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Members of the police department pose for a group photo. On verso: "Seated - Thomas J. Schaefer - Chief; Dr. G. T. Johnson - Mayor; Standing - J. Frank Maberry; Cartright; Cartright; Charlie Rhodes; E. J. Maberry."

View of the downtown business district from Main Street.

German composer and conductor Frederick Stock leads the orchestra during a rehearsal at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. The description on the image notes that Hans Lange is the associate conductor.

During Reconstruction, these men were the first African Americans to serve in the U.S. Congress, House and Senate: (top left) Robert C. De Large, M.C. of S. Carolina; (top right) Jefferson H. Long, M.C. of Georgia; (bottom left) U.S. Senator, Hiram…

An artist's sketch depicts the 1846 Nauvoo Mormon Temple at the time of the building's dedication.

A drawing depicts Wolf's Point on the Chicago River during the height of the Black Hawk War between the United States and Native Americans led by Sauk chief, Black Hawk.

A large complex in Chicago houses several businesses, including the Michigan Central Railroad Office.

A view of a large neighborhood in Chicago shows a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. Col. Wood's Museum is recognizable on the far right by the flags waving from the building's roof.

Three members of the Chicago Light Guard stand wearing their uniforms. Organized by Captain J. B. Wyman in 1854, the militia served as guardsmen while training at the old Armory Light Guard Hall.

A streetview shows two sets of railroad tracks running down a Chicago street dubbed "Swedish Newspaper Row." On verso: "Andrew Chaiser and G. Bohman on corner."

An aerial view shows a man on horseback riding by several cattle pens in a large union stockyard in Chicago, where livestock is readied for slaughter, packaging, and shipping.

Patients receive hydrotherapy for pain relief and treatment at the Federal Veterans Hospital in North Chicago.

A souvenir photograph from the Chicago nightclub, Club DeLisa, shows three men and one woman sitting at a table surrounded by other club-goers. Club DeLisa opened in 1934 and was owned by the four DeLisa brothers.

A sketch features Chicago's Water Tower landmark on Michigan Avenue.

Construction materials cover the the South District Water Filtration Plant.

Elevated train tracks run alongside a building located at 300 W. Grand Avenue. The building was the home of the Ritzmann, Brookes & Company publishing house.

The ear operating room at the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary features several medical instruments and hospital bed. Edward L. Holmes founded the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1852. The organization became an Illinois…

Cars and horse-drawn carriages line the street along the side of the Chicago Federal Building. The Chicago Federal Building, which opened in 1905, and housed both federal courts and the city's main post office, was demolished in 1965.

Children and their teacher from Central Park School, Class #13, a Chicago public school, gather for a group photo for remembrance of the 1883 school year.

Class members and staff from an unidentified Chicago public school gather for a group photo for remembrance of the 1883 school year.

"Old John" sits for a portrait wearing fishermen's clothing.On verso: "The fisherman, as he appeared at the Great Western Ill. Sanitary Fair, 1864."

Several horse-drawn carriages travel up and down a muddy street in front of the first Weber Piano Company showroom at 239 Wabash Avenue.

Built in 1860 on Jackson Street, between Michigan and Wabash Avenues in Chicago, the Trinity Episcopal Church featured two towers on the front of the building. The church was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Several patients and staff, including Dr. Charles Wood (left), pose for a picture inside a ward in an unidentified Chicago hospital.

An exterior view shows the home of Cyrus Hall McCormick at 675 Rush Street. McCormick most notably invented the mechanical reaper.