Old pictures of Waukesha

c. 1898

Historic Downtown

c. 1900

Rush Medical College lecture auditorium

1910

Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie and their daughter

1927

RECREATIONAL BOAT SUNKEN

1959

North Shore Line

1958

14th Street ,Michigan Avenue

1924

Soldier Field

1966

Muhammad Alí (Classius Clay)

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue

1890

first electric streetcar

1907

Street

1929

Christmas Mail Delivery in Chicago

1920

DAY BEFORE ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

c. 1930

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

1936

Chicago Car Park

c. 1895

The Tugboat Binghampton passes the Adams Street swing bridge

1907

Untitled photo of Chicago in 1907

1941

Young Chicago Residents

1893

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

1893

Ferris Wheel at the World Columbian Exposition

1905

Childrens bathing beach Lincoln Park

c. 1880

Cabinet card of “musical” cat

1929

Lawrence Avenue

1965

Blue Island Avenue

1945

Brother and sister.

1893

An exhibit hall interior of the World Columbian Exhibit

1937

Michigan Avenue ,Monroe Street

1943

Model airplanes

1922

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

1931

Kitchen opened by Al Capone.

1910

United Garment Workers Strike

1926

Maxwell Street

1902

Montgomery Ward & Co. building

1855

The oldest photo of Chicago

1919

Man on Porch During Race Riot

1919

Chicago race riot.

1923

notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again

1934

Garegin Nzhdeh with Yeghishe Hakobyan and Y.G. Hovakimyan in Chicago

1893

The Great Wharf, Moving Sidewalk

1893

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

1955

Aerialist Betty Fox Jumps Rope