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  2. Richard Nickel - Wikipedia

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    Richard Stanley Nickel (May 31, 1928 – April 13, 1972) was a Polish American architectural photographer and historical preservationist, who was based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and document the buildings of architect Louis Sullivan , and the work of the architecture firm of Adler & Sullivan.

  3. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Northern Illinois: Local history: Homepage: Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design: Galena: Jo Daviess: Northern Illinois: Art: Art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics and urban planning: Chicago Athenaeum's International Sculpture Park: Schaumburg: Cook: Chicago area: Art

  4. Chicago History Museum - Wikipedia

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    Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times.

  5. Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Wikipedia

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    The Museum & Library also produced Citizen Soldier. Each episode is originally a panel, conversation or interview that take place at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. [20] It is then edited into a 26-minute episode that was broadcast on Chicago Public TV station, WTTW Channel 11 and WTTW-Prime Channel 11–2. [21]

  6. Newberry Library - Wikipedia

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    The Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar (NLUS) offers select students from DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University, and the University of Illinois Chicago the chance to participate in an intensive research seminar inspired by the Newberry’s collection. During their semester at the library, students attend seminar ...

  7. Charles Nicoletti - Wikipedia

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    His family lived in Near West Side, Chicago. On February 25, 1929, at the age of 12, Nicoletti shot his father four times, allegedly in self-defense. [2] [3] His father who was a drunkard, attacked Charles and pursued him with a knife, he ran into his father's room, where a gun was kept in a bureau drawer. [4]

  8. Col. Wood's Museum - Wikipedia

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    Col. Wood's Museum, as depicted by Louis Kurz in 1866. Col. Wood's Museum (sometimes referred to simply as the Chicago Museum) was a museum and public theatre located in Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1864, but was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire. A second incarnation opened in 1875, but it was also destroyed by fire.

  9. Protector Palm Pistol - Wikipedia

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    Protector made by Chicago Fire Arms at display in the Chinese military museum. The design of these pistols was based on that patented by Jacques E. Turbiaux of Paris. Turbiaux described his pistol as "a revolver which may be held in the hand with no part exposed except the barrel". [ 7 ]