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Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /

Depths shown by soundings in feet. Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Upper left margin: No. 31, No. 3020. Pri... More

[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

engraving from "The Voters and Tax-Payers of Bureau County, Illinois. ...

This image has been taken from scan 000113 from "The Voters and Tax-Payers of Bureau County, Illinois. Containing, also, a biographical directory ... a history of the County and State [by N. Matson], etc. [With... More

Portrait from "The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a hist...

This image has been taken from scan 000061 from "The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the County [by G. H. Woodruff], its Cities, Towns, etc. [by W. H. Perrin and H. H. Hill]. ... Illus... More

portrait from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a hi...

This image has been taken from scan 000965 from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a history of the County [by C. P. Merriman], its cities, towns, etc. [by J. H. Burnham, H. H. Hill, and A. W. ... More

Emeline Sharp from "History of Christian County, Illinois. With illust...

This image has been taken from scan 000294 from "History of Christian County, Illinois. With illustrations ... and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers". The title and subject terms o... More

portrait from "Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illino...

This image has been taken from scan 000343 from "Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, with illustrations ... By W. R. Brink & Co". The title and subject terms of this image have been gener... More

portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

This image has been taken from scan 000271 from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of the prominent men and pioneers. [With plates.]".... More

portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

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portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

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portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

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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)

The Chicago Fire, 1871 - A black and white photo of a city

Photo of painted cyclorama copyrighted by G.M. Watson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Lawrence Swiney i.e. Swinyer, veteran of 1812 Eight sons of Lawrence S...

Photograph shows montage of portraits of Lawrence Swinyer, who served in the War of 1812, and his sons who all served in the Civil War: John Swinyer of Co. B, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment and Co. G, 14th Vermo... More

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

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

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

Clinic patient receiving instruction card at municipal tuberculosis sa...

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Scott Field, Illinois. Nurses advancing through a cloud of smoke in a ...

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Chicago, Illinois. Lake Michigan beach

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

Exhibit hall at the Field Museum of Natural History in Grant Park, Chi...

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H. M. Kingsley; [Church of Good Shepherd, Chicago.]

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Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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US-IL(1891) p223 CHICAGO, THE CHICAGO RIVER

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History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history ...

Identifier: historyofhancock00greg (find matches) Title: History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws Year: 1880 (1880s) Authors: Gregg, Thom... More

MRS. W. J. ROBERTS Official directory of the women's clubs of Chicago ...

Identifier: officialdirector00unse_0 (find matches) Title: Official directory of the women's clubs of Chicago Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Women Publisher: Chicago : R.A. Williams Contributing Lib... More

The Official hotel red book and directory (1903) (14572483719)

Identifier: officialhotelred00amer (find matches) Title: The Official hotel red book and directory Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: American Hotel Association of the United States and Canada American Hotel Associ... More

Searching Negroes for arms in police station.

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Giant Aroid (Anthurium), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill...

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Chilkat Blanket, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, M...

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois : carefully compiled fr...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4091 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Cass County, and brief biographies and portraits of early C... More

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

portrait from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a hi...

This image has been taken from scan 000876 from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a history of the County [by C. P. Merriman], its cities, towns, etc. [by J. H. Burnham, H. H. Hill, and A. W. ... More

portrait from "The History of Peoria County, Illinois ... Illustrated"

This image has been taken from scan 000649 from "The History of Peoria County, Illinois ... Illustrated". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British... More

County from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations d...

This image has been taken from scan 000237 from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of the prominent men and pioneers. [With plates.]".... More

The Anarchist Riot in Chicago - A Dynamite Bomb exploding among the po...

Drawn by T. de Thulstrup from sketches and photos furnished by H. Jeaneret. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 30, (1886 May 15), p. 312-313. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Photo shows Lincoln in a print made from a negative taken by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Lincoln said of this portrait: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever... More

Sumner's grand division crossing the Rappahannock

Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 411.

Unity Building and Dearborn Street, Chicago

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Pneumo-thorax treatment in municipal tuberculosis sanitarium. Mostly N...

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Milkweed Flower, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

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Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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An illustrated historical atlas map of Randolph County, Ills. : carefu...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4348 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Randolph County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

An illustrated historical atlas map of Randolph County, Ills. : carefu...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4348 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Randolph County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - A piece of history left

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - A piece of history left Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Sept. 25. This seven-inch boring mill was installed March 1, 1943. It was initially used to bo... More

US-IL(1891) p213 CHICAGO, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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The badger (1916) (14773737482)

Identifier: badger00univ_0 (find matches) Title: The badger Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: University of Wisconsin Subjects: University of Wisconsin College yearbooks Universities and colleges Publisher: Badg... More

Driveway near Field Museum [of Natural History], Jackson Park, Chicago...

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[Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Inscribed below image: old. Within image: pink, white. Inscribed on bunting: The father; Sooner Than Surrender These Principles I Would Be Assassinated on this. Gift, J.P. Mo... More

The Militia and Negroes on friendly terms

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Papaya, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

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Great Fire of 1871. Corner Washington & LaSalle Streets. Sterescope Ca...

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John F. Farnsworth 8th Ill. Cavalry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1894; ink on emulsion: 1894, JF Farnsworth. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war phot... More

Michigan Terrace, Michigan Avenue. Looking towards teh Central Depot f...

Print shows the Michigan Terrace, or Terrace Row residences, 11 separate luxury dwellings in a single large building facing Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with carriage and pedestrian traffic, and with t... More

[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Mrs. O'Leary's res...

