Photographs of the Everett M. Dirksen Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois
Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in Chicago, Illinois. Details include courtrooms, halls, the lobby, the post office, and sculptural decoration.
Photograph album owned by the Spafford family
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Photograph album owned by the Spafford family
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Negro boy in empty lot which is his playground, Chicago, Illinois
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Apartment building in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois
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Street scene, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois
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National League Park, Chicago, Cubs vs. Giants, Aug. 30, 1908
H115469 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; September 2, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43550. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, a...
H69546 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; December 6, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42780.21. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois
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Cubs vs. White Sox, City Championship series, Chicago, Oct. 9, '09, So...
J133233 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 16, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43800. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York. No. 9-3563.A.
[A reprint of the original broadside containing the Republican Platfor...
Facsim.:. 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 18, Folder 1b.
The cheapest eating house in America a warm meal for 5 cts. / / Copeli...
Photograph shows a food stand within a large pavilion, probably at the Interstate Industrial Exposition in Chicago.
"The first dynamite bomb thrown in America" May 4th, 1886. The personn...
Print shows portraits of defendants, attorneys, jurors, and police officials involved in the anarchist trial, Chicago, Illinois, 1886.
Great Northern Building & Hotel, Chicago
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
World's Fair dedication / J.W. Taylor, Chicago.
"Military parade on Michigan Boulevard," Chicago. 36698 U.S. Copyright Office. Dedication Day of World's Columbian Exposition was Oct. 21, 1892. Source: Bolotin, N. The World's Columbian Exposition, c1992, p. ... More
[Lagoon looking east from Transportation Building]
35933Y 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
The Grand Basin - A black and white photo of a fountain with people ar...
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 33784Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir photography company, Chicago.
Oil presses, oleomargarine department, Armour's, Chicago, U.S.A.
Men working around table with oil press in background. 2348Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
[Transportation exhibit building with canal boat and ducks on canal(?)...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Silver statue of Justice in exhibit hall, Montana exhibit, World's Co...
55575Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyrighted 1893 by Souvenir Photo Co." Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sticking hogs, Armour's great packing house, Union Stock Yards, Chicag...
23370Y2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Title also in Spanish.
[Waiting room and post office, public library, Chicago, Illinois]
6679 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Delivery room - bulletin board. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Photograph shows bulletin boards at the Central Library, Chicago Public Library.
Site of first year round open air school, Chicago, Ill.
View of buildings, with clothes hanging on lines. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
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Boating at Garfield Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Cornell Alumni Assn., Chicago, Feb. 23, '07, Chicago
H40600 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 28, 1907.
Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, Ill.
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Evers - Cubs, George Grantham Bain Collection
John Joseph Evers, baseball player, Chicago Cubs, full-length portrait, standing on baseball field, facing front, in baseball uniform, with bat over left shoulder. George Grantham Bain Collection. Date based on... More
Hutchinson Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill..
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Natl. Woman's Party: Voting Women Launch a Woman's Party: Opening Sess...
A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
University of Chicago Law School, 1955-63. Law School
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[Edward Victor Cicotte, baseball player for Chicago White Sox, throwin...
George Grantham Bain Collection. Date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. No. 4350-7.
Bimini Bay - gramophone disc, record label
Jazz/dance band Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aunt Susie's picnic day - gramophone disc, record label
Female vocal duet, with ukulele and piano The Duncan Sisters, also known as the Duncan Dance Sisters, the "The Dancing Dolls", were a vaudeville singing and dancing duo, active during the early 20th century. R... More
Moonlight and you - Public domain dedication image
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, 1929
J 278 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Kaufmann & Fabry Co.; August 29, 1929. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.
WLS program broadcasted from kitchen
Photograph shows Chef Tom Magliano, at the mike, broadcasting from the kitchen of the Sherman Hotel; on the left is Bradley Kincaid and on the right is Bob Boulton the announcer.
All Chicago turns to the beach as mercury rises
Photograph shows throngs of beach goers almost completely covering the sands of Oak Street Beach; tall office buildings loom in the background.
A couple of women standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War In...
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Art for the public The Art Institute of Chicago.
