Old pictures of Township of Portage

1920

Cartier Field in 1920

1942

Cole Brothers Circus

1905

General view of St. John's Church from the northeast

1927

TOBOGGAN

1893

The Great Wharf, Moving Sidewalk

c. 1958

Clark Street Bridge

c. 1895

The Tugboat Binghampton passes the Adams Street swing bridge

1923

notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again

1959

North Shore Line

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

1945

Brother and sister.

1971

Man on a wild chopper bicycle

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1922

A woman shows off a cane containing a flask for alcoholic beverages

1936

Chicago Car Park

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

1929

Christmas Mail Delivery in Chicago

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

1931

Gangsters Hiding Their Faces during Al Capone's Trial

1890

first electric streetcar

1893

World's Columbian Exposition

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue

1936

48 cars in a elevator parking garage in Downtown business district, USA. Built by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company,

1893

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

1941

Al Capone and his lawyer

1930

Waiting for the Hockey Match

1964

Coffee break on the job

1926

Maxwell Street

1893

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

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1893

Mammoth and Giant Octopus, display at the Columbian World's Fair

1893

Chicago's World Fai

1931

Kitchen opened by Al Capone.

c. 1903

Lincoln Monument

1919

Chicago race riot.

1942

Illinois Central railyard

1902

Montgomery Ward & Co. building

1907

Street

c. 1930

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