![Alton Institute. A lecture will be delivered this evening, at the Baptist church, by Rev. G. B. Perry. Subject- "Elevated intelligence conducive to pure morality." ... J. W. Lincoln, Sec'y. [Alton] Feb. 12 [1840?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvYWx0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWEtbGVjdHVyZS13aWxsLWJlLWRlbGl2ZXJlZC10aGlzLWV2ZW5pbmctYXQtdGhlLWJhcHRpc3QtY2h1cmNoLTYyZGY2YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Alton Institute. A lecture will be delivered this evening, at the Baptist church, by Rev. G. B. Perry. Subject- \"Elevated intelligence conducive to pure morality.\" ... J. W. Lincoln, Sec'y. [Alton] Feb. 12 [1840?].")
Alton Institute. A lecture will be delivered this evening, at the Bapt...
Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 3.
... A regular meeting of the above society, will be held at the Old Co...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 17, Folder 11.
Western bank note & eng. co. steel plate engraving & lithography
Print shows an advertisement for the Western Bank Note & Engaving Company, La Salle Street, corner Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, makers of "steel plate engraving & lithography" of "Bonds, Checks & Certificates, ... More
![[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post Office]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWZpcmUtb2Ytb2N0LTE4NzEtY2hpY2Fnby1pbnRlcmlvci1vZi1wb3N0LW9mZmljZS02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post Office]")
[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post O...
Stereo by P.B. Greene. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Post offices Ill.; Ill. Chicago Bldgs.; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf.
The great railroad strike of July 1877
[8] Scenes and incidents at the principal points of the labor insurrection: (1) Ill. - the first attack by Chicago police on the mob; (2) Penn. - ruins of the round-house and carshops at Pittsburgh; (3) N.Y. - ... More
Interior view of the great exposition building, in Chicago, decorated ...
Photograph shows interior of building decorated with flags hanging from the rafters. Copyright 1880 by C. D. Mosher, Chicago, Il. C. D. Mosher, the National Historical photographer duly appointed and official... More
Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...
"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More
Chicago National League base ball team, 1885-6
Photograph shows 14 players on the Chicago White Stockings baseball team posed in front of large banner "Champions of the United States; players: Anson, Capt. & 1st B; Burns, 3d B; Clarkson, P; Dalrymple, LF; F... More
The Law vindicated, - four of the Chicago anarchists pay the penalty o...
Two scenes in the Cook County jail showing anarchist Parsons singing in his cell, and march of four Chicago anarchists to the scaffold before the moment of execution. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newsp... More
Through London with Dickens - A poster for a play called through londo...
T6231 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Frank Oakes Rose. Created by "Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co., Chicago, U.S.A." No. 348. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
011/001.171--Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railroad Locomotives
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Art Institute, Chicago, Ill.
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Hotel Florence, Pullman, Ill's.
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Rockford IL PO, Main Street Elevation
Architectural Drawings for Post Office Building in Rockford, Illinois Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Correct general view, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1...
4818 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2... More
![[Administration building at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, on opening day, May 1, 1893]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb24tYnVpbGRpbmctYXQtd29ybGRzLWNvbHVtYmlhbi1leHBvc2l0aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28tb24tb3BlbmluZy1kYXktYTVlY2JmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Administration building at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, on opening day, May 1, 1893]")
[Administration building at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, on ...
Copyright by C.D. Arnold. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Germany, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![["Cannibals carrying their master", World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvY2FubmliYWxzLWNhcnJ5aW5nLXRoZWlyLW1hc3Rlci13b3JsZHMtY29sdW1iaWFuLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tY2hpY2Fnby1pbGwtNDJhYmY4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[\"Cannibals carrying their master\", World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]")
["Cannibals carrying their master", World's Columbian Exposition, Chic...
