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[Woman riding camel on the Street of Cairo section of the Midway at th...

Photo by Weber. 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 g... More

Honorable William E. Rothery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, & Honorable ...

No. 6D. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street scene at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

Photographic print by Weber. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exposition grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union of all nations / Th. Nast, 1893.

Patriotic drawing commemorating the Naval Review held in New York Harbor in connection with the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. The drawing shows a young woman holding a paper labeled "Th... More

Mary Dookshoode Annanuck. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Illustration shows Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., 1894 March 8, illus. 4.

Woman's Building, W. entrance / Melander, photographer, Chicago.

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 13568-Z U.S. Copyright Office. No. 31.

Mineral spring, Garfield Park, Chicago. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, ...

No. 519. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Cannon boom. Are you on? / Keppler.

Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon standing on a small platform labeled "Wall Street" at the end of a long two-handled accordion-like folding extension device manipulated by J. Pierpont Morgan who is standing ... More

Panorama of the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1933

Two airships over exposition. J 13952 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harry Koss; August 22, 1933. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, Ill. Landmarks labeled on image.

A glimpse of the administration building. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicag...

No. 19. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anarchists monument in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago

Large memorial to 4 anarchists executed by state after Haymarket Riot, 1887. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Stereo copyrighted by Keystone. No. 32518. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893

Photo shows a bird's-eye view, with monument and canal in foreground. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New... More

Squad of Chicago Mounted Police, Panoramic Photograph

H101629 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington/ No. 7-100. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 25, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43346.5.

Delegates to the First National Convention of the Socialist Party of t...

Photograph shows a group portrait of Socialist Party delegates with a key to people depicted printed on the mount. H48530 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1904 by Geo. D. Evans". Copyright deposit; 1904.

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

The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.

Chicago in 1868 from Schiller Street north side to 12th Street south s...

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 148 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Chicago in 1820. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1

Bird's-eye view of Chicago as it was before the great fire / drawn by ...

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with boats on water in foreground, and key to forty-nine locations. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 21, pp. 984-985.

Fire engine at World's Columbian Exposition grounds while buildings we...

Photograph shows two men operating steam powered fire engine; thick black smoke blows from steamer. No. 424.

[Ceylon tea house at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]

55573y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbian Exposition--the grand court at night--electrical illuminatio...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Field Museum, Jackson Park, Chicago. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL,...

No. 4462. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A book with a picture of a man riding a horse, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More

Panoramic view of Grant Park & Michigan Ave., Chicago

Postcard shows a view of four automobiles driving through Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, with buildings on Michigan Avenue in the background. K 10249 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1910 by Max Rigot, Chicago.

Michigan Avenue facing Grant Park, Chicago

Postcard shows panoramic city view of Chicago with Grant Park in the foreground. Airplanes fly overhead. J176236 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1912 by Max Rigot, Chicago. Copyright and published by Max Rig... More

Attendees at the 1952 Republican National Convention, Chicago, Illinoi...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Dearborn St., north from Van Buren, Chicago

H81058 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted in 1906 by H.C. White Co. No. 208. Caption card tracings: Street rr; Elevated railroads; Ill. C. Sts.; Shelf.

Robert Ledwith interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-08-13

Ledwith is the business manager for IWU #46 in New York City. During the interview, we discuss his personal background, entry into the iron trade, the history of the Local and iron workers in New York City, his... More

Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplem...

This supplementary material folder contains 33 fieldwork photographs taken by Clark Douglas Halker documenting display and exhibit materials at the 2011 Iron Workers Union National Convention in Chicago. It als... More

James Robert Keane interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2013-0...

James "Jimmy" Keane, a prominent figure on the Irish music scene in Chicago and Ireland, discusses his career as an iron worker and member of Local 1 of the Iron Workers International Union. Keane, who was inju... More

Illustrated atlas and Columbian souvenir of La Grange County, Indiana ...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4542 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of the United States, brief history of LaGrange County, and biographies ... More

Panorama of A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933

Two airships over exposition. J 14198 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harry Koss; October 30, 1933. Landmarks labeled on image.

Madison St., east toward the Lake from State St., Chicago, Ill.

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White. No. 202. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Chicago platform / Th. Nast., Confederate States of America.

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

Bird's-eye-view of Chicago as it was before the great fire.

From Harper's weekly, October 21, 1871, pages 984-5. Indexed for points of interest. Text of pages 983 and 986 on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

The city of Chicago. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 150 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Exterior of Woman's Building, while under construction, at World's Fa...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Far-Away-Moses with woman in Middle Eastern dress at World's Columbia...

56813Y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exposition grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain p... More

Lily pond, Washington Park, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A

No. 9692. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Floral gardens, Washington Park, Chicago. Stereoscopic card of Chicago...

