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Lincoln Park: Charitas

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February 27, 2017
This view shows Charitas in its original location.  Just west of the sculpture is Lake Shore Drive,
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, ca. 1925
Media Caption
This view shows Charitas in its original location. Just west of the sculpture is Lake Shore Drive, prior to its expansion and creation of the ramp at Fullerton Avenue.
Historical view of the monument in front of a sanitarium for sick babies (now Theater on the Lake).
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, ca. 1925
Media Caption
Historically, the monument faced the entrance to the Daily News Fund Sanitarium for Sick Babies. The building is now Theater on the Lake.
Charitas displayed in Azalea Show at Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, 1953
Media Caption
Charitas displayed in Azalea Show at Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Charitas sculpture in Lincoln Park, near Theater on the Lake, after being reinstalled in 2016.
Media Credit
Chicago Park District, 2016
Media Caption
After being fully conserved and re-united with its original base, Charitas was reinstalled in Lincoln Park near Theater on the Lake in 2016.
This view shows Charitas in its original location.  Just west of the sculpture is Lake Shore Drive,
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, ca. 1925
Media Caption
This view shows Charitas in its original location. Just west of the sculpture is Lake Shore Drive, prior to its expansion and creation of the ramp at Fullerton Avenue.
Historical view of the monument in front of a sanitarium for sick babies (now Theater on the Lake).
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, ca. 1925
Media Caption
Historically, the monument faced the entrance to the Daily News Fund Sanitarium for Sick Babies. The building is now Theater on the Lake.
Charitas displayed in Azalea Show at Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Media Credit
CPD Special Collections, 1953
Media Caption
Charitas displayed in Azalea Show at Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Charitas sculpture in Lincoln Park, near Theater on the Lake, after being reinstalled in 2016.
Media Credit
Chicago Park District, 2016
Media Caption
After being fully conserved and re-united with its original base, Charitas was reinstalled in Lincoln Park near Theater on the Lake in 2016.

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