Old pictures of Chicago

1893

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

1893

World's Columbian Exposition

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1955

Maria Callas

1958

14th Street ,Michigan Avenue

1905

Childrens bathing beach Lincoln Park

1943

Union Station train concourse

c. 1930

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

1927

RECREATIONAL BOAT SUNKEN

1890

first electric streetcar

1924

Soldier Field

1955

Archer and Halsted

1905

Market on Maxwell Street

1937

Jackson Boulevard ,Market Street ,Wacker Drive

1929

St. Valentine’s Day massacre

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1968

Randolph Street

1911

Grant Park, south from Art Institute

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

c. 1895

The Tugboat Binghampton passes the Adams Street swing bridge

1910

United Garment Workers Strike

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

c. 1902

Rush St. Bridge

1943

Union Station

1944

Maxwell Street vendor

1933

Schoenhofen Brewery

c. 1901

Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

1918

Michigan Avenue

1942

Illinois Central railyard

1959

North Shore Line

1926

Maxwell Street

1905

Chicago American Giants

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

c. 1903

Lincoln Monument

c. 1958

Clark Street Bridge

1929

SNOW PLAYING