No. 5496. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A bird's-eye view of Chicago from elevation 700 ft. above Lake Michiga...

Public domain image of Chicago city buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Free neighborhood classes for adults Enroll now : Classes in reading -...

Poster from the Adult Education Program of the Chicago Board of Education announcing free education classes for adults, showing a man, wearing a suit, reading. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Li... More

Just a few talking machine records. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill

No. 10. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Land poor, a Chicago parable,

Also available in digital form. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The city of Chicago, Landscape view print

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois, as seen from Lake Michigan. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1208.

Illustrated atlas and Columbian souvenir of La Grange County, Indiana ...

Grand finale of the stupendous spectacular success, "Uncle Sam's show"...

Caricature of Uncle Sam dancing with eight men, representing other countries, at end of the Chicago World's Fair. Illus. in: Puck, 1893 Oct. 30, p. 314. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

The Lake City, Chicago - A black and white drawing of a city

Skyline of Chicago, with lake in foreground. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.

George Hunt - Democracy. 1832. 1864., Confederate States of America.

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

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

Interior of Mines and Mining Building from South Gallery

Interior of the Mines and Mining Building while under construction at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 27791 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22.

Bird's eye view of Chicago, 1892. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and inset "View of Chicago in... More

Manufacturus [sic] and Liberal Arts building, Worlds Fair, Chicago, U....

48240X U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1892, by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two photographic prints, showing woman seated on back of kneeling came...

Photographic print by Weber. No. 25. 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 Columb...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[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, 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

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.

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co... More

[British Day crowds crossing bridge at World's Columbian Exposition, C...

56814Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. One of set of photographs issued by Souvenir Photogr. Co., Chicago.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Lily Pond, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Ill

No. 1038. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Terminals of the Chicago and North-Western Railway at Chicago /

Inset: Chicago & North Western Railway terminals at Chicago. 24 x 20 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3

The Republican convention / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of "Policies" to William H. Taft, as "The New Mahout", sitting on the Republican elephant la... More

Metal working class at work, Altgeld School, Chicago, Ill

No. 2; 32112. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The city of Chicago, Landscape view print

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois, as seen from Lake Michigan. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1208.

The city of Chicago, Landscape view print

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois, as seen from Lake Michigan. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1208.

Illustrated atlas and Columbian souvenir of La Grange County, Indiana ...

The City of Chicago / sketched & drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater.

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois from above Lake Michigan; prominent features listed below image. 7715 1874 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives, New York. Available also through the Library o... More

The City of Chicago / sketched & drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater.

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois from above Lake Michigan; prominent features listed below image.

Chicago in 1820 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing Native Americans engaged in fur trading on the banks of a river or lake at the settlement of Chicago. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by H. Henke, in the clerk's office of U... More

Grand birds-eye view of the grounds and buildings of the great Columbi...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2684

Map showing the burnt district in Chicago : published for the benefit ...

Oriented with North to right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Javanese(?) woman sitting in room working with textiles at exhibit fe...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Southwest(?) view over Manufa...

In album, p. 7. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Germany, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening of the World's Fair / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y.

Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, with insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Grover Cleveland. 51630Y U.S. Copyright Office.

Interior of Manufactures Building, at the World's Columbian Exposition...

Photograph shows interior of large exhibition building with variety of items on display. Copyright 1893 by C. D. Arnold.

The World's Fair, East [i.e. west] entrance to Manufacturer's Building

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. 42196Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Souvenir Photo Co. No. 36.

[Fisheries at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, with three ...

Rain-In-The-Face. (Sioux Indian) / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Rain-In-The-Face, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, in traditional Sioux costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Publis... More

Flower blossoms, Washington Park, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A

No. 6009. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

All elevated trains in Chicago stop at the Chicago Rock Island and Pac...

C² 29397 U.S. Copyright Office Shows Rock Island ticket offices and stations, cable and electric street car system, and elevated system in the city. Title in Copyright record, v. 15, 1897: Birdseye view of port... More

Chicago River, a small but of immense commercial importance (connectin...

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Suffragists demonstrating against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, 1916]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of (mostly female) suffrage supporters demonstrating with signs addressed to President Woodrow Wilson while assembled along a street in Chicago. S... More

Neat Residences along Rogers Park, Chicago, Ill

No. 26698. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Tower, Chicago and Michigan Aves., Chicago

No. 32513. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid...

Poster for the Chicago Department of Health, showing a flying disc "Toxoid" preventing a lightning bolt from striking a child.

[Senator Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee speaking at microphone during th...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 19746, frame 8/8A. Contact sheet folder caption: "Democratic Nat'l Conv. 3rd sessi... More