Old pictures of Kenosha

1945

Vintage Downtown

1964

Shelves with lost umbrellas

1936

Housing under the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct

1875

Milwaukee Turners

1903

The original Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory.

1945

Discovery of Nazi Gold in a Salt Mine

c. 1898

Historic Downtown

1940

The First Mac Donald's

1900

August Scheele in his grocery store

1899

ERNEST HEMINGWAY 5 MONTHS

1943

Union Station

1917

Maxwell Street Market on the Jewish West Side

1951

An assembly line at Zenith Electronics

1964

Coffee break on the job

1926

Maxwell Street

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1943

Union Station

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1902

Montgomery Ward & Co. building

1958

14th Street ,Michigan Avenue

1925

Confiscated liqour at the federal warehouse

c. 1930

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

1919

Man on Porch During Race Riot

c. 1901

Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge

1944

Maxwell Street vendor

1955

Maria Callas

1942

Illinois Central railyard

1936

Chicago Car Park

1931

Gangsters Hiding Their Faces during Al Capone's Trial

c. 1902

Rush St. Bridge

1930

Waiting for the Hockey Match

1893

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

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

1918

Michigan Avenue

1919

Chicago race riot.

1890

first electric streetcar

1907

Untitled photo of Chicago in 1907

1927

RECREATIONAL BOAT SUNKEN

1945

Brother and sister.

1911

Grant Park, south from Art Institute