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original chicago fire artifact c. 1871 certificate from the chicago board of public works announcing the sale of the court house bell -
single rare c. 1871 chicago fire memorabilia cdv albumen and business card with image of crosby painting depicting origin of the fire -
large lot of original and intact dark amber colored mold-blown american antique depression-era "reco" theater marquee sign light bulb hoods with internal steel clamps -
original and historically important late nineteenth century ephemera in the form of a monthly statement and customized card or stationary sheet from the northwestern terra cotta company -
original and intact c. 1894 card from helliwell, treat & co. agents to attorney adolph loeb seeking inspection of the soon to be completed chicago stock exchange building. -
original and antique nineteenth century "frozen charlotte" or bathing baby porcelain doll head dug from a chicago area demolition site -
original and unusual antique c. late nineteenth century floral ceramic mustache cup dug from a chicago area privy pit. -
repurposed nineteenth century industrial paperweight comprised of a cobalt 1890's bromo seltzer bottle affixed to a piece of coal -
recovered c. 1893 time capsule salvaged from the german zion's evangelical society church building located on hoyne street in chicago's ukranian village. -
original all original and intact october 1871 great chicago fire stereograph photographic card with post-chicago fire scene north of randolph street -
rare and all original historic october 1871 stereograph or steroview albumen photographic card with post-chicago fire scene at an unknown house -
single all original 19th century antique american great chicago fire october 1871 sterograph card with post-chicago fire scene in the "burnt district" -
original and intact chicago dug pot lid for "oriental toothpaste" manufactured by jewsbury & brown, in manchester, england. -
remarkable and richly colored antique american c. mid-1840's large fragment of a decorative glass golden amber scroll flask dug from a downtown chicago privy pit -
original c. 1850's antique ceramic shaving cream jar or "pot lid" manufactured for x. bazin of "roussel's" pefumery in philadelphia, pa. -
rare 1873 cast bronze austrian medal with heavily inscribed and high relief imagery manufactured to commemorate the world’s exposition at vienna. -
rare late 1870's original and intact chicago privy dug deep blue aqua glass mineral or soda water bottle fabricated by w.h.h company, chcago, il -
single mid-19th century rare antique american light cobalt blue glass iron-pontiled soda or mineral water eugene roussel bottle with applied tapered top or lip -
rare 1887 hardware catalog ‘volume VII’ published for russell & erwin mfg. co, new york. -
early 20th century original freestanding american industrial carpenter workshop pine and maple wood bench with fully functional woodworking vise -
original early 1890's antique american wall-mount ornamental cast iron barler shoe shine cabinet with unique drop-down cover