscape.

This February 1947 photo, taken inside the Chicago State Hospital, shows the poorly ventilated, narrow and congested hallways where some patients slept.

Bird's-eye view of Lake Shore Drive, taken from the Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1927.

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

Informal full-length portrait of Life guards Esther DeWolfe and Arthur Turk Conley wearing bathing suits, posing on the side of a swimming pool in Chicago, Illinois. DeWolfe is sitting in a high lifeguard chair, and Conley is pointing to the left of…

Exterior view of the Iroquois Theater at the time of the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903.

View of a fire engine and male firefighters in an alley during the Iroquois Theater fire, December 30, 1903, Chicago, Illinois.

View of the ruined stage of the Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois, after the fire on December 30, 1903. Taken on January 4, 1904, the photographer was looking down from the balcony.

Patients at the Chicago State Hospital walking outdoors on a snow-covered path, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1910. The Chicago State Hospital (also called the Dunning Mental Institute) was located at West Irving Park Road and North Narragansett…

Image of Drs. Neely and Hanley vaccinating building department clerks against smallpox in a room in the County Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

A photograph of the Alhambra Theatre in 1907

Chicago Gay Alliance flyer.

Image of Pearl Hart

A poster of The Players' Club of the Chicago Hebrew Institute presenting two plays, one being the "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman.

An artist’s depiction of residents inside Dunning, published in 1898 in the Chicago Inter Ocean newspaper.

Fred Hampton, chairman of Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, November 5, 1969.

Rudy Lozano at a Center for Autonomous Social Action meeting in 1975.

Rudy Lozano (foreground) during a Center for Autonomous Social Action meeting in 1975.

Protesters march in Pilsen in 1977. The sign in the foreground reads, "Why no Latino firemen in Pilsen."

Protesters march in Pilsen in 1977. The sign in the foreground reads, "2 major fires in 8 days / Pilsen demands 1. Full investigation 2. Fire prevention program 3. More Latino fire fighters."

Harrison students protest in the rain on October 10, 1968, nearly a month after protests began.

A group of people attend a Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA) meeting in 1975. Rudy Lozano is seated in the foreground.