Date stamped on verso: Jul 27 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
General view of part of the South Water street freight depot of the Il...
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Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwi...
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General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Il...
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Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yards ...
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Art classes for children / Bender.
Poster showing a boy and a girl painting. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 145
Lakefront. Chicago, Illinois. Great Depression public domain photograp...
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Union Station, Chicago, Illinois
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A group of children standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War ...
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
A group of people standing next to a body of water, Public bathing bea...
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Back porches of apartment building in Negro section of Chicago, Illino...
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A black and white photo of an old building. Office of War Information ...
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
A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...
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Undertaking parlor in the Black Belt, O.F. Douglas Funeral Home, Chica...
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A black and white photo of a parking lot full of cars. Office of War I...
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
A black and white photo of a child playing baseball. Office of War Inf...
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
A black and white photo of a doctor holding a camera. 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
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Great Depression F...
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Old man who lives on South Side of Chicago, Illinois
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A black and white photo of people walking down a street, Five o'clock ...
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Children in front of apartment buildings in one of the better neighbor...
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An old photo of a man and a woman in front of a store. Office of War I...
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
Children playing near dead dog, South Side of Chicago, Illinois
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An old black and white photo of a man walking down a street, Alley in ...
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A couple of people that are standing in the grass. Office of War Infor...
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
A black and white photo of a man reading a newspaper. 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
A man sitting on a chair in front of a store. Office of War Informatio...
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
A black and white photo of a truck parked in front of a store. Office ...
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
A man standing on a sidewalk listening. Office of War Information Phot...
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
Condemned houses in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, with steel mil...
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A black and white photo of a group of horses. Great Depression FFSA / ...
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Shaking hands with members of the congregation after services at an Ep...
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A black and white photo of a bulldozer digging a hole. Office of War I...
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
A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information P...
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
A black and white photo of people walking down a street. Office of War...
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
Cooling off in water from hydrant, Chicago, Illinois
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A black and white photo of a barber shop. Office of War Information Ph...
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
A group of men riding on the backs of horses, Chicago mounted police, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a horse, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white a...
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[Gorgeous George and another man wrestling in Chicago]
Image from Look photographic assignment with title: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 2 of a contact sheet. Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[Young girl, half-length portrait, standing against wall displaying ar...
Frame 6 of contact sheet. Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Downtown Chicago, Illinois - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transpa...
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Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial view of Chicago, Illinois
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which holds some services in Polish, Chi...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Aerial view of downtown Chicago, Illinois, from Lake Michigan
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Carol M. Highsmith - Skyline and lakefront, Chicago, Illinois
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Carol M. Highsmith - Along Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
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Zoo giraffes, Chicago, Illinois
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Roller skater passes the Chess Pavilion in Lincoln Park along Lake Mic...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Coffee Shop, Chicago, Illinois
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Skyline and train tracks, Chicago, Illinois
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[Alderman Edward Vrdolyak (standing, center) gesturing during a meetin...
Contact sheet folder caption: "Chicago City Council with Harold Washington, Mayor, Lee Balgemann, 5/11/83." Caption on sheet in folder: "In several frames during the donneybrook, Alderman Edward Vrdolyak (10th... More
1117 N. Cleveland St., Chicago, 1988
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Art "Chicago Murals" interior of Harold Washington Social Security Cen...
Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, 1976. Architectural arts, porcelain enamel on steel; four murals: 14' x 45', 10' x 60', and two at 10' x 42'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Ex...
A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More
Chicago champions, portrait print
Print showing bust portraits of the 1876-77 Chicago White Stockings baseball team; clockwise from the top are: R. Barnes, J. Peters, C. Anson, G. Bradley, C. Waitt, P. Hines, C. McVey, J. Glenn, and center is A... More
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.
Young people outside of Negro high school, Chicago, Illinois, Black Be...
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Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage...
Lists officers and committees, program speakers. Special memorial tribute to Susan B. Anthony. Advertisements, including suffrage literature . Note on cover: "Anne Fitzhugh Miller's rearranged." Anne Fitzhugh M... More
Children playing on the street, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois
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