Old pictures of Ames

c. 1890

Lew Wallace at his home

1938

Waiting for a bus

1851

Andrew Carnegie, age 16, with younger brother Thomas

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope

1966

Muhammad Alí (Classius Clay)

c. 1902

Rush St. Bridge

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope

1942

Illinois Central railyard

1933

Schoenhofen Brewery

1945

Brother and sister.

c. 1930

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

1893

John Bull at the Columbian Exposition

c. 1958

Clark Street Bridge

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1964

Coffee break on the job

1924

Soldier Field

1941

Al Capone and his lawyer

1929

SNOW PLAYING

1931

Gangsters Hiding Their Faces during Al Capone's Trial

1905

Childrens bathing beach Lincoln Park

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1930

The Last Four Couples Who Survived the Chicago Dance Band

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

1929

St. Valentine’s Day massacre

1941

Young Chicago Residents

1911

Grant Park, south from Art Institute

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

1922

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

c. 1901

Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge

1951

An assembly line at Zenith Electronics

1893

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

1931

The Queue for Gangster Al Capone's Free Dining Room

1910

Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie and their daughter

1902

Montgomery Ward & Co. building

c. 1903

Lincoln Monument

1931

Kitchen opened by Al Capone.

1958

14th Street ,Michigan Avenue

1890

first electric streetcar

1907

Untitled photo of Chicago in 1907