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Artist's rendering of the fire, by Currier and Ives; the view faces northeast across the Randolph Street Bridge.

Ellen Gates Starr, classmate of Jane's at Rockford Seminary and co-founder of Hull-House, ca. 1880

An advertisement for the Seville Packing Company's Pim-Olas olives.

Two print advertisements for MacLaren's Imperial Cheese, as well as a glass jar made for MacLaren's Roquefort found at the Charnley-Persky House.

A piece of Belleek pottery found in the Charnley-Persky House Archaeological Project, showing a first period black mark, dating its manufacture between 1863-1890.

A photograph of the Charnley-Persky House circa 1900.

Glass embossed with "Trichobio" found at the Charnley-Persky House.

A glass bottle from the Schiller Pharmacy on Clark and Schiller Streets in Chicago, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

1857-Present
Sanford’s Manufacturing Company was founded in Massachusetts in 1857 and moved to Chicago in 1866. The company sold a range of products, but was best known for its ink (as the 1920 ad below attest); in the 1940s, the company changed…

A piece of glass from the Chicago Brewing Company, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

1885-1966
Bowman Dairy Co. first came to Chicago in 1885, an outgrowth of a St. Louis milk venture; six years later, Bowman was concentrated in Chicago alone. In early years, Bowman was known for its horse-drawn wagons distributing milk (pictured…

Pieces of a glass bottle from the United States Brewing Company, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

Ceramics with a maker's mark from the Union Potteries Company, East Liverpool, Ohio, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

1796-1968
Founded in 1796 by Thomas Minton, Mintons first focused on producing practical tableware, often with prints like the kitten print on the plate below, found at the Charnley-Persky House. After Thomas’s son, Herbert, took control of the…

Glass sherds from a bottle of Horlick's Malted Milk Powder, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

An 8-year-old Henry John Heinz began his entrepreneurial career in 1852 selling extra vegetables from his mother’s garden; seven years later, he started bottling and selling horseradish. In 1869, Heinz and L. Clarence Noble launch Heinz and Noble,…

Glass sherds from a jar made by the Ball Corporation, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

The neck of a bottle of Alexis Godillot Jeune's olive oil, produced in Bordeaux, France, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

1868-?
Dr. J. Parker Pray’s story is inextricably tied to that of his first wife, Mary E. Cobb. Having been trained as a manicurist shortly after their 1874 marriage, Cobb opened her first salon in 1878. Pray was originally a chiropodist, but had…

Print advertisements for James C. Crane's Crème Elcaya.

A print advertisement for L. T. Piver's face powders and perfumes.

1837-present
After attempting to replicate an Indian recipe, John Wheeley Lea and William Perrins introduced their Worcestershire sauce around 1837. The sauce was sold internationally by 1870, allowing for American manufacture of the sauce. The…

Jane with other delegates to First International Congress of Women, The Hague, 1915

Hon. Steve Israel rises in the House of Representatives to speak in strong support of the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

"The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States originated on Columbus Day, 1893. It contained no…

From the Congressional Record for June 14, 2004:
"But today is also special for another reason. As the resolution also notes, today is the 50th anniversary of the modern version of the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge has come under attack in…

"The resolution consists of one section. Subsection (a) of Section 1 directs the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and the national motto in the Capitol Visitor Center pursuant to an engraving plan.
Subsection…

"Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 131 at the desk and just received from the House."

The decision to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance into a national monument…

Statue of the Republic in 1893