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Givens House
Image by UIC Digital Collections
Title: Givens House
Variant Title: The Beverly Castle
Description: View of the side of the Givens House, a three-story mansion and replica of an Irish castle, located at 10244 South Longwood Drive at the northwest corner of the intersection with West 103rd Street. The house is named after real estate developer Robert G. Givens who had it built for his wife.
Photographic Credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1974
Date: 1886 (Givens House)
Geographic coverage: Beverly (Chicago, Ill.)
Collection: C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. [Visual Resources].
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Rights: The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Architecture and the Arts holds reproduction and licensing rights. For more information, please email: lib-permissions@uic.edu.
File Name: bru012_06_pF
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"Working and Buying" Exhibit Case
Image by W&M Swem Library
Shown here is the "Working and Buying" exhibit case for the exhibit "A Most Thriving & Growing Place": Williamsburg Before the Restoration.
This exhibit case features postcards, books, letters, and other publications about the business scene in Williamsburg, Virginia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of Williamsburg's most successful merchants, Samuel Harris, was a prominent African-American in Williamsburg. He is featured in this exhibit case.
The following is from the main text label in the case:
The Business of Williamsburg
While Eastern State Hospital and the College remained the biggest employers, Williamsburg also hopped with new businesses, even factories. The Williamsburg Knitting Mill employed more than 100 people making men’s underwear; it survived from 1900 to 1916. The Bozarth brothers and others operated lumber mills, taking advantage of the area’s plentiful pine forests. Local farms fed the Williamsburg Canning Company, established in 1899. The city’s first bank, Peninsula Bank, opened two years earlier. Telephone service began in 1901. Retail businesses abounded, serving not just Williamsburg residents but the farmers who lived in the surrounding countryside. The stores began advertising aggressively to attract customers. The railroad’s arrival in1881 and especially the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 helped stimulate the tourist trade.
The following is from the Samuel Harris label from the case:
Samuel Harris, as seen on this list of fees paid for business licenses, was the most successful merchant in Williamsburg. He moved here in the 1870s and opened a store that became the biggest in town. His customers included both blacks and whites. He later expanded into real estate. His standing in the community led to his election to the school board in the 1880s. He died in 1904.
Harris became a prominent man among African Americans nationally. His children moved in equally prominent circles. His daughter Elizabeth married Robert Russa Moton, the Hampton Institute educator who later succeeded Booker T. Washington as president of Tuskegee Institute. His son L. J. moved to Boston, graduating from Harvard Medical School and becoming a renowned eye specialist, the first medical specialist of color in the nation.
The following is from the Strike! label in the case:
We have not yet discovered the date of this remarkable document, but it appears likely to be from the late 1910s or early 1920s, when labor unrest rocked the nation. It is notable both for the appeal of workers of color, likely women, to the community as a whole and for the existence of a labor union in Williamsburg at a relatively early date. If you know anything about this strike, please contact us.
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55 West Monroe
Image by UIC Digital Collections
Title: 55 West Monroe
Variant Title: Xerox Center (former name)
Creator: Murphy/Jahn (Firm)
Description: Photograph of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center) taken in 1984 by C. William Brubaker. In 2003, the building was purchased by LaSalle Investment Management Inc., a global real estate investment manager.
Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1984
Date: 1978-1980
Geographic coverage: Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Collection: C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. [Visual Resources].
Credit Line: Cite as [creator]. [title]. [file name]. [collection].
Rights: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Architecture and the Arts holds reproduction and licensing rights.
File Name: bru003_07_bF.jp2
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