Old pictures of Waukesha

c. 1898

Historic Downtown

1945

Discovery of Nazi Gold in a Salt Mine

1936

Housing under the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct

1903

The original Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory.

1875

Milwaukee Turners

1945

Vintage Downtown

1930

Newspaper Boys

c. 1952

State Street at Night

c. 1930

A woman uses an antique Maytag washing machine.

1964

Shelves with lost umbrellas

1900

August Scheele in his grocery store

1940

The First Mac Donald's

c. 1897

7th & Jay St.

1899

ERNEST HEMINGWAY 5 MONTHS

1943

Union Station

1890

first electric streetcar

1929

Christmas Mail Delivery in Chicago

1905

Market on Maxwell Street

1955

Maria Callas

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1933

Schoenhofen Brewery

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

c. 1930

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

1893

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

1924

Soldier Field

1971

Man on a wild chopper bicycle

1931

Gangsters Hiding Their Faces during Al Capone's Trial

c. 1895

The Tugboat Binghampton passes the Adams Street swing bridge

1959

North Shore Line

c. 1901

Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge

1919

Chicago race riot.

c. 1900

Rush Medical College lecture auditorium

1926

Maxwell Street

1910

United Garment Workers Strike

1855

The oldest photo of Chicago

1943

Union Station

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1944

Maxwell Street vendor