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ITS A PLACE THAT TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THIS NATION'S GREATEST CITIES. STORY OF ONE OF THIS NATION'S GREATEST CITIES. IT IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE GREATEST CITIES. IT IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE VISITORS CAN VIEW AN IMPRESSIVE IT IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE VISITORS CAN VIEW AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN VISITORS CAN VIEW AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN HISTORY, INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN HISTORY, INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF HISTORY, INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. HI. INDEPENDENCE. HI. I AM JIM WILHELM. HI. I AM JIM WILHELM. THIS BUILDING HOUSES THE CHICAGO I AM JIM WILHELM. THIS BUILDING HOUSES THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE OLDEST THIS BUILDING HOUSES THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE OLDEST CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE OLDEST CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE CITY. CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE CITY. TODAY THE SOCIETY OVERSEES ONE CITY. TODAY THE SOCIETY OVERSEES ONE OF THE TOP HISTORICAL MUSEUMS IN TODAY THE SOCIETY OVERSEES ONE OF THE TOP HISTORICAL MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE GROWING OF THE TOP HISTORICAL MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE GROWING COLLECTION OF MORE THAN THE COUNTRY WITH THE GROWING COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 20 MILLION ITEMS. OF COURSE, MANY OF THE DISPLAYS HERE RELATE TO CHICAGO'S HISTORY. HERE RELATE TO CHICAGO'S HISTORY. BUT THE SOCIETY IS ALSO NOTED HISTORY. BUT THE SOCIETY IS ALSO NOTED FOR ITS COLLECTION OF ITEMS BUT THE SOCIETY IS ALSO NOTED FOR ITS COLLECTION OF ITEMS RELATED TO AMERICAN HISTORY. FOR ITS COLLECTION OF ITEMS RELATED TO AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT'S AN AREA THAT GOT A HUGE RELATED TO AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT'S AN AREA THAT GOT A HUGE BOOST IN 1920 WHEN THE MUSEUM THAT'S AN AREA THAT GOT A HUGE BOOST IN 1920 WHEN THE MUSEUM PURCHASED THE COLLECTION OF BOOST IN 1920 WHEN THE MUSEUM PURCHASED THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES GUNTHER. PURCHASED THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES GUNTHER. HE WAS A LOCAL CONFECTION HER TO CHARLES GUNTHER. HE WAS A LOCAL CONFECTION HER TO CLAIMED TO HAVE INTRODUCED HE WAS A LOCAL CONFECTION HER TO CLAIMED TO HAVE INTRODUCED CARMELS TO THE COUNTRY AND WAS CLAIMED TO HAVE INTRODUCED CARMELS TO THE COUNTRY AND WAS CONTINUE USELY SEEKING CIVIL WAR CARMELS TO THE COUNTRY AND WAS CONTINUE USELY SEEKING CIVIL WAR AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AROUND CONTINUE USELY SEEKING CIVIL WAR AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AROUND THE WORLD. AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AROUND THE WORLD. HE EVEN BOUGHT THE SIVE WAR'S THE WORLD. HE EVEN BOUGHT THE SIVE WAR'S INFAMOUS LIBBY PRISON IN HE EVEN BOUGHT THE SIVE WAR'S INFAMOUS LIBBY PRISON IN RICHMOND AND HAD IT MOVED TO INFAMOUS LIBBY PRISON IN RICHMOND AND HAD IT MOVED TO CHICAGO TO HOUSE HIS EXPANDING RICHMOND AND HAD IT MOVED TO CHICAGO TO HOUSE HIS EXPANDING COLLECTION. CHICAGO TO HOUSE HIS EXPANDING COLLECTION. SOME OF WHAT HE COLLECT COLLECTION. SOME OF WHAT HE COLLECT COLLECTED WAS HUMOROUS. SOME OF WHAT HE COLLECT COLLECTED WAS HUMOROUS. HE CLAIMED THIS WAS THE SKIN OF COLLECTED WAS HUMOROUS. HE CLAIMED THIS WAS THE SKIN OF THE SERPENT THAT TEMPTED EVE IN HE CLAIMED THIS WAS THE SKIN OF THE SERPENT THAT TEMPTED EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, ALONG WITH THE SERPENT THAT TEMPTED EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, ALONG WITH TESTIMONIALS OF AUTHENTICITY. THE GARDEN OF EDEN, ALONG WITH TESTIMONIALS OF AUTHENTICITY. VAST PORTIONS OF WHAT HE DID TESTIMONIALS OF AUTHENTICITY. VAST PORTIONS OF WHAT HE DID COLLECT WERE HISTORIC TREASURES. VAST PORTIONS OF WHAT HE DID COLLECT WERE HISTORIC TREASURES. THIS WALNUT SPINDLE BED CAME COLLECT WERE HISTORIC TREASURES. THIS WALNUT SPINDLE BED CAME FROM THE BACK ROOM OF THE THIS WALNUT SPINDLE BED CAME FROM THE BACK ROOM OF THE PETERSEN HOUSE IN WASHINGTON FROM THE BACK ROOM OF THE PETERSEN HOUSE IN WASHINGTON D.C. PETERSEN HOUSE IN WASHINGTON D.C. IT WAS ON THIS BED ON APRIL 15, D.C. IT WAS ON THIS BED ON APRIL 15, 1865, THAT LINCOLN WAS LAID IT WAS ON THIS BED ON APRIL 15, 1865, THAT LINCOLN WAS LAID AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD AND 1865, THAT LINCOLN WAS LAID AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD AND WHERE HE LATER DIED. AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD AND WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE MUSEUM HAS THE BELIED SHEET WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE MUSEUM HAS THE BELIED SHEET FROM THE BED, THE BLOODSTAINED THE MUSEUM HAS THE BELIED SHEET FROM THE BED, THE BLOODSTAINED PILLOWCASE, THE SHIRT LINCOLN FROM THE BED, THE BLOODSTAINED PILLOWCASE, THE SHIRT LINCOLN WAS WEARING. PILLOWCASE, THE