Collections

19th or early 20th century dug chicago privy pit wheel-cut glass kerosene lamp part with nicely aged patina

19th Century American Bottles

original late 19th century rare salvaged chicago refinished cast iron vault light panel with brown brothers glass rondels

19th century Sidewalk Vault Lights

one of three original a. finkl & sons bricks with old inventory plaques salvaged from the company's foundry building after moving to the north side in 1902

A. Finkl & Sons Chicago Foundry Objects & Artifacts

rare 1930s depression-era chicago wpa hand-crafted no littering park sign with rich colors and bold lettering

American Folk Art & Trade Signs

late 18th or early 19th century antique american medical hand-colored scientific journal fold-out anatomical lithograph

Anatomy

rare 19th century entrance size ornamental cast bronze "daisy" pattern anglo-japanese pattern doorknob

Anglo-Japanese Style Hardware

one of six nearly identical historically important wrigley chewing gum factory elevator car push button boxes

Antiquated Electrical Devices

original and remarkably intact massive late 1850's refinished heavy cast iron american druggists' tapered mortar bowl with blunt end pestle

Antique American Medical

Antique Fireplace Mantels & Inserts

Antique Fireplace Mantels & Inserts

Antique Period Light Fixtures

Antique Period Light Fixtures

seldom found original mottled glazed early 20th century northwestern terra cotta salesman sample bookend

Architectural

several matching sets of original 1880's salvaged chicago "jet black" niles patented screwless spindle doorknobs and matching ornamental cast iron backplates

Architectural Doors

Art Deco

Art Deco

museum-quality 1887 rookery building skylight architectural drawing from the office of burnham and root

Artifacts & Accessories

pair of cast bronze or brass 1870s commercial store door handles

ARTIFACTS FROM OUR CATALOG

all original and intact early 20th century new york city penn station interior lavatory wall-mount nickel-plated beau brummel glass orb tilting soap dispenser

Beau Brummel Soap Dispensers

58-page full-color "lost and found" congress theater book by eric j. nordstrom

BLDG 51 Museum Book

rare and unusual original hand-colored harper's lithograph of adler and sullivan's auditorium building (1889), located at 430 south michigan avenue, chicago, il.

Bldg. 51 Museum Collection

framed c. 1950's vintage american chicago athletic association building lobby "directory of phone numbers" for downtown destinations

Chicago Athletic Association Building Artifacts

original c. 1930's salvaged chicago bungalow variegated glass interior residential leaded glass window with centrally located floral motif

Chicago Prairie School