Cloche style hat of beige crocheted straw. The rounded crown with tucks and folds is created of beige straw which has been crocheted. Around base of crown is band of dark brown piping. Shallow brim is turned up around sides and back, with wide edge band of brown satin with parallel rows of stitching. Front of brim has radiating ridges worked into straw. Hat is lined with dark beige satin. Designer's label sewn into crown: "Budwig / Ltd."

Home movie footage of children posing in front of landmarks in Chicago's Lincoln Park, including the John Peter Altgeld Monument, the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument, and the Elks National Memorial Headquarters building.

One of the nation's most well-known name trains, Illinois Central Railroad's "The Panama Limited" headed by Engine No. 1158, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive which burns coal, is departing from Central Station in Chicago. The station's tower is in the left background.

Caption: "Enforcement of the New No-parking ordinance in Chicago's loop district went into effect today, Jan. 10, and after a few hours test was proven a huge success."

Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).

Letter from McConnell Map Co. to C. C. Cox, forwarding a letter sent them by S. M. N. Marrs, regarding an order of maps for Texas schools. The envelope is included.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Birds glide lazily over the entry pens of Chicago's Stock Yards, once the nation's largest market place for meat animals."

Better Farming Magazine, June 1921, Chicago, Illinois, sent to S.W. Jones

Architectural plan for a seven-room home in Oak Park, Illinois, published by National Builder. It includes a front, rear, left, and right elevation. It also has a basement and second floor plan.

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the development of gas masks designed for fighting fires. The characteristics of the different types of masks in development are presented. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.

Patent for an aromatic asphaltum and paraffin wrap to preserve, protect from air and moisture, and transport meat that will not become brittle under cold temperatures.

Architectural plan for a stucco home in Oak Park, Illinois, published by National Builder. It includes elevations for the front, rear, left, and right sides of the house. It also has a basement and first floor plan.

Catalog from the Inland White Lead Company featuring their products for February 1922, including paints, varnishes, and related goods.

An envelope from the Inland White Lead Company addressed to W. R. Pridger of Splendora, Texas, postmarked March 2, 1922.

Letter from Dr. Butte to Elizabeth discussing a letter he received from his mother and potential plans.

Letter from Dr. Butte to Elizabeth discussing the weather and plan for the near future.

Catalog from the Inland White Lead Company featuring their products for October 1923, including paints, varnishes, and related goods.

Detailed view of stonework and windows above the front doors of a multistory building at 35 East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The address, "35 East Wacker Drive" is engraved in the stone above the doors, at the bottom of this image. The building was also formerly known as the North American Life Building, the Pure Oil Building, and the Jewelers' Building.

A building at 35 East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The building was also formerly called the North American Life Building, the Pure Oil Building, and the Jewelers' Building.

An envelope from the Inland White Lead Company addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked April 18, 1924.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Chicago's latest skyscraper, the Tribune Tower, was formally opened to the public, today July 6th. This wonderful building, which is the last word in Gothic architecture, has been under construction for over two years, and crowns a competition in which architects in twenty two countries engaged, the leading participants receiving prizes aggregating $100,000. Tribune Tower and site cost eight and one half million dollars and the building proper rises to a height of 473 feet. The flag was ceremoniously raised at sunrise to the top of the staff, which is 600 feet above ground."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Every known gang rendezvous in Chicago and the country towns of Cook County is being spectacularly raided following the cold-blooded slaying of Asst. State's Attorney William H. McSwiggin of Chicago and two fo his companions."

This photo shows a group of eleven cowgirls standing in Soldier's Field, Chicago, with a row of classical columns behind them. From left to right, they are: Fox Hastings, Donna Cowan, Marie Gibson, Florence Hughes, Tad Lucas, Grace Runyan, Ruth Roach, Rose Smith, Bonnie McCarroll (possibly), Vera McGinnis, and Mabel Strickland.

Letter from R. Osthoff to F. Pfotenhauer, asking when he may hold a new election. Pfotenhauer's response is handwritten at the bottom of the page.