SHIRT LINCOLN WAS WEARING. IT EVEN HAS SAMPLES OF HAIR WAS WEARING. IT EVEN HAS SAMPLES OF HAIR TAKEN FROM THE AREA OF THE IT EVEN HAS SAMPLES OF HAIR TAKEN FROM THE AREA OF THE BULLET WOUND. TAKEN FROM THE AREA OF THE BULLET WOUND. IN ADDITION, THE BUREAU, ROCKING BULLET WOUND. IN ADDITION, THE BUREAU, ROCKING CHAIR, AND EVEN THE LITHOGRAPH IN ADDITION, THE BUREAU, ROCKING CHAIR, AND EVEN THE LITHOGRAPH ON THE WALL ARE FROM THAT ROOM. ON DISPLAY FROM LINCOLN'S PRESIDENCY IS THIS POCKET WATCH ENGRAVED WITH HIS INITIALS GIVEN PRESIDENCY IS THIS POCKET WATCH ENGRAVED WITH HIS INITIALS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE OWNER OF A ENGRAVED WITH HIS INITIALS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE OWNER OF A SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPER. TO HIM BY THE OWNER OF A SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPER. THIS LIFE MAST CAST FROM THE SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPER. THIS LIFE MAST CAST FROM THE ORIGINAL MOLD WHICH WAS MADE TWO THIS LIFE MAST CAST FROM THE ORIGINAL MOLD WHICH WAS MADE TWO MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. ORIGINAL MOLD WHICH WAS MADE TWO MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. IN ADDITION TO THE ABRAHAM MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. IN ADDITION TO THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN OBJECTS, CHARLES GUNTHER IN ADDITION TO THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN OBJECTS, CHARLES GUNTHER WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF CIVIL LINCOLN OBJECTS, CHARLES GUNTHER WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS. WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS. HE HAD BATTLE FLAGS, WEAPONRY, WAR ITEMS. HE HAD BATTLE FLAGS, WEAPONRY, AND EVEN ITEMS THAT RELATED TO HE HAD BATTLE FLAGS, WEAPONRY, AND EVEN ITEMS THAT RELATED TO THE LIBBY PRISON WHICH WAS THE AND EVEN ITEMS THAT RELATED TO THE LIBBY PRISON WHICH WAS THE BUILDING IN WHICH HE HOUSED HIS THE LIBBY PRISON WHICH WAS THE BUILDING IN WHICH HE HOUSED HIS COLLECTION. BUILDING IN WHICH HE HOUSED HIS COLLECTION. THESE ITEMS ARE CARVED OUT OF COLLECTION. THESE ITEMS ARE CARVED OUT OF BEEF BONES BY COLONEL WILLIAM THESE ITEMS ARE CARVED OUT OF BEEF BONES BY COLONEL WILLIAM POWELL. BEEF BONES BY COLONEL WILLIAM POWELL. HE MADE A SET OF NAPKIN RINGS POWELL. HE MADE A SET OF NAPKIN RINGS FOR HIS CHILDREN AND WAS ABLE TO HE MADE A SET OF NAPKIN RINGS FOR HIS CHILDREN AND WAS ABLE TO DOEK IEWMENT HIS LIFE IN THIS FOR HIS CHILDREN AND WAS ABLE TO DOEK IEWMENT HIS LIFE IN THIS SMALL DIARY. HERE IS THE MARBLE TABLE TOP ON APRIL 9, 1865 GENERAL ROBERT E LEE SURRENDERED THE ARMY OF APRIL 9, 1865 GENERAL ROBERT E LEE SURRENDERED THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO GENERAL ULY LEE SURRENDERED THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO GENERAL ULY SEES S GRANT. NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO GENERAL ULY SEES S GRANT. ALSO ON DISPLAY IS THIS SADDLE SEES S GRANT. ALSO ON DISPLAY IS THIS SADDLE AND BRIDLE USED BY GENERAL GRANT ALSO ON DISPLAY IS THIS SADDLE AND BRIDLE USED BY GENERAL GRANT DURING THE WAR. AND BRIDLE USED BY GENERAL GRANT DURING THE WAR. HERE IS A CHAIR USED BY GENERAL DURING THE WAR. HERE IS A CHAIR USED BY GENERAL HOOKER DURING THE ATLANTA HERE IS A CHAIR USED BY GENERAL HOOKER DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. HOOKER DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. THE LEFT ARM HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY CAMPAIGN. THE LEFT ARM HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY A BULLET, AND REPAIRED IN THE THE LEFT ARM HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY A BULLET, AND REPAIRED IN THE FIELD WITH THE PIECE OF IRON. A BULLET, AND REPAIRED IN THE FIELD WITH THE PIECE OF IRON. THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY FIELD WITH THE PIECE OF IRON. THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM HAS ARTIFACTS DATING BACK THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM HAS ARTIFACTS DATING BACK TO THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION AS MUSEUM HAS ARTIFACTS DATING BACK TO THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION AS WELL AS THOSE THAT RELATE TO TO THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION AS WELL AS THOSE THAT RELATE TO CHICAGO'S HISTORY THIS DISPLAY RECOUNTS THE EARLY EUROPEAN YEARS AT WHICH TIME THIS AREA WAS JUST BEGINNING TO EUROPEAN YEARS AT WHICH TIME THIS AREA WAS JUST BEGINNING TO EMERGE AS AN IMPORTANT TRADING THIS AREA WAS JUST BEGINNING TO EMERGE AS AN IMPORTANT TRADING CENTER. EMERGE AS AN IMPORTANT TRADING CENTER. IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS MERELY CENTER. IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS MERELY A PORTAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS MERELY A PORTAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW WORLD. A PORTAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW WORLD. JESUIT PRIESTS CAME TO OPEN THE NEW WORLD. JESUIT PRIESTS CAME TO OPEN MISSIONS TO CONVERT THE LOCAL JESUIT PRIESTS CAME TO OPEN MISSIONS TO CONVERT THE LOCAL TRIBES. MISSIONS