Bldg. 51 Museum Collection
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original 1892 james w. taylor photographic image of downtown chicago (lasalle street looking north from william w. boyington's board of trade building (1882-1929). note burnham and root's woman's temple (1892-1926) is nearing completion -
the bird's-eye view engraving is from an original gager & company's 1856-57 city directory of chicago. drawn by george j. robertson. -
group of 1930s brown brothers "stock" prints of new york city. -
museum-quality louis h. sullivan-designed 1898-99 cast iron schlesinger and mayer pedestrian bridge mullion -
original october 10th, 1871 chicago evening post extra covering the great chicago fire of 1871 -
museum quality 1871 great chicago fire city hall bell fire relic presentation walking cane -
lithographic print of the w.d. kerfoot realty company building signed and dated by emil rudolph to his friend john “bet-a-million” gates -
rare and unusual original hand-colored harper's lithograph of adler and sullivan's auditorium building (1889), located at 430 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. -
simeon b. eisendrath and louis h. sullivan-designed copper-plated cast iron guaranty or plymouth building staircase baluster fabricated by the winslow brothers -
a rare, original, signed and dated hardbound souvenir program or dedication book on the iroquois theater, published by rand, mcnally & co. in 1903. -
rare 1887-88 original john wellborn root-designed terra cotta window header salvaged from chicago's rookery building -
historically important oversized lincoln memorial building (1909) polychromatic glazed terra cotta panel sculpted by kristian schneider for the american terra cotta company, crystal lake, il. -
rare original 1920s cast bronze montgomery ward interior elevator door plaque with "spirit of progress" diana weathervane -
museum-quality 1891-2 fret-sawn painted pine wood gothic style loggia bracket panel from adler and sullivan's james charnley house -
original hand-painted 1960s adler and sullivan schiller building or garrick theater test panel stencil on masonite -
1908 real photographic postcard (rppc) of burnham and root’s heavily fortified 5-story first regiment armory building (1890-1967), located at 1552 s. michigan avenue, chicago, il. -
historically-important hand-carved fire memorial limestone plaque for milwaukee station street 1881 -
original henry ives cobb-designed cast iron chemical trust building monogrammed doorknob by yale and towne -
rare out-of-print "roseland-pullmann - the golden years - a pictorial preservation of memories" volume 2 -
rare winkle red slip terra cotta salesman sample -
unusual 50th anniversary new york city singer building paperweight comprised of bronze and oak wood salvaged from the lobby -
matching set of rare polychromed sullivanesque style terra cotta blocks executed by the winkle terra cotta company -
original eames and young-designed yale and towne 1898 doorknob from the lincoln trust or title guaranty building -
original pierce anderson notepad internal office memo sketch with notes pertaining to d.h. burnham and company's 1912 butler brothers building