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Title: Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ... What to see and how to see it
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ett, J. J. P. Odell,Jos. Sears, Wm. R. Page, Gilbert B. Shaw, Alex. H. Revell,Harry G. Selfridge, John Wilkinson. Officers—Ferdinand W. Peck, president; Wm. R. Page, firstvice-president; Harry G. Selfridge, second vice-president; JohnWilkinson, recording secretary and treasurer; Edw. I. Galvin,superintendent. The Athenaeum library and reading-room has been considera-bly enlarged and improved. It contains a fine collection of booksof the best American and English literature, and excellent worksof reference. All the daily, weekly, and leading illustratedpapers, magazines, and reviews are provided for the use ofmembers. The Northwestern University is located at Evanston, abeautiful village on Lake Michigan, eleven miles north of Chi-cago. The main building, which is of stone, cost over $110,000.The course of instruction is of the most complete character, therebeing upward of thirty professors and lecturers, exclusive of thefaculty of the Chicago Medical College, affiliated with it. The
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 125 university has one of the most valuable reference libraries in thecountry, including many manuscripts and unbound pamphlets.It has also an excellent Museum of Natural History. The institutions which have for their object the encourage-ment of art, or the advancement of science, are more numerousand flourishing than might be expected in a city in which indus-trial pursuits engage the activities of a larger proportion of thepopulation than in any other great city in the world. The namesof the various societies for the encouragement of the fine arts,particularly drawing, painting, and sculpture, the several musicalsocieties, and the institutions for the pursuit of science andphilosophy will be found under the head of Clubs and Societies. The Public Library. This popular institution occupies (since July, 1886) fine quar-ters on the top floor of the City Hall, La Salle and Washingtonstreets; but the time is not far distant when more commodiousquarters will be

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