TO CONVERT THE LOCAL TRIBES. SO, TOO, CAME THE TRADERS TRIBES. SO, TOO, CAME THE TRADERS BRINGING METAL ITEMS SUCH AS SO, TOO, CAME THE TRADERS BRINGING METAL ITEMS SUCH AS THESE TO EXCHANGE FOR FIRST. BRINGING METAL ITEMS SUCH AS THESE TO EXCHANGE FOR FIRST. BUT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THESE TO EXCHANGE FOR FIRST. BUT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE FRENCH ARRIVED, A NEW BUT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE FRENCH ARRIVED, A NEW COUNTRY CAME TO CLAIM THE LAND. THE FRENCH ARRIVED, A NEW COUNTRY CAME TO CLAIM THE LAND. IN 1803, THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COUNTRY CAME TO CLAIM THE LAND. IN 1803, THE SECRETARY OF WAR, HENRY DEARBORN, ORDERED THE IN 1803, THE SECRETARY OF WAR, HENRY DEARBORN, ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOR THE TO HENRY DEARBORN, ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOR THE TO ESTABLISH THE UNITED STATES' CONSTRUCTION OF A FOR THE TO ESTABLISH THE UNITED STATES' PRESENCE IN THE AREA. ESTABLISH THE UNITED STATES' PRESENCE IN THE AREA. IT ONLY LASTED NINE YEARS UNTIL PRESENCE IN THE AREA. IT ONLY LASTED NINE YEARS UNTIL THE WAR OF 1812 WHEN SOME LOCAL IT ONLY LASTED NINE YEARS UNTIL THE WAR OF 1812 WHEN SOME LOCAL TRIBES JOINED WITH BRITISH THE WAR OF 1812 WHEN SOME LOCAL TRIBES JOINED WITH BRITISH FORCES TO TRY TO RECLAIM THEIR TRIBES JOINED WITH BRITISH FORCES TO TRY TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND. FORCES TO TRY TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND. ON AUGUST 14 OF THAT YEAR, WHILE LAND. ON AUGUST 14 OF THAT YEAR, WHILE THE TROOPS AND SETTLERS WERE ON AUGUST 14 OF THAT YEAR, WHILE THE TROOPS AND SETTLERS WERE BEING EVACUATED, THEY WERE THE TROOPS AND SETTLERS WERE BEING EVACUATED, THEY WERE AMBUSHED, 50 MEN, WOMEN AND BEING EVACUATED, THEY WERE AMBUSHED, 50 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN WHAT AMBUSHED, 50 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS FOR THE DEARBORN CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS FOR THE DEARBORN MASSACRE. BECAME KNOWN AS FOR THE DEARBORN MASSACRE. THE FOR THE WAS BURNED. MASSACRE. THE FOR THE WAS BURNED. THIS TRUNK BELONGED TO THE WIFE THE FOR THE WAS BURNED. THIS TRUNK BELONGED TO THE WIFE OF THE FOR THE'S COMMANDER. THIS TRUNK BELONGED TO THE WIFE OF THE FOR THE'S COMMANDER. IT IS MADE OF PINE BOARD COVERED OF THE FOR THE'S COMMANDER. IT IS MADE OF PINE BOARD COVERED WITH DEER HIDE. IT IS MADE OF PINE BOARD COVERED WITH DEER HIDE. AFTER THE ATTACK, BOTH SHE AND WITH DEER HIDE. AFTER THE ATTACK, BOTH SHE AND HER HUSBAND BECAME BRITISH AFTER THE ATTACK, BOTH SHE AND HER HUSBAND BECAME BRITISH PRISONERS. HER HUSBAND BECAME BRITISH PRISONERS. LATER, CHIEF BLACKBIRD WHO LED PRISONERS. LATER, CHIEF BLACKBIRD WHO LED THE RAID WAS AWARDED THIS MEDAL LATER, CHIEF BLACKBIRD WHO LED THE RAID WAS AWARDED THIS MEDAL BY THE BRITISH COMMANDER. THE RAID WAS AWARDED THIS MEDAL BY THE BRITISH COMMANDER. THE FOR THE WAS REBUILT IN 1816 BY THE BRITISH COMMANDER. THE FOR THE WAS REBUILT IN 1816 AND USED UNTIL 1837. THE FOR THE WAS REBUILT IN 1816 AND USED UNTIL 1837. ITS LAST REMAINING STRUCTURES AND USED UNTIL 1837. ITS LAST REMAINING STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED BY THE GREAT ITS LAST REMAINING STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED BY THE GREAT FIRE. WERE DESTROYED BY THE GREAT FIRE. ON DISPLAY ARE SOME OF THE FIRE. ON DISPLAY ARE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LOGS USED IN THE SECOND ON DISPLAY ARE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LOGS USED IN THE SECOND FOR THE. ORIGINAL LOGS USED IN THE SECOND FOR THE. PLUS THERE IS A MYSTERY THAT IS FOR THE. PLUS THERE IS A MYSTERY THAT IS SHARED BY THE TWO FORTS. PLUS THERE IS A MYSTERY THAT IS SHARED BY THE TWO FORTS. THIS CARVED STONE IS MENTIONED SHARED BY THE TWO FORTS. THIS CARVED STONE IS MENTIONED IN SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE FOR THIS CARVED STONE IS MENTIONED IN SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE FOR THE. IN SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE FOR THE. IT WAS LOCATED JUST BEYOND THE THE. IT WAS LOCATED JUST BEYOND THE STOCKADE IN THE FIRST FOR THE IT WAS LOCATED JUST BEYOND THE STOCKADE IN THE FIRST FOR THE AND IT WAS LATER MOVED TO THE STOCKADE IN THE FIRST FOR THE AND IT WAS LATER MOVED TO THE PARADE GROUND IN THE SECOND FOR AND IT WAS LATER MOVED TO THE PARADE GROUND IN THE SECOND FOR THE. PARADE GROUND IN THE SECOND FOR THE. BUT CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDS THE. BUT CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDS ITS ORIGIN. BUT CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDS ITS ORIGIN. IT IS SAID THE CARVING WAS DONE ITS ORIGIN. IT IS SAID THE CARVING WAS DONE BY A SOLDIER WHO USED THE IT IS SAID THE CARVING WAS DONE BY A SOLDIER WHO USED THE POTAWATOMI CHIEF WAUBANSEE AS BY A SOLDIER WHO USED THE POTAWATOMI CHIEF WAUBANSEE AS HIS MODEL. POTAWATOMI CHIEF WAUBANSEE AS HIS MODEL. OTHERS CLAIMED THE STONE WAS HIS MODEL. OTHERS CLAIMED THE STONE WAS USED AS ALTAR FOR ARAB ENTER OTHERS CLAIMED THE STONE WAS USED AS ALTAR FOR ARAB ENTER PEOPLES OR EVEN