56802Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Diaorama of the Greely Expedition, at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, showing Lt. A.W. Greely, U.S. Army, welcoming Lt. Lockwood and Sgt. Brainard back to Ft. Conger]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTMvMDEvMDEvZGlhb3JhbWEtb2YtdGhlLWdyZWVseS1leHBlZGl0aW9uLWF0LXRoZS0xODkzLWNoaWNhZ28td29ybGRzLWNvbHVtYmlhbi1leHBvc2l0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Diaorama of the Greely Expedition, at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, showing Lt. A.W. Greely, U.S. Army, welcoming Lt. Lockwood and Sgt. Brainard back to Ft. Conger]")
[Diaorama of the Greely Expedition, at the 1893 Chicago World's Columb...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.
Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in traditional Eskimo costume.
Charles E. Duryea in his third automobile (1893-4), winner of the Chic...
Photograph shows Charles E. Duryea sitting inside automobile on dirt road near houses.
Loading the great whaleback ship at the famous grain elevators, Chicag...
Stereograph showing grain being loaded into whaleback docked near grain elevators. Copyright 1895 by Geo. Barker. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood.
Pacific Express, Chicago and North Western Ry.
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, Poor Illinois! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows Illinois governor John R. Tanner as a devilish executioner holding a gallows, with noose, labeled "For Capitalists". The "Illinois" capitol building is in the background. Caption: She had the Hayma... More
Y.M.C.A. Building building, Chicago
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe near State, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc2VlaW5nLWNoaWNhZ28tYXV0by1hdC1tb25yb2UtbmVhci1zdGF0ZS1jaGljYWdvLWlsbC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe near State, Chicago, Ill.]")
[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe near State, Chicago, Ill.]
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![[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY2FyLWludGVyaW9ycy1jaGljYWdvLWFuZC1hbHRvbi1yYWlscm9hZC0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad]")
[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad]
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
![[Lily pond, Washington Park, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbGlseS1wb25kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tcGFyay1jaGljYWdvLWlsbC0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Lily pond, Washington Park, Chicago, Ill.]")
[Lily pond, Washington Park, Chicago, Ill.]
Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...
Shows cattle in pens. Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, construction workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Elevated railroad, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZWxldmF0ZWQtcmFpbHJvYWQtd2FiYXNoLWF2ZW51ZS1jaGljYWdvLWlsbC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Elevated railroad, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.]")
[Elevated railroad, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.]
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![[Chicago and Alton Railroad car interiors]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY2hpY2Fnby1hbmQtYWx0b24tcmFpbHJvYWQtY2FyLWludGVyaW9ycy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Chicago and Alton Railroad car interiors]")
[Chicago and Alton Railroad car interiors]
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Y.M.C.A. Building building, Chicago
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![Graham School [or Mosely School], Chicago. Interior - children seated at desks](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvZ3JhaGFtLXNjaG9vbC1vci1tb3NlbHktc2Nob29sLWNoaWNhZ28taW50ZXJpb3ItY2hpbGRyZW4tc2VhdGVkLWF0LWRlc2tzLWVlYzkzMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Graham School [or Mosely School], Chicago. Interior - children seated at desks")
Graham School [or Mosely School], Chicago. Interior - children seated ...
Photo shows children seated at desks, wearing hooded coats and gloves, with two large open windows. "Courtesy Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund." Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
![[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc3RhdGUtc3RyZWV0LXNvdXRoLWZyb20tcmFuZG9scGgtY2hpY2Fnby1pbGwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.]")
[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.]
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Newberry Library, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Station of the Chicago and Alton Railroad at Lemont, Ill
Taken from the end of Canal Street. "7" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042284. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mascoutah Kennel Club dog show. Dogs from both continents / Geo. Ford ...
Poster showing a woman with dogs at the Mascoutah Kennel Club's dog show.
Trees - Public domain portrait drawing
Alexander Shilling (American, Chicago, Illinois 1859–1937 New York) Public domain photo of American 20th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Dispossessed / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a depressed old man wearing formal clothing, sitting on the sidewalk on small railroad cars labeled "Street Railways", in his pocket is a paper labeled "Expiring Franchises" and protruding fr... More
Hastings YMCA Camp postcard, Springfield College Collection
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Pacific Grove, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph
H[...] U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence; August 17, 1906.
