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Photoelectric relay made at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, with the cooperation of the General Electric Co., and photoelectric cells by R. J. Cashman and W. S. Huxford, 1933. Courtesy of the Adler Planetarium.
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WWI helmet, (1917) worn by by Kent Hagler (shown in framed image) during his service in France.
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Penrod Centurion
(1905 - ?, b. Germany)
Chromorfia Constructiva #49-8-12-1
1949 Watercolor
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The College in the Hills, Herod, Illinois
Penrod Centurion (1905- ?, b. Germany)
Measure Me By My Dreams
1935
watercolor on paper
1973.037.551, Gift of Miss Louise Borchelt
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L.Brent Kington
(1934-2013, b. Topeka KS, d. Carbondale IL)
Weathervane
1977
forged steel
1977.063.005, museum purchase
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Jean Crawford Adams
(1886-1972, b. Chicago IL, d. Oak Park IL)
Chicago River
1917
oil on canvas
1928.060.700643, museum purchase, Illinois Academy of Fine Art
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General Grant on Horseback
ca. 1880-1888
hand-carved and painted wood
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Richards, Springfield, Illinois
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Alfred Jackson Tyler
(1933-2011, b. Chicago IL, d. Chicago IL)
John Jones and his Wife Aid a Fugitive
1963
oil on canvas
1971.5/212, property transfer from the State Historical Library
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Alfred Jackson Tyler
(1933-2011, b. Chicago IL, d. Chicago IL)
John Jones Fights for the Repeal of the Black Code
1963
oil on canvas
1971.5/208, property transfer from the State Historical Library
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Bernard Goss (1913-1966: b. Sedalia, MS - d. Chicago, IL)
Congressman Oscar de Priest 1963
Oil on canvas
1971.005.211, Transfer from the Illinois State Historical Library
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Dawoud Bey
(b. 1953, Queens, NY)
Barack Obama
2007
Archival pigment print
2016.021.003, Gift of Chuck Thurow
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“Meet me at Broadwell’s.”
They said this in “Young Mr. Lincoln’s” time – and they say it today.
~“Young Mr. Lincoln” was a theater production advertised in 1939.
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