Old pictures of Des Plaines

1940

The First Mac Donald's

1964

Shelves with lost umbrellas

1918

Ed Peters and wife Minnie

1899

ERNEST HEMINGWAY 5 MONTHS

1943

Union Station

1927

Female gas station attendant

1945

“Pacific” type locomotive

1943

Santa Fe freight about to leave

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

1927

RECREATIONAL BOAT SUNKEN

1905

Market on Maxwell Street

1933

Schoenhofen Brewery

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1922

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

1974

Sears Tower

1872

National Normal Musical Institute

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1924

Soldier Field

1960

Children in Chicago

c. 1902

Rush St. Bridge

1929

Christmas Mail Delivery in Chicago

1934

Photographed with the Body of John Dillinger

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1943

Union Station train concourse

1930

The Last Four Couples Who Survived the Chicago Dance Band

1968

Randolph Street

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

c. 1880

Cabinet card of “musical” cat

1890

first electric streetcar

1951

An assembly line at Zenith Electronics

1937

Jackson Boulevard ,Market Street ,Wacker Drive

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

1905

Childrens bathing beach Lincoln Park

1910

United Garment Workers Strike

c. 1900

Rush Medical College lecture auditorium

1955

Maria Callas

1942

Illinois Central railyard

1893

John Bull at the Columbian Exposition

1971

Man on a wild chopper bicycle