USED AS A USED AS ALTAR FOR ARAB ENTER PEOPLES OR EVEN USED AS A MOORING STONE BY VIKINGS. PEOPLES OR EVEN USED AS A MOORING STONE BY VIKINGS. THE MUSEUM HAS ARCHIVES, MOORING STONE BY VIKINGS. THE MUSEUM HAS ARCHIVES, NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF JACQUES THE MUSEUM HAS ARCHIVES, NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF JACQUES MARQUETTE, AND LIEUTENANT NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF JACQUES MARQUETTE, AND LIEUTENANT SWEARINGEN WHO CAME HERE TO MARQUETTE, AND LIEUTENANT SWEARINGEN WHO CAME HERE TO BUILT THE FIRST FOR THE, FOR THE SWEARINGEN WHO CAME HERE TO BUILT THE FIRST FOR THE, FOR THE DEARBORN. BUILT THE FIRST FOR THE, FOR THE DEARBORN. N A MOMENT, TWO OTHER DEARBORN. N A MOMENT, TWO OTHER EVENTS THAT LEFT THEIR MARKS ON N A MOMENT, TWO OTHER EVENTS THAT LEFT THEIR MARKS ON THIS CITY. EVENTS THAT LEFT THEIR MARKS ON THIS CITY. BUT, FIRST, AS WE HAVE ALREADY THIS CITY. BUT, FIRST, AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID, THIS MUSEUM CONTAINS A BUT, FIRST, AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID, THIS MUSEUM CONTAINS A VAST COLLECTION OF WHICH ONLY A SAID, THIS MUSEUM CONTAINS A VAST COLLECTION OF WHICH ONLY A SMALL PORTION IS ON DISPLAY. VAST COLLECTION OF WHICH ONLY A SMALL PORTION IS ON DISPLAY. IT IS A COLLECTION THAT COVERS A SMALL PORTION IS ON DISPLAY. IT IS A COLLECTION THAT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. IT IS A COLLECTION THAT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. >> YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL RANGE OF WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. >> YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL RANGE OF MATERIALS HERE AT THE HISTORICAL >> YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL RANGE OF MATERIALS HERE AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MATERIALS HERE AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WHEN WE STARTED OUT COLLECTING SOCIETY. WHEN WE STARTED OUT COLLECTING IN 1850'S, WE, OF COURSE, WERE WHEN WE STARTED OUT COLLECTING IN 1850'S, WE, OF COURSE, WERE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING FROM IN 1850'S, WE, OF COURSE, WERE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING FROM NOTABLE PIONEERS OF THE CITY'S INTERESTED IN COLLECTING FROM NOTABLE PIONEERS OF THE CITY'S EARLY HISTORY. NOTABLE PIONEERS OF THE CITY'S EARLY HISTORY. ALSO EARLY MATERIALS PERTAINING EARLY HISTORY. ALSO EARLY MATERIALS PERTAINING TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. ALSO EARLY MATERIALS PERTAINING TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. WE HAVE MATERIALS OF CHARLES TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. WE HAVE MATERIALS OF CHARLES GUTEAU, THE ASSASSIN OF WE HAVE MATERIALS OF CHARLES GUTEAU, THE ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD, THE GUTEAU, THE ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD, THE DEATH MASK RESULTS FROM THE MAKT PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD, THE DEATH MASK RESULTS FROM THE MAKT THAT GUTEAU WAS HUNG NINE MONTHS DEATH MASK RESULTS FROM THE MAKT THAT GUTEAU WAS HUNG NINE MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT GARFIELD DIED. THAT GUTEAU WAS HUNG NINE MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT GARFIELD DIED. THERE ARE DOCUMENTS FROM AFTER PRESIDENT GARFIELD DIED. THERE ARE DOCUMENTS FROM GUTEAU'S HAPPENED WHICH INDICATE THERE ARE DOCUMENTS FROM GUTEAU'S HAPPENED WHICH INDICATE HE WAS EXPECTING FINANCIAL AID GUTEAU'S HAPPENED WHICH INDICATE HE WAS EXPECTING FINANCIAL AID FROM THE OUTSIDE. HE WAS EXPECTING FINANCIAL AID FROM THE OUTSIDE. HE WOULD WRITE TO PEOPLE SAYING FROM THE OUTSIDE. HE WOULD WRITE TO PEOPLE SAYING I COULD CERTAINLY USE A CHECK HE WOULD WRITE TO PEOPLE SAYING I COULD CERTAINLY USE A CHECK RIGHT NOW, MAKE IT OUT TO ME, I COULD CERTAINLY USE A CHECK RIGHT NOW, MAKE IT OUT TO ME, CARE OF U.S. JAIL, WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW, MAKE IT OUT TO ME, CARE OF U.S. JAIL, WASHINGTON D.C. CARE OF U.S. JAIL, WASHINGTON D.C. HE RECEIVED ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE D.C. HE RECEIVED ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. HE RECEIVED ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THAT'S THE BONNET THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THAT'S THE BONNET THAT MRS. LINCOLN WORE AT FORD'S THAT'S THE BONNET THAT MRS. LINCOLN WORE AT FORD'S THEATER ON THE NIGHT OF THE MRS. LINCOLN WORE AT FORD'S THEATER ON THE NIGHT OF THE ASSASSINATION. THEATER ON THE NIGHT OF THE ASSASSINATION. WE ALSO HAVE A CAPE THAT SHE ASSASSINATION. WE ALSO HAVE A CAPE THAT SHE WORE WHICH HAS BLOOD ON IT. OUR CUSTOM COLLECTION AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND ONE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND ONE OF THE BEST. LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND ONE OF THE BEST. NOT ONLY ARE THEIR HIGH END OF THE BEST. NOT ONLY ARE THEIR HIGH END FASHIONS AVAILABLE TO DOCUMENT NOT ONLY ARE THEIR HIGH END FASHIONS AVAILABLE TO DOCUMENT CHICAGO HISTORY, BUT ALSO WORK FASHIONS AVAILABLE TO DOCUMENT CHICAGO HISTORY, BUT ALSO WORK MEN'S JUMP SUITS AND