Bldg. 51 Museum Collection
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very rare early 1880's buff-colored ornamental terra cotta "salesman sample" chicago northwestern company plaque with unique assemblage of instruments -
highly sought after original early 1880's original and intact "geisha girl" residential figural cast bronze doorknob with detailed parasol and beaded border -
early 20th century original and intact polychromed ornamental cast brass interior residential salvaged chicago pendant light fixture with original canopy and finial -
late 1920's museum quality cast bronze "wrightesque" eye and ear infirmary door header designed by the architectural firm of hammond and martin -
original ornamental cast iron s.s. beman-designed pioneer press building interior commercial building doorknob and matching backplate with bower-barff finish -
largely intact c. 1924 museum-quality george grant elmslie-designed old second national bank building art glass window with centrally located distinctive "v" design -
rare 19th century original and largely intact chicago stock exchange trading room upper mezzanine art glass skylight panel -
museum quality c. 1884 louis h. sullivan-designed exterior salvaged chicago scoville building red slip glazed terra cotta lunette with segmented surround and deep undercuts -
historically important museum quality 19th century american ornamental cast iron interior ornamental cast iron kansas city board of trade building john root-designed baluster -
lot of three nearly identical mid-nineteenth century hand blown chianti rounded wine flasks salvaged from the former howard johnson inn. -
historically important museum quality early 20th century antique american chicago union train station bronze pendant light with white opalescent bent glass panels -
limited edition faithfully recreated gold enameled louis h sullivan-designed cast plaster auditorium theater proscenium vault perforated dome -
one of two matching original and intact early 20th century richly colored brown and green glazed sullivanesque terra cotta building facade cartouches -
rare museum quality ornamental cast iron louis sullivan-designed guaranty or prudential building interior office door "letters" slot and matching chute with bower-barff finish -
rare c. 1928 historically impotant polychrome enameled fisher theater cast iron seat end mayan revival "indian mask" with jeweled eyes and nose -
lightly cleaned and sealed original john edelmann-designed ornamental cast iron exterior commercial building tie rod rosette with distinctive centrally located spider web -
hundreds of rare original and amazingly intact late 19th and early 20th century factory machine shop profusely illustrated catalogs, photographs, and blueprints -
historically important all original and largely intact c. 1909 salvaged chicago interior hotel la salle monumental ornamental cast brass chandelier with sixteen arms -
rare late 19th century ornamental patinated cast iron american radiator company figural corporate gift and/or presentation wall plaque with original bronze patina -
stunning 19th century 1880's salvaged chicago antique american residential leaded glass transom window arch top fragment comprised of faceted jewels -
three 19th century original and intact unearthed chicago privy pit john lomax and paul pohl dug pottery bottles with lightly incised lettering -
original louis h. sullivan-designed 1892 schiller building or garrick theater exterior terra cotta multi-part loggia column with buff-colored slip glaze -
orginal fully functional early 20th century antique american industrial brushed cast iron four swing-out seat factory lunchroom table with newly added old growth pine wood top -
remarkably rare and seldom found original mid-1840's light aqua blue "superior" six-sided tenpin chicago soda or mineral water glass bottle with crude short tapered top