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Richard J. Daley collection

The Richard J. Daley Collection documents the public offices, political career, and personal life of Daley and contains documents, publications, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and photographs dating from 1870-2010. The bulk of the collection dates from Richard J. Daley’s six terms as mayor of the city of Chicago, and as Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee.

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Baseball with Dad, Richard J. Daley and his sons
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Richard J. Daley plays baseball with three of his sons. Pictured left to right are: William (Bill), Richard. M., Richard J., and Michael Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Bismarck Hotel event, Richard J. Daley and family members greeting well-wishers
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William (Bill) Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Mayor Richard J. Daley greet well-wishers at an event at the Bismarck Hotel.
Date:
circa 1970s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Bismarck Hotel event, Richard J. Daley and family members greeting well-wishers
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William (Bill) Daley and Mayor Richard J. Daley shake hands with well-wishers at an event at the Bismarck Hotel.
Date:
circa 1970s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Bismarck Hotel event, Richard J. Daley and family members greeting well-wishers
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John Daley, Mary Carol Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, William (Bill) Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Mayor Richard J. Daley greet well-wishers at an event at the Bismarck Hotel.
Date:
circa 1970s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Christmas Tree Lighting
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Christmas Tree Lighting attended by John Daley, William Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Pat Martino, and Mary Carol Vanecko
Date:
circa 1950s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley, their seven children and his father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. An unidentified woman and Father Murray are also pictured.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their seven children, and his father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, an unidentified man, Martin Kennelly, and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz are also pictured.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their seven children, and his father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk.
Date:
December 7, 1950
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Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their seven children, and his father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, Martin Kennelly, and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz are also pictured.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, their seven children, and his father Michael J. Daley are photographed at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. A group of others including Martin Kennelly and Marty Hogan look on.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley, their seven children, and his father Michael J. Daley at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, Martin Kennelly, Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, Marty Hogan, and others are present.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley, their seven children, and his father Michael J. Daley at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, Martin Kennelly, and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz are also present.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley and seven children and father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, an unidentified man, and Martin Kennelly are also pictured.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley "Thank You" photo card
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Thank You photo card with photograph of Richard J. Daley and six of his children. Pictured left to right are: Richard J. Daley, John Daley, Richard M. Daley, William Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Michael Daley, and Mary Carol Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley "Thank You" photo card
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Thank You photo card with photograph of the Daley family. Pictured left to right are: Michael Daley, William Daley, John Daley, Mary Carol Daley, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Michael J. Daley, and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
circa 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley Family Portrait
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Daley family portrait. Seated: Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley. Standing, left to right, are: Michael, William, Patricia, Mary Carol, Robert Vanecko, Eleanor R., John, and Richard M. Daley.
Date:
circa 1960s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley Family collage portrait
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Daley family collage portrait. Top row: Eleanor "Sis" Daley and Richard J. Daley. Middle row: Mary Carol Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, and Patricia Daley. Bottom row: Richard M. Daley, Michael Daley, John Daley, and William Daley.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley Family portrait on a sofa
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Family portrait gathered around a sofa, back row: Patricia Daley, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Michael Daley, Mary Carol Daley; Front row: John Daley and William Daley
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley boys reading books
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William, Richard M., Michael, and John Daley reading books at a table in their home. Their father, Richard J. Daley, stands behind them.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family after Sunday church service
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Pictured walking outside after Sunday Mass are, left to right: Michael Daley, Richard M. Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, William Daley, and Mary Carol Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family after Sunday church service
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Pictured walking outside after Sunday Mass are, left to right: Michael Daley, Richard M. Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, William Daley, and Mary Carol Daley.
Date:
circa 1960s
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at 11th Ward picnic
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and five of their children at an 11th Ward picnic.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at Michael Daley's high school graduation
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The Daley family poses at Michael Daley's high school graduation from De La Salle Institute. Pictured left to right are: Richard M. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, John Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Michael Daley, William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Patricia Daley.