CHICAGO HISTORY, BUT ALSO WORK MEN'S JUMP SUITS AND STEWARDESS'S OUTFITS AND THINGS MEN'S JUMP SUITS AND STEWARDESS'S OUTFITS AND THINGS WHICH REPRESENT THE WORKING STEWARDESS'S OUTFITS AND THINGS WHICH REPRESENT THE WORKING WORLD AS WELL AS THE WHICH REPRESENT THE WORKING WORLD AS WELL AS THE RECREATIONAL OR SOCIAL WORLD. WORLD AS WELL AS THE RECREATIONAL OR SOCIAL WORLD. CHICAGO LEAPING TO SUCH A LARGE RECREATIONAL OR SOCIAL WORLD. CHICAGO LEAPING TO SUCH A LARGE STATUS AS MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CHICAGO LEAPING TO SUCH A LARGE STATUS AS MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CENTER PRODUCED PRACTICALLY STATUS AS MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CENTER PRODUCED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING, 1880'S, 1890'S CENTER PRODUCED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING, 1880'S, 1890'S THINGS OF NOT ONLY JUST THE EVERYTHING, 1880'S, 1890'S THINGS OF NOT ONLY JUST THE MEATS AND THE LUMBER AND ALL THINGS OF NOT ONLY JUST THE MEATS AND THE LUMBER AND ALL THIS SORT OF RAW GOODS OF MEATS AND THE LUMBER AND ALL THIS SORT OF RAW GOODS OF AMERICAN PRODUCE, BUT ALSO FINER THIS SORT OF RAW GOODS OF AMERICAN PRODUCE, BUT ALSO FINER MATERIALS. AMERICAN PRODUCE, BUT ALSO FINER MATERIALS. WE HAVE A LOST CRAFTSMEN HERE, MATERIALS. WE HAVE A LOST CRAFTSMEN HERE, AND THE SHOE INDUSTRY AND WE HAVE A LOST CRAFTSMEN HERE, AND THE SHOE INDUSTRY AND FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND WHATNOT AND THE SHOE INDUSTRY AND FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND WHATNOT PRODUCED A LOT OF VERY FINE FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND WHATNOT PRODUCED A LOT OF VERY FINE ARTIFACTS. PRODUCED A LOT OF VERY FINE ARTIFACTS. WE HAVE ITEMS WITHIN OUR ARTIFACTS. WE HAVE ITEMS WITHIN OUR COLLECTION THAT REPRESENT WE HAVE ITEMS WITHIN OUR COLLECTION THAT REPRESENT IMPORTANT EVENTS WITHIN THE COLLECTION THAT REPRESENT IMPORTANT EVENTS WITHIN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. IMPORTANT EVENTS WITHIN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. OF COURSE, THE LEOPOLD GLASSES HISTORY OF THE CITY. OF COURSE, THE LEOPOLD GLASSES ARE FANTASTIC. OF COURSE, THE LEOPOLD GLASSES ARE FANTASTIC. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE CRIME AND ARE FANTASTIC. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE CRIME AND DETAILS OF THE CRIME, TO REALIZE FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE CRIME AND DETAILS OF THE CRIME, TO REALIZE THOSE GLASSES ARE HERE IS QUITE DETAILS OF THE CRIME, TO REALIZE THOSE GLASSES ARE HERE IS QUITE A THRILL. THOSE GLASSES ARE HERE IS QUITE A THRILL. MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE A THRILL. MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE INFAMOUS CRIME OF LEOPOLD AND MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE INFAMOUS CRIME OF LEOPOLD AND LOBE WHEN HE ENGAGED ON A INFAMOUS CRIME OF LEOPOLD AND LOBE WHEN HE ENGAGED ON A KILLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE LOBE WHEN HE ENGAGED ON A KILLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE INVOLVING A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY. KILLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE INVOLVING A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY. WHEN THEY WERE DISPOSING OF THE INVOLVING A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY. WHEN THEY WERE DISPOSING OF THE BODY AROUND WOLF LAKE, WHEN THEY WERE DISPOSING OF THE BODY AROUND WOLF LAKE, APPARENTLY, NATHAN LEOPOLD BODY AROUND WOLF LAKE, APPARENTLY, NATHAN LEOPOLD LEANED OVER AND THE GLASSES CAME APPARENTLY, NATHAN LEOPOLD LEANED OVER AND THE GLASSES CAME OUT OF THIS COAT AND REMAINED AT LEANED OVER AND THE GLASSES CAME OUT OF THIS COAT AND REMAINED AT THE SITE. OUT OF THIS COAT AND REMAINED AT THE SITE. POLICE DISCOVERED THE GLASSES, THE SITE. POLICE DISCOVERED THE GLASSES, AND WERE ABLE TO TRACE THEM BACK POLICE DISCOVERED THE GLASSES, AND WERE ABLE TO TRACE THEM BACK TO NATHAN LEOPOLD BECAUSE THE AND WERE ABLE TO TRACE THEM BACK TO NATHAN LEOPOLD BECAUSE THE GLASSES HAD A VERY UNIQUE HINGE TO NATHAN LEOPOLD BECAUSE THE GLASSES HAD A VERY UNIQUE HINGE ON ONE SIDE WHICH HAD ONLY GLASSES HAD A VERY UNIQUE HINGE ON ONE SIDE WHICH HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FOR USE. ON ONE SIDE WHICH HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FOR USE. NATHAN LEOPOLD WILLED THESE RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FOR USE. NATHAN LEOPOLD WILLED THESE GLASSES TO THE HISTORICAL NATHAN LEOPOLD WILLED THESE GLASSES TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GLASSES TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE CAP SIEGZ OF THE EASTLAND IN SOCIETY. THE CAP SIEGZ OF THE EASTLAND IN 1915, WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE OF THE CAP SIEGZ OF THE EASTLAND IN 1915, WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE OF 800 PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE SADDER 1915, WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE OF 800 PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE SADDER WELL-KNOWN EVENTS IN CHICAGO 800 PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE SADDER WELL-KNOWN EVENTS IN CHICAGO HISTORY. WELL-KNOWN EVENTS IN CHICAGO HISTORY. THIS CERTIFICATE WE HAVE DATES HISTORY. THIS CERTIFICATE WE HAVE DATES FROM THE 1913 SEASON AND THIS CERTIFICATE WE HAVE DATES FROM THE 1913 SEASON AND INDICATES THAT THE EASTLAND WAS FROM THE 1913 SEASON AND INDICATES THAT THE EASTLAND WAS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY 2,000 INDICATES THAT THE EASTLAND WAS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY 2,000 PASSENGERS. AUTHORIZED TO CARRY 2,000 PASSENGERS. BUT ON THE MORNING OF THE PASSENGERS. BUT ON THE MORNING OF THE DISASTER IN JULY OF 1915, THEY BUT ON THE MORNING OF THE DISASTER IN JULY OF 1915, THEY HAD IN EXCESS OF 2,000 WHO HAD DISASTER IN JULY OF 1915, THEY HAD IN EXCESS OF 2,000 WHO HAD COME ON BOARD AND, OF COURSE, HAD IN EXCESS OF 2,000 WHO HAD COME ON BOARD AND, OF COURSE, THE TOP-HEAVY CONDITIONS AND COME ON BOARD AND, OF COURSE, THE TOP-HEAVY CONDITIONS AND POOR BALLAST CONDITION RESULTED THE TOP-HEAVY CONDITIONS AND POOR BALLAST CONDITION RESULTED IN OVERTURN OF THE SHIP. THIS IS A SOLID STEEL MEAT CLEAVER FROM THE CHICAGO STOCK STOCKYARDS ERA. CLEAVER FROM THE CHICAGO STOCK STOCKYARDS ERA. I WILL GUESS AS TO ITS WEIGHT. STOCKYARDS ERA. I WILL GUESS AS TO ITS WEIGHT. BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. I WILL GUESS AS TO ITS WEIGHT. BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. IF YOU CAN GET THIS TRAVELING BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. IF YOU CAN GET THIS TRAVELING WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FORCE IF YOU CAN GET THIS TRAVELING WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FORCE ARE IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FORCE ARE IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN WITH A LOT OF ATTACK PRESSURE. ARE IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN WITH A LOT OF ATTACK PRESSURE. IT IS VERY HEAVY. WITH A LOT OF ATTACK PRESSURE. IT IS VERY HEAVY. THAT WILL CUT THROUGH JOINT IT IS VERY HEAVY. THAT WILL CUT THROUGH JOINT MATERIAL EASILY. THAT WILL CUT THROUGH JOINT MATERIAL EASILY. BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE 20TH MATERIAL EASILY. BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE 20TH CENTURY WE CONTINUE TO BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE 20TH CENTURY WE CONTINUE TO COLLECTING THOSE HIGH END CENTURY WE CONTINUE TO COLLECTING THOSE HIGH END MATERIALS, BUT WE ALSO BECAME COLLECTING THOSE HIGH END MATERIALS, BUT WE ALSO BECAME MORE DETERMINED TO COLLECT MORE MATERIALS, BUT WE ALSO BECAME MORE DETERMINED TO COLLECT MORE BROADLY SO WE WOULD HAVE THINGS MORE DETERMINED TO COLLECT MORE BROADLY SO WE WOULD HAVE THINGS THAT AVERAGE PEOPLE COULD COME BROADLY SO WE WOULD HAVE THINGS THAT AVERAGE PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND SAY "I USED TO PLAY WITH THAT AVERAGE PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND SAY "I USED TO PLAY WITH A SET OF THOSE WHEN I WAS A IN AND SAY "I USED TO PLAY WITH A SET OF THOSE WHEN I WAS A CHILD OR I USED TO SEE THAT A SET OF THOSE WHEN I WAS A CHILD OR I USED TO SEE THAT FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHEN CHILD OR I USED TO SEE THAT FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP." FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP." WE HAVE A VEG OMATIC AND NUMBER I WAS GROWING UP." WE HAVE A VEG OMATIC AND NUMBER OF RELATED ITEMS WERE INVENTED WE HAVE A VEG OMATIC AND NUMBER OF RELATED ITEMS WERE INVENTED BY A CHICAGO AND BY THE NAME OF OF RELATED ITEMS WERE INVENTED BY A CHICAGO AND BY THE NAME OF RON POPEIL. BY A CHICAGO AND BY THE NAME OF RON POPEIL. THESE A LARGE PART OF PEOPLE'S RON POPEIL. THESE A LARGE PART OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE IN THE MID 20TH THESE A LARGE PART OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY. EXPERIENCE IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY. IN ADDITION TO THE MATERIALS WE CENTURY. IN ADDITION TO THE MATERIALS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HERE, WE IN ADDITION TO THE MATERIALS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HERE, WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HERE, WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, ONE OF HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, ONE OF THE GREATEST WITHIN THE UNITED PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, ONE OF THE GREATEST WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTING THE GREATEST WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE. STATES IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE. OUR COLLECTIONS ARE QUITE OPEN THE URBAN EXPERIENCE. OUR COLLECTIONS ARE QUITE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OUR COLLECTIONS ARE QUITE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN WE RECEIVE OFFERS OF TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN WE RECEIVE OFFERS OF DONATIONS TO THE HISTORICAL WHEN WE RECEIVE OFFERS OF DONATIONS TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE TRY TO COAX THE DONATIONS TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE TRY TO COAX THE DONORS INTO TURNING OVER AS OPEN