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 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 41 51 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 41.8500 decimal degrees Long: 087 39 00 W degrees minutes Long: -87.6500 decimal degrees

Note: Located on post-glacial plain beside Lake Michigan, noted for extremes in climate. Site was visited by the French in the 17th century; it was a fur-trading post, then an Army post. It expanded greatly in the 19th century due to its strategic position; was a center of transportation and industry. Much of the city was destroyed by fire in 1871, and rebuilt. It is noted as the birthplace of an important architectural development, the steel-frame skyscraper.

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Art Institute of Chicago exhibition opening invitation, 1948-02-05

 Item
Identifier: MS-GOMC-234
Overview

Invitation for the opening of The Art Institute of Chicago's Alfred Stieglitz exhibition on 1948-02-02. Invitation is from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1948-02-05

Georgia O'Keeffe to Claudia O'Keeffe, 1960-10-04

 Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: RC.1999.1.95
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Claudia O'Keeffe while traveling.

Dates: 1960-10-04

Georgia O'Keeffe to Frances O'Brien, postcard, 1948-04-22

 Item
Identifier: 2015.1.85
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Frances O'Brien Papers Relating to Georgia O'Keeffe contains materials collected by Frances O'Brien. The materials document the friendship between the two women from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s.There are approximately one hundred original letters, postcards, and telegrams from O'Keeffe to O'Brien dating from 1947 to 1971. Additionally, there are photocopies of letters from O'Keeffe to O'Brien (only a few photocopies for which there is no original), as well as photocopies...
Dates: 1948-04-22

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-03-25

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-031
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-03-25

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-05-14

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-033
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-05-14

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-06-03

 Item
Identifier: MS-GOMC-036
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot written while traveling.

Dates: 1942-06-03

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-06-04

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-037
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot written on the train.

Dates: 1942-06-04

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-11-30

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-039
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-11-30

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-10

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-041
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot including a photograph of an elephant and a man labeled 'Circus Man'.

Dates: 1942-12-10

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-14

 Item
Identifier: MS-GOMC-042
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-12-14