A Steam Thresher at Work in the Golden Grain Fields of Illinois
No. 2939. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvdW5pb24tc3RvY2steWFyZHMtY2hpY2Fnby1pbGwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/16/webp "[Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.]")
[Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.]
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Jackknife Bridge, Chicago, Ill.
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
University of Chicago, Ill - Victorian era public domain image
Possibly by Hans Behm. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070160. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
![[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXByZXNpZGVudGlhbC1jYW5kaWRhdGUtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...
Reproduction of photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, '... More
Chicago kennel club, eighth annual dog show, first regiment armory, 16...
21179 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More
Where the last spike was driven, C.M. & P.S.R.R. - May 19, 1909
Photograph shows groups of men standing around the area on the railroad tracks where the last spike was driven. Copyright 1909 by R. H. McKay, Missoula, Mont.
![[John Davison Rockefeller, full-length portrait, walking, facing right, with his son]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvam9obi1kYXZpc29uLXJvY2tlZmVsbGVyLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXdhbGtpbmctZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LXdpdGgtaGlzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[John Davison Rockefeller, full-length portrait, walking, facing right, with his son]")
[John Davison Rockefeller, full-length portrait, walking, facing right...
Copyright by George Bain. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Passenger terminal, Madison St. [Street] entrance, C. & N.W. Ry. [Chicago and North Western Railway], Chicago, Ill.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvcGFzc2VuZ2VyLXRlcm1pbmFsLW1hZGlzb24tc3Qtc3RyZWV0LWVudHJhbmNlLWMtYW5kLW53LXJ5LWNoaWNhZ28tYW5kLW5vcnRoLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Passenger terminal, Madison St. [Street] entrance, C. & N.W. Ry. [Chicago and North Western Railway], Chicago, Ill.")
Passenger terminal, Madison St. [Street] entrance, C. & N.W. Ry. [Chic...
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![7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Stablemen & Helpers, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 5, '10](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvN3RoLWFubnVhbC1jb252LWludC1icm90aGVyaG9vZC1vZi10ZWFtc3RlcnMtY2hhZmZldXJzLXNpYy1zdGFibGVtZW4tYW5kLWhlbHBlcnMtOGU3ZmE4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/8/webp "7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Stablemen & Helpers, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 5, '10")
7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Sta...
J144935 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; International Stereograph Co.; September 3, 1910. On front: "Copyright 1910 by International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill.".
![[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, October 11, 1858]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1vY3RvYmVyLTExLTE4NTgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, October 11, 1858]")
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, October 11...
Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln while he was in Monmouth, Illinois, to give a speech and two days before his sixth debate with Stephen A. Douglas during their campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat. Lincoln had the ... More
President Taft speaking at Decatur Ill., Feb. 11, 1911
President Taft on outdoor stage speaking to large crowd. J152908 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15. Copyright by International Stereograph Co., Decatur, Ill.
![Gotch - Hackenschmidt Wrestling Match for World's Championship [shows wrestlers in outdoor ring and spectators in grandstand], Sept. 4, 1911, Chicago](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvZ290Y2gtaGFja2Vuc2NobWlkdC13cmVzdGxpbmctbWF0Y2gtZm9yLXdvcmxkcy1jaGFtcGlvbnNoaXAtc2hvd3Mtd3Jlc3RsZXJzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/21/webp "Gotch - Hackenschmidt Wrestling Match for World's Championship [shows wrestlers in outdoor ring and spectators in grandstand], Sept. 4, 1911, Chicago")
Gotch - Hackenschmidt Wrestling Match for World's Championship [shows ...
J160778 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; BI; Sports Wrestling; Shelf. G-, Frank Alvin, b. 1878. H-, George, 1877-1968.
Convention crowd - Chicago - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Ormsby McHarg - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Ceremonies - Illinois thru Massachusetts - Red Cross parade to stimula...
Photographer: David Beehler Ceremonies - Illinois thru Massachusetts Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
University of Chicago Law School, 1955-63. Law School
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sure! We'll finish the job Victory Liberty Loan / / Gerrit A. Beneker ...