SOCIETY, WE TRY TO COAX THE DONORS INTO TURNING OVER AS OPEN ACCESS AS POSSIBLE TO THESE DONORS INTO TURNING OVER AS OPEN ACCESS AS POSSIBLE TO THESE MATERIALS. ACCESS AS POSSIBLE TO THESE MATERIALS. >> MENTION CHICAGO, AND MOST MATERIALS. >> MENTION CHICAGO, AND MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE GREAT FIRE. >> MENTION CHICAGO, AND MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE GREAT FIRE. SO IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE WE PEOPLE THINK OF THE GREAT FIRE. SO IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE WE WOULD HAVE ON DISPLAY THE SO IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE WE WOULD HAVE ON DISPLAY THE SATISFIES'S FIRST FIRE ENGINE WOULD HAVE ON DISPLAY THE SATISFIES'S FIRST FIRE ENGINE FROM 1832. SATISFIES'S FIRST FIRE ENGINE FROM 1832. BUT THIS FIRE ENGINE DID NOT FROM 1832. BUT THIS FIRE ENGINE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT FIRE 39 BUT THIS FIRE ENGINE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT FIRE 39 YEARS LATER. PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT FIRE 39 YEARS LATER. IT HAD BEEN REPLACED BY MORE YEARS LATER. IT HAD BEEN REPLACED BY MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT. THE GREAT FIRE HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 8, 1871. IT ONLY DESTROYED 3.2 MILES OF OCTOBER 8, 1871. IT ONLY DESTROYED 3.2 MILES OF CHICAGO'S 35 SQUARE MILES. IT ONLY DESTROYED 3.2 MILES OF CHICAGO'S 35 SQUARE MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE AREA THAT CHICAGO'S 35 SQUARE MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE AREA THAT BURNED CONTAINED THE ENTIRE UNFORTUNATELY, THE AREA THAT BURNED CONTAINED THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. BURNED CONTAINED THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. HERE ARE SOME EVERY DAY ITEMS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. HERE ARE SOME EVERY DAY ITEMS FUSED TOGETHER BY THE HEAT WHICH HERE ARE SOME EVERY DAY ITEMS FUSED TOGETHER BY THE HEAT WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. FUSED TOGETHER BY THE HEAT WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. THE FIRE TOOK 300 LIVES WHILE WERE FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. THE FIRE TOOK 300 LIVES WHILE CAUSING AN ESTIMATED THE FIRE TOOK 300 LIVES WHILE CAUSING AN ESTIMATED $192 MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, CAUSING AN ESTIMATED $192 MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, BUT THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY $192 MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, BUT THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY QUICKLY SPRANG BACK. BUT THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY QUICKLY SPRANG BACK. DAYS AFTER THE FIRE, BUSINESSES QUICKLY SPRANG BACK. DAYS AFTER THE FIRE, BUSINESSES BEGAN TO REAPPEAR ALONG THE DAYS AFTER THE FIRE, BUSINESSES BEGAN TO REAPPEAR ALONG THE RUBBLE. BEGAN TO REAPPEAR ALONG THE RUBBLE. ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS TO GO RUBBLE. ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS TO GO UP BELONGED TO WILLIAM KERFOOT ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS TO GO UP BELONGED TO WILLIAM KERFOOT WHO HUNG THIS SIGN ON HIS NEW UP BELONGED TO WILLIAM KERFOOT WHO HUNG THIS SIGN ON HIS NEW STORE. WHO HUNG THIS SIGN ON HIS NEW STORE. IT READS "ALL GONE, BUT WIFE, STORE. IT READS "ALL GONE, BUT WIFE, CHILDREN, AND ENERGY." IT READS "ALL GONE, BUT WIFE, CHILDREN, AND ENERGY." >> THIS IS THE ONLY NORMAN CHILDREN, AND ENERGY." >> THIS IS THE ONLY NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING ON PUBLIC >> THIS IS THE ONLY NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN CHICAGO. ROCKWELL PAINTING ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN CHICAGO. OF COURSE, IT DEPICTS DISPLAY IN CHICAGO. OF COURSE, IT DEPICTS MRS. OLEARY AND HER COW. OF COURSE, IT DEPICTS MRS. OLEARY AND HER COW. WHILE THE FIRE DID START ON OR MRS. OLEARY AND HER COW. WHILE THE FIRE DID START ON OR NEAR HER BARN, THE ACTUAL CAUSE WHILE THE FIRE DID START ON OR NEAR HER BARN, THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY NEAR HER BARN, THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY DETERMINED. OF THE FIRE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY DETERMINED. IRONICALLY, HER HOME WAS SPARED. ANOTHER EVENT THAT LEFT ITS MARK ON CHICAGO HISTORY, BUT IN A POSITIVE MANNER, WAS THE ON CHICAGO HISTORY, BUT IN A POSITIVE MANNER, WAS THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893. POSITIVE MANNER, WAS THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893. IT CONSISTED OF OVER 65,000 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893. IT CONSISTED OF OVER 65,000 EXHIBITS HOUSED IN MORE THAN 200 IT CONSISTED OF OVER 65,000 EXHIBITS HOUSED IN MORE THAN 200 BUILDINGS. EXHIBITS HOUSED IN MORE THAN 200 BUILDINGS. THE MOST STRIKING AND POPULAR BUILDINGS. THE MOST STRIKING AND POPULAR RIDE WAS WORLD'S FIRST FERRIS THE MOST STRIKING AND POPULAR RIDE WAS WORLD'S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL. RIDE WAS WORLD'S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL. IT