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• The great Chicago theater disaster the complete story told by the survivors : presenting a vivid picture, both by pen and camera, of one of the greatest fire horrors of modern times (Publishers Union of America, 1904), by Marshall Everett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Charters, articles of incorporation, deeds, consolidations, mortgages, leases, decrees, etc. (The Company, 1929), by Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Chicago and W. W. Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)

• John Crerar Library : a list of books on industrial arts. Oct. 1903. (Board of Directors, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history of the Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago (Dept. of Photoduplication, the University of Chicago Library, 1922), by Miles Mark Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Great American architects series. nos. 1-6. (Architectural Record Company, 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The University of Chicago. (University of Chicago Press, 1908), by University of Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

• 75th anniversary of the Pullman bank, 1883-1958. ([Chicago, 1958), by Pullman Trust and Savings Bank (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history of the Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago (Dept. of Photoduplication, the University of Chicago Library, 1922), by Miles Mark Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The great American game in the Chicago parks. (Chicago Park District, Recreation Division, 1939), by Jack Sheehan, United States. Work Projects Administration (Ill.), and Chicago Park District. Recreation Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The history, construction, and design of caisson foundations in Chicago (1913), by Ralph Uline Nichols and Harold Francis Doerr (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Geschichte der kathol. Kirche Chicago's, 1833-1889 : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des katholischen Deuschthums (W. Ruhlmann, 1889), by J. C. Bürgler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Catholicity in Stephenson County; Illinois. (F. Chas. Donohue, 1896), by Carola Milanis (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the organization and growth of the Parish of the Holy Family, better known as the Jesuit Parish of Chicago (S.I. Bradburty & Son, printers, 1878), by J. Thompson Gill (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the organization and growth of the Parish of the Holy Family, better known as the Jesuit Parish of Chicago (S.I. Bradburty & Son, printers, 1878), by J. Thompson Gill (page images at HathiTrust)

• 100 years : the history of the Church of the Holy Name, the chapel that became a cathedral and the story of Catholicism in Chicago. (Cathedral of the Holy Name, 1949), by Ill.) Cathedral of the Holy Name (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nettie Fowler McCormick : profile of an American philanthropist (State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), by Charles O. Burgess and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Nettie Fowler McCormick : profile of an American philanthropist (State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), by Charles O. Burgess and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• 100 years of gas service in Chicago, 1850-1950. (Chicago, 1950), by Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• The theatre; its early days in Chicago. A paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, February 19, 1884. (Knight & Leonard, printers, 1884), by J. H. McVicker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chicago stage, its records and achievements. 1 (Chicago, 1947), by Robert Lowery Sherman (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chicago Plan Commission and the Department of City Planning 1959 combined annual report. (The Commission, 1959), by Chicago Plan Commission and Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of City Planning (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Pilgrimage of the Chicago Commercial Club (R. R. Donnelley, 1901), by Commercial Club of Chicago and George C. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Golden jubilee program (Desplaines Press, 1910), by Ill.) Union Park Congregational Church (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dějiny řádu Jiří Poděbradský, Česko-Slovanských Podporujicích Spolků v městě Chicago, okresu Cook, Státu Illinois, ve Spojených Státech Severní Ameriky od roku 1877 do roku 1895 (Řád Jiří Poděbradský čiś. 24. Č.S.P.S., 1895), by Ant Kozel (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historical sketches of the public school system of the city of Chicago to the close of the school year 1878-79 / prepared by Shepherd Johnston. (Clark & Edwards, Printers, 1880), by Shepherd Johnston and Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nettie Fowler McCormick : profile of an American philanthropist (State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), by Charles O. Burgess and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Nettie Fowler McCormick : profile of an American philanthropist (State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), by Charles O. Burgess and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The great fires in Chicago and the west : history and incidents, losses and sufferings, benevolence of the nations, &c., &c. (Published by J.W. Goodspeed, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, & New Orleans. H.S. Goodspeed & Co., 37 Park Row, New York. B.R. Sturges, 81 Washington St., Boston. Schuyler Smith, London and Prescott, Ontario. :, 1871), by E. J. Goodspeed (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sprague, Warner & Company, incorporated (The Company, 1912), by Mason Warner, Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago), Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), and Warner & Company Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)

• 75 years of gas service in Chicago (The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, 1925), by Wallace Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
• 100 years of gas service in Chicago, 1850-1950. (Chicago, 1950), by Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chicago : entwickelung, zerstörung und Wiederaufbau der Wunderstadt (M. Stern, 1872), by Eugen Seeger and Eduard Schlaeger (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nettie Fowler McCormick : profile of an American philanthropist (State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), by Charles O. Burgess and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A priceless heritage: the epic growth of nineteenth century Chicago Jewry. (Bloch Pub. Co., 1953), by Morris Aaron Gutstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beginnings of the Chicago Sinai Congregation : a contribution to the inner history of American Judaism (S. Ettlinger, 1898), by Bernhard Felsenthal and Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) (page images at HathiTrust)

• An ordinance providing for a comprehensive unified local transportation system for the City of Chicago and metropolitan area ([s.n.], 1930), by etc Chicago (Ill.). Laws and Chicago (Ill.). City Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Geschichte der Gründung und Ausbreitung der zur Synode von Missouri, Ohio und andern Staaten gehörenden Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinden U. A. C. zu Chicago, Illinois. (Lange, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kurze Geschichte der Gemeinde zum heil. Kreuz, Chicago, Ill. (Concordia Publishing House Print., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual announcement of the Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College, with list of matriculates for ..., and complete list of graduates. (Daniels Company Press, 1896), by Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College (page images at HathiTrust)

• An historical and descriptive account of the Field Columbian Museum. ([The Museum], 1894), by Field Columbian Museum (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the development of Chicago pavements (1905), by Joseph Matousek (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• "Facts" and historical data (Chicago, 1956), by Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept and Raymond Jemiola (page images at HathiTrust)
• Police history (The Association], 1916), by Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Ill.) Police Pensioners Protective Association (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

• Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1991), by Dominic A. Pacyga (PDF at Ohio State)
• Poles in America : their contribution to a century of progress : a commemorative souvenir book compiled and published on the occasion of the Polish Week of Hospitality, July 17 to 23, a Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933. (Polish Day Association, 1933), by Polish Day Association and Chicago (Ill.) Century of Progress International Exposition (page images at HathiTrust)

• Notes in Supplement to "The First Printers of Chicago" (Chicago: Privately printed, 1931), by Douglas C. McMurtrie
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• Rare and beautiful imprints of Chicago (Printed for the friends of Walter M. Hill, 1922), by J. Christian Bay and Bibliographical Society of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first printers of Chicago, with a bibliography of the issues of the Chicago press 1836-1850 (The Cuneo Press, 1927), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Annals of health and sanitation in Chicago (Dept. of Health, 1919), by Gottfried Koehler and Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historical sketches of the public school system of the city of Chicago to the close of the school year 1878-79 / prepared by Shepherd Johnston. (Clark & Edwards, Printers, 1880), by Shepherd Johnston and Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chicago. (Chicago, 1973), by Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Public Works and Daphne Christensen (page images at HathiTrust)

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