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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
On the evening of Sunday, Octobe...
Centennial Fountain and Water Cannon
The Nicholas J. MelasCentennial ...
Pneumatic Tubes at the Chicago Federal Building
A network of tunnels for pneum...
Hashems Nuts and Coffee Gallery
Hashems Nuts and Coffee sells produce and dry goods import...
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Fowler was not the only deaf child ...
Professor John Burton Hotchkiss
First Deaf Professor at Gallaudet University
...Gallaudet Family
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Augustus Fuller
Portrait Painter and Traveler
Augustus Fu...
Clerc Family
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Gilbert Family of Hebron
Deaf with Support, but not Education
Ther...
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
On the evening of Sunday, October 8, 1871, the cry of fire rang out onDeKovenStreet. Catherine and Patrick O'Leary's barn went up in flames, beginning what would be one of the most important events ...
Centennial Fountain and Water Cannon
The Nicholas J. MelasCentennial Fountain and water cannon were installed in 1989 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Chicago Sanitary District, known today as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD).
Pneumatic Tubes at the Chicago Federal Building
A network of tunnels for pneumatic mail-transport tubes once buzzed with activity under the block now occupied by Chicago’s John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, Post Office, and Plaza. The post office housed in the old Chicago Federal Building, which ...
Hashems Nuts and Coffee Gallery
Hashems Nuts and Coffee sells produce and dry goods imported from Lebanon, exemplifying Dearborn Arabs' connection to their culinary heritage. Hashems is the only store on Warren Ave. that imports vegetable seeds and Arab greens, such as mulyukhiya (similar to ...
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Fowler was not the only deaf child in her family when she was born on March 20, 1798. She joined her older sister Parnel and left this home in Guildford to study at the American School for the ...
Professor John Burton Hotchkiss
First Deaf Professor at Gallaudet University
John Burton Hotchkiss was born August 22, 1845 in Seymour and grew up on this street. Hotchkiss was hearing until Scarlet Fever deafened him at 11 years old. When he was admitted to the ...
Gallaudet Family
One of American School for the Deaf’s Founding Families
Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, born December 10, 1787, met Dr. Mason Cogswell and his daughter Alice in the summer of 1814. Realizing that, although Alice was deaf, she ...
Augustus Fuller
Portrait Painter and Traveler
Augustus Fuller (1812-1873) was born deaf in Massachusetts and attended the American School for the Deaf from 1824 to 1828. His brother Aaron also studied at ASD and married fellow alumni Sophia Smith. His hearing sister ...
Clerc Family
From France to Hartford
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc was born on December 26, 1785 in La Balme, France. Born hearing, an accident by a fireplace when he was one year old caused him to become deaf. The ...
Gilbert Family of Hebron
Deaf with Support, but not Education
There had been many families with deaf children long before Alice Cogswell and the formation of the American School for the Deaf. Educational opportunities for these children were limited, but with strong family support ...
