![[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1887/01/01/king-kelly-chicago-white-stockings-baseball-card-portrait-640.jpg "[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]")
![The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/the-land-of-our-birth-the-following-poem-was-then-read-by-prof-rodney-welch-640.jpg "The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodney Welch one of the editors of The Times, of Chicago, a native of Monmouth, Kennebec county, Me. [Chicago? Ill.].")
![Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/map-of-the-projected-railway-from-harrisburg-to-pittsburg-sic-with-proposed-640.jpg "Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.")
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...
Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... more
Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...
Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network.
Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...
Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... more
Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and connecting lines, Solomo...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central states showing major drainage, relief by hachures in Ohio, place names, canals, and the railroad network. Chartered in 1848. Consolidated to form the Pittsburgh... more
Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.
Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... more
Map of Chicago & Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and Mississipp...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing "railroads completed or in progress" and "railroads proposed & authorized unless named as 'projected.'"
A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
Map of the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad.
Outline map of Wisconsin and parts of adjoining states showing major drainage, important cities, and the present and proposed railroad network.
D.B. Cooke & Co's railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations ...
Outline map showing "R.R. in operation" and "R.R. in Progress." [From published bibliography]
The death chamber
Slaughterhouse scene with man killing pigs with sledgehammer, as other men bleed, and clean the pig's bodies, Cincinnati, Ohio.
![[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/abraham-lincoln-immediately-prior-to-senate-nomination-chicago-illinois-640.jpg "[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed.
![Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/original-air-line-and-united-states-mail-route-1857-spring-arrangement-1857-640.jpg "Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.")
![[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/abraham-lincoln-immediately-prior-to-senate-nomination-chicago-illinois-1-640.jpg "[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.
![1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/1857-pennsylvania-central-railroad-in-direct-connection-with-the-pittsburgh-640.jpg "1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.")
Map of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail Road and its connections.
Map of Wisconsin and parts of Illinois and Michigan showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the railroad network. The main line is in red, and the Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad is in blue.
Road road route from Boston, Massachusetts to Chicago, Illinois.
Outline map of a strip between Boston and Chicago showing one schematic rail line with many railroad stations named along the line. Mileage table indicating five railroads is at lower right of map.
The city of Chicago, Illinois
Bird's-eye panorama, with border vignettes of buildings and landmarks.
"The irrespressible conflict" Or the Republican barge in danger
The cartoon reflects the considerable bitterness among New York Republicans at the party's surprising failure to nominate New York senator William H. Seward for president at its May 1860 national convention. Th... more
![A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/a-j-potter-wallis-brothers-premium-photograph-gallery-117-lake-st-chicago-illinois-640.jpg "A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.")
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
The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...
Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois.
![The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicago, May 1860](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/the-republicans-in-nominating-convention-in-their-wigwam-at-chicago-may-1860-640.jpg "The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicago, May 1860")
The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicag...
Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall.
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
1. the Zouave drill - running in double quick step; 2. rallying by companies to repel cavalry (with protruding payonets to resemble a pin-cushin).
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
Composite of 8 different drill scenes.
Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....
Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.
![[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front] / Everitt, Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/1st-lieutenant-john-paul-kuntze-union-officer-bust-portrait-facing-front-everitt-640.jpg "[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front] / Everitt, Chicago.")
![Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chicago, I]ll.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/col-a-j-potter-brands-art-gallery-no-108-lake-street-chicago-ill-640.jpg "Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chicago, I]ll.")
Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chica...
Photograph shows portrait of Potter in uniform.
![[Captain Louis Ernst von Trebra, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Rex Mf'g Co., Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/captain-louis-ernst-von-trebra-union-officer-in-the-32nd-indiana-regiment-full-640.jpg "[Captain Louis Ernst von Trebra, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Rex Mf'g Co., Chicago.")
![[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Wallis Bro., 117 Lake St., Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/1st-lieutenant-august-bitter-union-officer-in-the-24th-illinois-regiment-full-640.jpg "[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Wallis Bro., 117 Lake St., Chicago.")
Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with i...
Map of the midwestern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered January 16, 1836, constructed in 1853. Consolidated into the ... more
![[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1862/01/01/five-unidentified-prisoners-of-war-in-confederate-uniforms-in-front-of-their-640.jpg "[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Illinois]")
![Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1862/01/01/map-shewing-the-several-routes-proposed-for-the-passage-of-gunboats-to-the-640.jpg "Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]")
Map showing the location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with it...
Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the completed, proposed, and under-construction railroads.
