Bldg. 51 Museum Collection
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early 1880s original ornamental cast bronze anglo-japanese style salvaged chicago doorknob with nicely aged patina -
early 20th century historically-important frank lloyd-wright designed oversized william e. fricke house leaded art glass window with custom-built oak wood frame -
group of late 19th and early 20th century rare and seldom found books on early american skyscrapers -
original daniel d. badger cast iron ornament salvaged from george jackson's iron block (1860) -
original red-slip glazed 1880s james higgie building terra cotta name panel with single block letter -
lightly incised bedford limestone salvaged chicago 1907 michael reese hospital cornerstone fragment -
historically important schiller or garrick theater cast plaster auditorium panel fomerly owned by arthur siegel -
scrace hardbound original 1886-87 the elite of chicago and its clubs directory with illustrations -
rare 1874 hardbound tunnel and water system of chicago book with several detailed lithographs -
original fold-out brochure of mies van der rohe's one ibm plaza building with aluminum fabricated by alcoa -
original 1855 salvaged chicago john kent russell pioneer-era residential pine wood corbel rosette -
walter burley griffin-designed wood and leaded glass window salvaged from the william temple house -
late 19th or early 20th century museum quality ornamental cast iron chicago federal building interior panel with spread-winged eagle -
historically important richly colored c. 1927 venetian theater blue and yellow polychromed enameled terra cotta exterior panel -
original polychrome enameled interior cast plaster lawndale theater ceiling rosette executed by the decorators supply company -
group of three matching original maw & company lightly incised fireplace tiles salvaged from adler and sullivan's auditorium building -
important late 19th century strongly geometric leaded clear glass robert p. parker "bootleg" house window featuring bands of overlapping ovals -
late 19th century exterior ornamental cast bronze residential entrance door backplates with swinging keyhole covers -
one of two rare and highly sought after 1870 hardbound russell and erwin "real bronze hardware" catalogs -
nicely worn c. 1930's american vintage industrial painted galvanized sheet steel cook county hospital power plant "hot" steam pipe danger sign -
original claude bragdon-designed strongly geometric new york central station grueby tile with richly colored glaze -
three historically important american ceremonial/rental booklets for the palmolive, foshay, and empire state buildings -
single 19th century late 1880's american victorian-era winkle terra cotta company red slip terra cotta block or panel -
original and fully functional walter burley griffin-designed cast brass and iron william f. tempel house window sash hardware