Old pictures of Township of Bloomington City

c. 1870

PLAYING WITH A MONKEY

1955

Archer and Halsted

1959

North Shore Line

1905

Market on Maxwell Street

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

1893

Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Sr. delivers a speech to crowd during "American Cities Day"

1890

first electric streetcar

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

1927

RECREATIONAL BOAT SUNKEN

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope

1903

Boston Store

1937

Jackson Boulevard ,Market Street ,Wacker Drive

1893

World's Columbian Exposition

1919

Chicago race riot.

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

1919

Man on Porch During Race Riot

1905

Chicago American Giants

c. 1923

Women eating hot dogs

1964

Coffee break on the job

1941

Young Chicago Residents

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue

c. 1900

Rush Medical College lecture auditorium

1955

Maria Callas

1945

Brother and sister.

1941

Al Capone and his lawyer

1893

The Great Wharf, Moving Sidewalk

c. 1930

re-enactment of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

1958

14th Street ,Michigan Avenue

1930

The Last Four Couples Who Survived the Chicago Dance Band

1893

Viking, replica of the Gokstad Viking ship, at the World Fair

1929

St. Valentine’s Day massacre

1907

Untitled photo of Chicago in 1907

c. 1958

Clark Street Bridge

1902

Montgomery Ward & Co. building

1943

Union Station

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1923

notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again