Bldg. 51 Museum Collection
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original 1895 henry koch-designed exterior buff-colored terra cotta architectural artifact salvaged from milwaukee city hall -
exceptionally rare all original 1895-96 copper-plated cast iron louis h. sullivan designed guaranty or prudential building elevator lobby medallion -
exceptional early 20th century salvaged chicago prairie school style leaded art glass residential window in the manner of george maher -
seldom found original northwestern terra cotta company advertising ruler with chicago skyline -
original dated and signed 1850 letter by london's crystal palace architect joseph paxton -
two original red slip terra cotta grotesque corbels salvaged from charles sumner frost's lake front railroad depot -
original 1894 historically important museum quality adler & sullivan chicago stock exchange building lobby ceiling pendant light fixture designed by louis h. louis sullivan -
exceptional fritz albert-designed 1920s polychromed terra cotta egyptian revival style terra cotta ornament -
late 1840's richly colored cobalt blue glass burr & water "celebrated mineral waters" iron pontiled soda bottle discovered near chicago's wolf point -
original 1979 uiuc single-sided ralph marlow line and john vinci lecture poster on louis h. sullivan -
historically important documented great chicago fire exterior residential figural cast metal gutter spout salvaged from "burnt district" in 1871. -
rare original early 20th century rookwood faience vellum-glazed winged cherub from la salle hotel wine room -
complete volume of chicago-based prairie school review magazine, beginning in 1964 and ending in 1975 -
original illustrated product catalog for the clay products exposition, held at the chicago coliseum (1900-1982, frost and granger, architects) from february 26th to march 8, 1913 -
historially important original hugh garden-designed speckeled terra cotta exterior figural michael reese hospital lion head -
original full-figured 1918 louis h. sullivan-designed speckle glazed terra cotta rearing lion sculpted by kristian schneider -
historically important american c. 1929 american art deco style oversized nickel-plated cast bronze palmolive building facade pilaster with visually stunning endcap -
visually distinctive original 1892 exterior adler and sullivan schiller building or garrick theater terra cotta facade spandrel panel -
museum-quality 1896 charles atwood or peter weber-designed interior fisher building elevator floor indicator with original bronze numbers -
oversized undated mounted panoramic photographic view and print of the great chicago fire of 1871 -
original 8 x 10 richard nickel photographic print of single-story chicago commerical building with "psuedo sullivan ornament" -
well-documented original john edelmann-designed ornamental cast iron tie-rod plate salvaged from dankmar adler's 1885 house -
rare original city of detroit "stop halloween arson" devil's night building sign -
exceptional museum-quality signed and matted howard dearstyne photographic print of south side chicago junkyard