Date:
1961
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at Michael Daley's high school graduation
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Richard J. Daley and Michael Daley (center) hold his high school diploma. Standing with them are, at the left: Richard M. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, John Daley, and Eleanor R. Daley. Standing to the right of Michael are William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Patricia Daley.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at World Series game in Milwaukee
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Eleanor and Richard J. Daley and their sons enjoy a light meal with others at a World Series game in Milwaukee. Pictured left to right are: unidentified man, Fred McCahey Jr., Richard J. Daley, Bill Lynch (law partner), John McGuane (11th Ward), Michael Daley, William Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and [?] McCahey.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at a banquet table
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Daley family seated at the head table at a dinner. Left to right: William Daley, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Michael Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Mary Carol Daley.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at an Auto Show
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Daley family members sitting in the front row in a crowd of people at an auto show. Left to right: William Daley, Michael Daley, John Daley, Richard J. Daley, and Eleanor "Sis" Daley.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at an outdoor event
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Daley family attend an unidentified event. Group includes: Colonel Jack Reilly, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Michael Daley, John Daley, and William Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on Inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on Inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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The Daley boys (seated in foreground), and Richard J. Daley's father Michael J. Daley (seated right) at Richard J. Daley's first mayoral inauguration. A group of men is behind them, including John McGuane (Park District), Joseph L. Gill, and Jacob Arvey.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on Inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral campaign rally
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Daley family members seated in the front row at a Daley mayoral election campaign rally. Members of the crowd hold up signs with Daley's name and image.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral inauguration
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Richard J. Daley poses with his family at his first inauguration as mayor of Chicago. The Superintendent of Police is on the far right.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at mayoral inauguration
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The Daley boys (seated in foreground), and Richard J. Daley's father Michael J. Daley (seated right) at Richard J. Daley's first mayoral inauguration. A group of men is behind them, including John McGuane (Park District), Joseph L. Gill, and Jacob Arvey.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at night time campaign event
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The family poses outside on the street.
Date:
1955
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Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at second mayoral inauguration
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Daley family at Richard J. Daley's inauguration for a second term as Mayor of Chicago. Richard J. Daley is at the podium at the right.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at the Daley campaign kick-off parade
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Daley family at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at the Daley campaign kick-off parade
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Daley family at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at the St. Patrick's Day Parade
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Eleanor "Sis" and Richard J. Daley downtown at the St. Patrick's Day Parade with their children Michael Daley, Richard M. Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, William Daley, and John Daley.
Date:
March 17, 1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family at the Torchlight Parade
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Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their children march at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners. The parade started from 35th and Halsted Streets.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family cheers in front of television
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Richard J. and Eleanor "Sis" Daley, with sons John and William Daley cheer in front of a television set in the Daley home.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family in front of a tipi during a trip
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Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley and six of their children pose in front of a tipi during a family trip to the Grand Canyon. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are Eleanor R., Mary Carol, Eleanor "Sis", William, Richard J., Richard M., and Michael Daley. John and William Daley are in front.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family leading Torchlight Parade
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Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their children march at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners, including one that reads "Mom Likes Daley". The parade started from 35th and Halsted Streets.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family meets Liberace
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Liberace shakes hands with William Daley as Mary Carol Daley, Richard M. Daley, an unidentified woman, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, John Daley, Richard J. Daley, Michael Daley, and an unidentified man look on.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family members
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Left to right: Michael J. Daley, Richard J. Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, William Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, Richard M. Daley, and Michael Daley
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family members at a meal at the Auto Show
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Left to right: Michael Daley, John Daley, Richard J. Daley, William Daley, and Eleanor "Sis" Daley.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family members at an event
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Pictured at an event are, left to right: Eleanor R., Mary Carol, Patricia, Eleanor "Sis", Richard M. Richard J., and William Daley.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Daley family members outside Mother McAuley High School
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Daley family members outside Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School. Left to right: Michael Daley, Michael J. Daley, William Daley, Richard J. Daley, Patricia Daley, Richard M. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Mary Carol Daley, and John Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
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Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Politics & Civic Life
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