Oppression!! Suppressing the press
An extremely crude and somewhat obscure satire on Union general Ambrose E. Burnside's controversial suspension of the Chicago "Times" because of "disloyal and incendiary statements." The anti-Lincoln paper was ... more
![[Printed.] Letter of Geo. B. McClellan in acceptance of the nomination Chicago Convention.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/printed-letter-of-geo-b-mcclellan-in-acceptance-of-the-nomination-chicago-convention-640.jpg "[Printed.] Letter of Geo. B. McClellan in acceptance of the nomination Chicago Convention.")
![How Columbia receives McClellan's salutation from the Chicago platform. [July 1864].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/how-columbia-receives-mcclellans-salutation-from-the-chicago-platform-july-640.jpg "How Columbia receives McClellan's salutation from the Chicago platform. [July 1864].")
![The two roads to peace! How shall we end the rebellion - shall we coax it, or crush it? ... The Chicago platform .... The Baltimore platform .... Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. [1864].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/the-two-roads-to-peace-how-shall-we-end-the-rebellion-shall-we-coax-it-or-crush-1-640.jpg "The two roads to peace! How shall we end the rebellion - shall we coax it, or crush it? ... The Chicago platform .... The Baltimore platform .... Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. [1864].")
The Chicago platform / Th. Nast.
A deceptive broadside, ostensibly a pro-McClellan campaign piece but actually a piercing attack on the Democratic platform. In the center is a portrait of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan... more
Little Mac's double feat of equitation
During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... more
A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...
The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... more
The true peace commissioners
An angered response to false Confederate peace overtures and to the push for reconciliation with the South advanced by the Peace Democrats in 1864. (See also "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," ... more
![The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago ... For sale by all news agents. [n. p. 1864?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/the-real-chicago-platform-as-expounded-by-the-democratic-orators-at-chicago-640.jpg "The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago ... For sale by all news agents. [n. p. 1864?].")
Isham's celebrated stomach bitters / Lith. Edward Mondel(?), Chicago, ...
Patent medicine label illustrated with man with hammer on flagpole with American flag.
![[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/bayoneted-rifles-on-racks-at-arsenal-of-134th-illinois-volunteer-infantry-columbus-640.jpg "[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.")
Democracy. 1832. 1864.
Two scenes contrast Democratic presidential candidate of 1832 Andrew Jackson and 1864 George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's st... more
![The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago. [1864?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/the-real-chicago-platform-as-expounded-by-the-democratic-orators-at-chicago-1-640.jpg "The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago. [1864?].")
![Die platform. Baltimore. Die National-convention, welche sich am 7 Juli zu Baltimore versammelte und Abraham Lincoln zum Präsidenten und Andrew Johnson zum vice-präsidenten nominirte nahm die folgende platform am:Beschlossen [etc.] Chicago. Die](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/die-platform-baltimore-die-national-convention-welche-sich-am-7-juli-zu-baltimore-640.jpg "Die platform. Baltimore. Die National-convention, welche sich am 7 Juli zu Baltimore versammelte und Abraham Lincoln zum Präsidenten und Andrew Johnson zum vice-präsidenten nominirte nahm die folgende platform am:Beschlossen [etc.] Chicago. Die")
Platforms illustrated
The August 1864 Democratic national convention in Chicago is unfavorably compared to the Republican convention in Baltimore in June of the same year. The artist is especially critical of prominent New York Peac... more
How Columbia receives McLellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform
Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the... more
![Programme of procession to escort the remains of President Lincoln from the court house to the funeral train for Springfield ... R. M. Hough, Chief Marshal. [Chicago? Ill., 1865].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1865/01/01/programme-of-procession-to-escort-the-remains-of-president-lincoln-from-the-640.jpg "Programme of procession to escort the remains of President Lincoln from the court house to the funeral train for Springfield ... R. M. Hough, Chief Marshal. [Chicago? Ill., 1865].")
E. D. Townsend, Bvt. Maj. Gen. / S. M. Fassett's New Gallery, 114 & 11...
Photograph shows portrait of Brevet Major General Edward Davis Townsend of Adjutant General Department Regular Army Infantry Regiment, in uniform.
National picture. Behold oh! America, your sons. The greatest among me...
A smaller version of no. 1865-7, issued later the same year and printed from one rather than two lithographic stones. In this version the figure of Lincoln is more convincingly drawn, but the continent is cropp... more
![[William Findlay Coolbaugh, founder of the Union National Bank of Chicago, full-length portrait, seated, reading a piece of paper, facing right]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1865/01/01/william-findlay-coolbaugh-founder-of-the-union-national-bank-of-chicago-full-640.jpg "[William Findlay Coolbaugh, founder of the Union National Bank of Chicago, full-length portrait, seated, reading a piece of paper, facing right]")
Falls of Minne-ha-ha and rustic bridge / J. Carbutt, photographer, Chi...
Stereograph shows two women and a man standing on a footbridge before a waterfall.