Stereo published by J. Mountford. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI RESIDENCES; Photog. Index; Ill. Chicago Residences; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf. Patrick O'Leary.

portrait from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a hi...

This image has been taken from scan 000749 from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a history of the County [by C. P. Merriman], its cities, towns, etc. [by J. H. Burnham, H. H. Hill, and A. W. ... More

portrait from "History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an o...

This image has been taken from scan 000337 from "History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State Laws". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

This image has been taken from scan 000177 from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of the prominent men and pioneers. [With plates.]".... More

engraving from "History of Chicago from the earliest period to the pre...

This image has been taken from scan 000457 from "History of Chicago from the earliest period to the present time. [With illustrations.] vol. 1". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fro... More

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: Close up of the fountains and sculpture of the 'Court of Honor' at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. Buildings of the Exposition can be seen in the background. The Smithsonian coordin... More

The main street of Shawneetown, Illinois

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L. K. Williams; [Pastor of the Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago.]

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Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Wall maps. Relief shown by gradient tints and hachures. Title from the separately published Teacher's manual accompanying the Hart-Bolton American history maps. Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert, 1919. Manuals describi... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Community desig...

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1867; Oct. 9-...

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Greeley Wells Jr., Barbara Kenney and Elizabeth Wells

Greeley Wells Jr., Barbara Kenney and Elizabeth Wells display letters and challenge coins they received from Maj. Sung Kim, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Seattle, on behalf of 35th C... More

Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, State Route 157, Cahokia, St. Clair County, I...

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The round-up (1915) (14803249203)

Identifier: roundup00bayl_3 (find matches) Title: The round-up Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Baylor University Subjects: Baylor University College yearbooks Christian universities and colleges Publisher: Wac... More

Building Erected for the reception of the body of the President at Cle...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed vertically left margin: House where the first subscription to the "Boston Liberator" was got up. Inscribed above image: I have made the flags drooping it was raining hard ... More

Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage jail, June 27th, 1844 ...

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Reli... More

Swan Flower, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill.

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Trumpet Vine, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill.

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Atlas map of Greene County, Illinois /

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Old Fort Dearborn with surroundings in 1856

Print shows a blockhouse at center with a lighthouse to the left, a large tree in the right foreground and a smaller building labeled "Lake House" behind it. There are smokestacks and masts on a side-wheeler la... More

[University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois]

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Capitol of Illinois, no. 26 - An old photo of a building with a clock ...

Photograph shows the Illinois State House draped with black and white mourning cloth for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in text and pi... More

Wheeler Parker oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in C...

Wheeler Parker, Jr., discusses his visit to Mississippi with his cousin, Emmett Till. He recalls the incident at Bryant's store and the night that Till was kidnapped, and Till's funeral in Chicago. He remembers... More

Reaching out for the river - drill grounds of the defenders of Cairo, ...

Panoramic view of the parade grounds at Camp Defiance, Cairo, Illinois shows troops from several Illinois volunteer units engaged in drill practice; in the background is the Mississippi River. Copyright by Rev... More

Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois : carefully compiled fr...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4091 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Cass County, and brief biographies and portraits of early C... More

Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois : carefully compiled fr...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4091 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Cass County, and brief biographies and portraits of early C... More

Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois : carefully compiled fr...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4091 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Cass County, and brief biographies and portraits of early C... More

Camps at Stevenson Ala. March 4-1864

Naive (self-taught) image with cabins in foreground, men in carriage pulling cannon lower left, tents, cabins and fort in background. Signed lower right: G.H. Blakeslee March 4 - T.E. 1864. Title inscribed in r... More

portrait from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a hi...

This image has been taken from scan 000371 from "The history of McLean County, Illinois, containing a history of the County [by C. P. Merriman], its cities, towns, etc. [by J. H. Burnham, H. H. Hill, and A. W. ... More

portrait from "The history of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, con...

This image has been taken from scan 000573 from "The history of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, containing a history of the counties [by R. D. Miller and J. M. Ruggles], ... statistics, &c. Illustrated". T... More

portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

This image has been taken from scan 000205 from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of the prominent men and pioneers. [With plates.]".... More

portrait from "History of De Witt County, Illinois. With illustrations...

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"The tribute to the Minotaur" - the interests of all other states sacr...

Illustration shows Samuel J. Randall seated at one end of a gondola and William D. Kelley standing at the other end calling out "to the Protection Minotaur of Pennsylvania", between them are several maiden wome... More

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago and Washington, D.C., is one of th...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, half-length, Jessie Hardy Stubbs, facing forward, wearing short-brimmed hat, gloves, plaid suit with sailor-style blouse and necktie, carrying bri... More

Civilian Conservation Corps - Illinois, National Forest Service photog...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photograph of Indian Mound - A black and white photo of a mound in a f...

Original caption: Indian Mound 1/8 mile west of junction of state Highway 151 and 3. Historic Photographs

A blue and white road sign sitting in the middle of a field. Route 66 ...

Tourism: A sign for a route 66 attraction. A sign on a post that says route 66 attraction. Public domain stock photo.

Current and former members of the 182nd Airlift Wing,

Current and former members of the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, visit together during the annual retiree social held on the base in Peoria, Ill., Aug. 24, 2017. The original unit, the 169th F... More

Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Homer Wells,

Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Homer Wells, a former chief of maintenance with the 182nd Tactical Air Support Group, poses with a portrait of himself after a ceremony honoring his service in Peoria, I... More