Poster showing a man in hat and overalls reaching into his pocket; he wears buttons from previous Liberty Loan campaigns. No. 1-C. Duplicate on file.
![Republican [National] Convention, [Chicago, Illinois,] 1920.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvcmVwdWJsaWNhbi1uYXRpb25hbC1jb252ZW50aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28taWxsaW5vaXMtMTkyMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Republican [National] Convention, [Chicago, Illinois,] 1920.")
Republican [National] Convention, [Chicago, Illinois,] 1920.
Title derived from Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of six suffragists at the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago, gathered in front of a building with suffrage banners. Mrs. James Rect... More
![[Cat, Seen From Above] - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjYvMDEvMDEvY2F0LXNlZW4tZnJvbS1hYm92ZS1mNmNiOGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Cat, Seen From Above] - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.")
[Cat, Seen From Above] - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum...
László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), Borsod 1895–1946 Chicago, Illinois)
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Illinois - Kane County - Elgin...
Enumeration District Maps - Illinois - Kane County
1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Illinois (IL) - Du Page County...
Enumeration District Maps - Illinois - DuPage County
Soldiers' Field and Field Museum at the Lake Front, Chicago
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Illinois postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Illinois postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Illinois (IL) - Cook County - ...
Enumeration District Maps - Illinois - Cook County Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Attacked by the Metchigami, Tablet, Marquette Bldg., Chicago
No. 32470. Public domain photograph of sculpture relief, decorative panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wacker Drive taken from Merchandise Mart looking south, Chicago
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Illinois postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Save your eyes - use your goggles
Poster for WPA Illinois Safety Division promoting safety and use of proper eye protection. Date stamped on verso: Apr 28 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More
Pet show - WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2
Poster showing two dogs. Date stamped on verso: Apr 3 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Curb service 10,000 current books - convenient, free, time saving : Ch...
Poster for bookmobile service of the Chicago Public Library, showing a traffic light. Date stamped on verso: Mar 25 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Abandoned "gospel car" near Kewanee, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Glass Magnate called to stand of monopoly investigation. Washington, D...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Historical Marker Marking the Site of Cherokee Indian En...
Original caption: Historical marker north of Illinois #146 between West Vienna and Anna, IL. Marks site of Cherokee Indian Encampment, Jan 1839, when Cherokees were en route from Georgia to Indian Territory. Hi... More
Father & son banquet - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress
Poster for a father and son banquet, sponsored by the Chicago Urban League, at the Savoy Ballroom. Attributed to Chicago artist, Albert M. Bender. Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administratio... More
Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab., Glenview, Ill. Formerly a scul...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Funeral service, West Frankfort, Illinois
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bartender in Rainbow Room of Ly-Mar Hotel. Herrin, Illinois
Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, working as a sweeper at the rou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Miner breaking coal off the face. Old Ben number eight. West Frankfort...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illino...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picket fence built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitatio...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Side street, Salem, Illinois - Automobiles of 1940s
Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man and dogs in front of grocery store, Robinson, Illinois
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago Great Western Railroad Station, Dubuque, Iowa
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For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library often! / V. Do...
Poster promoting library use, showing a man in a pose based on Rodin's "Thinker."
Bookshop window, Chicago, Illinois
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Kitchenette" apartment house, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a group of children, possibly related to: Y...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Children playing "ring around a rosie" in one of the better neighborho...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A group of people standing outside of a super market. Office of War In...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More
Tavern on southside of Chicago, Illinois
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Cattle at Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Children playing on the street, Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Clinic patient receiving instruction card at municipal tuberculosis sa...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seating now in all parts of the house. Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a woman walking past a store. Office of War...
Original negative number: LC-USF33-12978-M2; file print corrected Feb. 1998. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washing... More
![[Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place,] Chicago, Illinois](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDEvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1jb3JuZXItb2YtamVmZmVyc29uLXN0cmVldC1hbmQtdmVybm9uLXBhcmstcGxhY2UtY2hpY2Fnby1pbGxpbm9pcy0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place,] Chicago, Illinois")
[Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place,] Chic...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.