WAS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE WHEEL. IT WAS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE STORING 200 R50 FEET WITH 36 IT WAS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE STORING 200 R50 FEET WITH 36 CARS EACH -- 250 FEET WITH 36 STORING 200 R50 FEET WITH 36 CARS EACH -- 250 FEET WITH 36 CARS, HOLDING 60 PEOPLE FOR 20 CARS EACH -- 250 FEET WITH 36 CARS, HOLDING 60 PEOPLE FOR 20 MINUTE RIDE, TWO REVOLUTIONS, CARS, HOLDING 60 PEOPLE FOR 20 MINUTE RIDE, TWO REVOLUTIONS, THE COST WAS A WHOPPING 50 MINUTE RIDE, TWO REVOLUTIONS, THE COST WAS A WHOPPING 50 CENTS. THE COST WAS A WHOPPING 50 CENTS. ANOTHER POPULAR ATTRACTION WAS CENTS. ANOTHER POPULAR ATTRACTION WAS THE REPLICA OF CAIRO STREET ANOTHER POPULAR ATTRACTION WAS THE REPLICA OF CAIRO STREET WHICH INTRODUCED EXOTIC DANCING THE REPLICA OF CAIRO STREET WHICH INTRODUCED EXOTIC DANCING INTO AMERICA. WHICH INTRODUCED EXOTIC DANCING INTO AMERICA. INTERESTING BECAUSE THE 1933 INTO AMERICA. INTERESTING BECAUSE THE 1933 WORLD'S FAIR ALSO HELD IN INTERESTING BECAUSE THE 1933 WORLD'S FAIR ALSO HELD IN CHICAGO FEATURED THE SCANDALOUS WORLD'S FAIR ALSO HELD IN CHICAGO FEATURED THE SCANDALOUS DANCING OF SALLY RAND AND HER CHICAGO FEATURED THE SCANDALOUS DANCING OF SALLY RAND AND HER FANS. DANCING OF SALLY RAND AND HER FANS. IN FACT, THE MUSEUM HAS THOSE FANS. IN FACT, THE MUSEUM HAS THOSE FAMOUS FANS ALONG WITH HER IN FACT, THE MUSEUM HAS THOSE FAMOUS FANS ALONG WITH HER PERSONAL COLLECTIONS. FAMOUS FANS ALONG WITH HER PERSONAL COLLECTIONS. IN A CASE HOLDING MEMORABILIA PERSONAL COLLECTIONS. IN A CASE HOLDING MEMORABILIA FROM BOTH FAIRS IS THIS SMALL IN A CASE HOLDING MEMORABILIA FROM BOTH FAIRS IS THIS SMALL STATUTE TIDAL "I WILL" THE FROM BOTH FAIRS IS THIS SMALL STATUTE TIDAL "I WILL" THE OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF CHICAGO. STATUTE TIDAL "I WILL" THE OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF CHICAGO. LIKE THE CITY, THE HAT DEPICTS OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF CHICAGO. LIKE THE CITY, THE HAT DEPICTS THE PHOENIX RISING FROM THE LIKE THE CITY, THE HAT DEPICTS THE PHOENIX RISING FROM THE FIRE. WELCOME BACK TO THE CHICAGO'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM WHICH HAS A COLLECTION OF MORE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM WHICH HAS A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 20 MILLION ITEMS AND IT IS WHICH HAS A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 20 MILLION ITEMS AND IT IS STILL GROWING. THAN 20 MILLION ITEMS AND IT IS STILL GROWING. WHAT IS ALSO STILL GROWING IS STILL GROWING. WHAT IS ALSO STILL GROWING IS THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE WHAT IS ALSO STILL GROWING IS THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE RESEARCHERS ARE COLLECTING. THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE RESEARCHERS ARE COLLECTING. IN SOME CASES, THE EMPHASIS HAVE RESEARCHERS ARE COLLECTING. IN SOME CASES, THE EMPHASIS HAVE SHIFTED FROM JUST DOCUMENTING IN SOME CASES, THE EMPHASIS HAVE SHIFTED FROM JUST DOCUMENTING EVENTS TO REDISCOVERING HOW SHIFTED FROM JUST DOCUMENTING EVENTS TO REDISCOVERING HOW PEOPLE LIVED, AND REACTED AND EVENTS TO REDISCOVERING HOW PEOPLE LIVED, AND REACTED AND FELT. PEOPLE LIVED, AND REACTED AND FELT. THIS AREA FEATURES VARIOUS FELT. THIS AREA FEATURES VARIOUS VOICES FROM SURROUNDING THIS AREA FEATURES VARIOUS VOICES FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TOUCHING ON THE VOICES FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TOUCHING ON THE ISSUES THEY DEEMED IMPORTANT. NEIGHBORHOODS TOUCHING ON THE ISSUES THEY DEEMED IMPORTANT. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE MUSEUM ISSUES THEY DEEMED IMPORTANT. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE MUSEUM OFFERS SPECIAL TOURS WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE MUSEUM OFFERS SPECIAL TOURS WITH HISTORIC THEMES. OFFERS SPECIAL TOURS WITH HISTORIC THEMES. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BEING HISTORIC THEMES. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BEING THE OCTOBER TOUR OF HISTORIC ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BEING THE OCTOBER TOUR OF HISTORIC CEMETERIES. THE OCTOBER TOUR OF HISTORIC CEMETERIES. ALSO DURING THE YEAR, COSTUMED CEMETERIES. ALSO DURING THE YEAR, COSTUMED ACTORS ARE IN THE MUSEUM ALSO DURING THE YEAR, COSTUMED ACTORS ARE IN THE MUSEUM PORTRAYING FIGURES FROM OUR ACTORS ARE IN THE MUSEUM PORTRAYING FIGURES FROM OUR NATION'S PAST. PORTRAYING FIGURES FROM OUR NATION'S PAST. WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU TODAY IS NATION'S PAST. WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU TODAY IS JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU TODAY IS JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE VAST NUMBER OF ITEMS OWNED BY JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE VAST NUMBER OF ITEMS OWNED BY THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VAST NUMBER OF ITEMS OWNED BY THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MANY OF THE ITEMS NOT ON DISPLAY THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 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