Old pictures of Illinois

c. 1923

Women eating hot dogs

1937

Backyard of James Simmons' farmhouse

1912

CON LOS MUERTOS EN LA BATALLA

1855

The oldest photo of Chicago

1906

Cowboy barber shop

1936

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

1910

Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie and their daughter

1919

Chicago race riot.

1856

Wyatt Earp and mother Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp

1861

Future President Ulysses S Grant as Brigadier General

1857

Abraham Lincoln by Hesler

1893

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

1893

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

1893

The Great Wharf, Moving Sidewalk

1893

The great Krupp building, Columbian Exposition

1893

John Bull at the Columbian Exposition

1923

notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again

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

c. 1923

Ronald Reagan

1920

Ronald Reagan's 4th Grade class

1917

Ronald Reagan, (with "Dutch" haircut) Neil Reagan, and parents

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