Old pictures of Township of Melrose

1916

Ernest Hemingway Fishing

c. 1902

An early 1900s Packard truck,

1900

Belle Isle Zoo

1901

Departure of the Tashmoo Steamer

1905

Miners pose with lunch pails in hand

1912

En la granja de Johnny Remo

c. 1898

Historic Downtown

1861

Civil War Era Beauty

1924

West Jefferson looking north just before it turns in to Fifth Street.

1945

Vintage Downtown

1910

Unknown woman, and Mrs. Berkeley Gillett

1920

Cartier Field in 1920

1942

Cole Brothers Circus

1894

Frank and Cora Anderson

1906

A portrait of the Benfer family.

1909

Summit Street

1905

General view of St. John's Church from the northeast

c. 1920

Ford Dealership.

c. 1910

Railroad Depot

1964

Shelves with lost umbrellas

c. 1912

Spitzer Residence

1953

CENTENIAL YEAR

1940

The First Mac Donald's

c. 1952

State Street at Night

c. 1930

A woman uses an antique Maytag washing machine.

1943

Union Station

1919

Chicago race riot.

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

c. 1895

The Tugboat Binghampton passes the Adams Street swing bridge

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

1931

Gangsters Hiding Their Faces during Al Capone's Trial

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1930

Waiting for the Hockey Match

c. 1930

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

1941

Young Chicago Residents

1964

Coffee break on the job

1934

Photographed with the Body of John Dillinger

1911

Grant Park, south from Art Institute

c. 1901

Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope