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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1N_kwanusila_Chicago-IL.html
Kwanusila, the Thunderbird, is an authentic Kwagulth Indian totem pole, carved in red cedar by Tony Hunt of Port Rupert, British Columbia.
The crests carved upon the totem pole represent Kwanusila, the Thunderbird, a whale with a man on its bac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1M_waveland-clock-tower_Chicago-IL.html
Originally known as the Lincoln Park Fieldhouse and Carillon Tower, the Waveland Clock Tower was constructed in 1931. The English Gothic style building was designed by Edwin H. Clark and the chimes were from the Deagan Company of Chicago.
The Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1D_getty-tomb_Chicago-IL.html
The Getty Tomb marks the maturity of [Louis] Sullivan's architectural style and the beginning of modern architecture in America. Here the architect departed from historic precedent to create a building of strong geometric massing, detailed with or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S17_john-peter-altgeld_Chicago-IL.html
Born December 30, 1847
Died March 12, 1902
These Tablets Containing
Selections from his
Public Utterances
are dedicated by
The John P. Altgeld
Memorial Association
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0E_earl-seymour-wharton-reebie_Chicago-IL.html
Staff Sergeant
727 AAF Bomb Sq
15th Air Force U.S.A.
Killed by enemy action
over Yugoslavia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0D_claude-seymour-reebie_Chicago-IL.html
2nd Lieutenant Air Force U.S.A.
HQ. & HQ. SQ. 20th Bomber Command
World War II
HQ. 437 Troop Carrier Wing
Korean War
Died Japan March 25, 1951
BSM [Bronze Star Medal]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0B_louis-henri-sullivan_Chicago-IL.html
By his buildings great in influence and power; his drawings unsurpassed in originality and beauty; his writings rich in poetry and prophesy; his teachings persuasive and eloquent; his philosophy where, in "form follows function," he summed up all …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S09_joseph-r-scott_Chicago-IL.html
From wounds received at
Battle of Stone[s] River
"Who will save the Left"
"The Nineteenth Illinois"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S07_john-a-jack-johnson_Chicago-IL.html
First Black Heavyweight
Champion of the World
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZG_graves-family-monument_Chicago-IL.html
Erected by Henry Graves,
son of Dexter Graves, one of the pioneers of Chicago. Dexter Graves brought the first colony to Chicago, consisting of thirteen families arriving here July 15th, 1831 from Ashtabula, Ohio, on the schooner Telegraph and …