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Special Exhibits Hall: Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Memorial Wing
The Art
Institute of Chicago: Inside-Out
 The Art Institute
of Chicago was founded in 1879 as the Chicago
Academy of Fine Arts. In 1882, the name was
changed to the Art Institute of Chicago. It first stood on the
southwest corner of State and Monroe Streets as
both a museum and school. The Art Institute
officially opened on December 8, 1893.
Be sure to see the
Mrs. James Ward Thorne miniature American rooms
postcards from the 1940's. Also presented
are modern color photographs of the same rooms
with some rooms showing slight changes. Can you
spot the rooms and items that have changed?
Clicking an image opens a full size picture in
.png file format.
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Chicago Art Institute, Chicago
- # 1564
Souvenir Post Card Co., New
York, <Germany> -
pm 1907 |
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Art Institute, Michigan
Ave., Chicago - # C-50
Illustrated Post Card Co., N.Y. -
pm 1908 |
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Art Institute, Chicago - #
167
V.O. Hammon Pub. Co.,
Chicago |
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Art Institute, Chicago -
#1827
V.O. Hammon Pub. Co.,
Chicago -
pm 1912 |
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Edward Kemeys Bronze Lion
Facade, Art Institute, Chicago -
#2242
V.O. Hammon Pub. Co.,
Chicago -
pm 1915 |
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The Art Institute and
Ferguson Fountain, Chicago -
#226
Max Rigot Selling Co.,,
Chicago |
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Art Institute, Chicago - #226
A.C. Co.,
Chicago |
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Art Institute, Chicago - #112
Curt Teich & Co., Inc.,
Chicago |
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Michigan Avenue Looking North,
Chicago - #182
Curt Teich & Co., Inc.,
Chicago |
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Art Institute Main Entrance, Chicago
Unknown Publisher |
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Prudential Building and Art
Institute, Chicago - #CK-205
Aero Distributing Co., Inc.,
Chicago |
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Michigan Avenue Looking
North, Chicago - #CK-143
Aero Distributing Co., Inc.,
Chicago |
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The Art Institute of Chicago
- Stanley McCormick Court
Curteichcolor |
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Jonas Lie: "Afterglow" - Art
Institute, Chicago
Unknown Publisher |
The next series of
postcards were published by the Art Institute of
Chicago at different times. All of the postcard in this series
measure 6" x 4 1/4", are
unused and in mint condition.
A
sculpture class at The School of The
Art Institute of Chicago with a
model wearing an Indian headdress
and robe, ca.1890. |
View of The Art Institute of Chicago
looking north on Michigan Avenue,
ca.1900. |
View
of a parade during World War I at
the Art Institute of Chicago,
Michigan Avenue entrance,
ca.1917-18. |
Archival Photo, Students Making a
Mural, 1918. |
View
of The Art Institute of Chicago,
Michigan Avenue entrance from the
southwest, ca.1920. |
Carl Miles, American (born Sweden),
1875-1955.
Triton Fountain, 1926, Bronze
Gift of a group of Americans of
Swedish decent, 1930.
Archival photograph ca.1931 |
View
from the north of the Roger
McCormick Memorial Court within the
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Building
of The Art Institute of Chicago,
1988 |
Adler and Sullivan, (American,
partnership 1883-1895).
Section of a Stencil from the
face of the Main Ceiling Trusses of
the Trading Room of the Chicago
Stock Exchange Building;
executed by Healy and Miller,
1893-1894.
Oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 143.7 x 305.4 x 1 cm.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dubin. A
major grant from Alyce H. De Costa
made possible the reconstruction of
the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading
Room, 1971. |
Adler and Sullivan, (American,
partnership 1883-1895).
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading
Room, (demolished, 1972),
reconstruction in The Art Institute
of Chicago.
The reconstruction and
reinstallation of the Trading Room
were made possible through a grant
from the Walter E. Heller Foundation
and its president, Mrs. Alyce H. De
Costa, with additional gifts from
the City of Chicago, Mrs. Eugene A.
Davidson, The Graham Foundation for
Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts,
and Three Oaks Wrecking, 1971. |
Adler
and Sullivan, (American, partnership
1883-1895).
Entrance Arch from the Stock
Exchange Building, 1893-94,
reconstructed in the East Garden of
the he Art Institute of
Chicago, 1976-77.
Terracotta.
Gift of the City of Chicago; the
reconstruction of the arch was made
possible through a grant from the
Walter E. Heller Foundation and its
president, Mrs. Alyce H. De Costa. |
North Garden Looking South, 1991 |
North Garden Looking South,
October 1991 |
Ryerson and Burnham
Library after renovation, Spring
1995 |
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