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Deerpath Hall, Women's Dormitory (1950s-2000)
This is a black and white photographic print of the Deerpath Hall lounge and front of the building (facing southeast). People can be seen in the window of the lounge. As built in he mid 1950s, Deerpath had a capacity 148, a Rec. Room, and a Lounge. …
North Hall - From the southwest, showing the 1897 entry portico
Ivy is covering, partially, a portion of the building, showing also the state of the entry prior to the 1960s, when a modernist vestibule was installed under the portico. This view may date from the 1940s or 1950s, in the era when it was repurposed…
Carte de visite photograph of four generations of the Bross family of Illinos: Moses (of Morris), his son, former Lt. Gov. William Bross (Chicago), etc.
The Morris, Illinois-based photographer, as identified on the rear of the carte de visite, was "J. H. Crawford" or James H. Crawford, as identified on the photographer listing :Langdon's List of 19th and Early 20th C. Photograpers," at…
Bookplate for Frank D. Anthony, D., C.E., by J.C. Coll, des. and Fred Thompson, sc.
This is a bookplate for Frank Anthony, designed by J.C. Coll, des. and Fred Thompson, sc.Anthony was the husband of Cornelia Eames Anthony. There are seventeen copies of this bookplate in total; thirteen of the small ones and four of the larger ones.
Bookplate for Leila Knox Charlton, by Timothy Cole
This is a bookplate for Leila Knox Charlton, engraved by Timothy Cole. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Bookplate for Flora Gardiner Kling, by Timothy Cole
This is a bookplate for Flora Gardiner Kling, engraved by Timothy Cole. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Bookplate for Philip S. Collins, by Timothy Cole
This is a bookplate for Philip S. Collins, designed by Timothy Cole. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
H.M.B. Bookplate, by Beulah Mitchell Clute
A bookplate designed for H.M.B., done by Beulah Mitchell Clute. Clute was a famous bookplate designer and parchment illuminator.
An interurban roadway in 1950. Parallel teaming, trolley and pleasure ways.
Commercial Club of Chicago. Inter-urban Roadways: About Chicago. Chicago: Commercial Club of Chicago, Inter-urban Roadways Committee, 1908. (A rendering of a divided highway with two light rail tracks between the roadways appears facing p. 30: "An…
The Sheridan Road and the Beautiful North Shore.Chicago: Chicago & North-Western Railway Co., 1902. Printed by Poole Bros., Chicago.
This has been digitized from a photocopy made from microfilm of a brochure, owned by Katherine T. Arpee, Lake Forest, IL, in the 1980s. The photocopied document is made up of 47 pp., including a rear cover (no front one) and at the back a map of…