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A black and white photo of two nurses and a patient. 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 couple of men standing next to each other at a table. Great Depressi...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman holding a rope. 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 shoes in a store window. Office of War Info...

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 horses. Office of War Informatio...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Freight cars in yards, Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of women in graduation gowns. Great...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people on a beach. 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 two men and a dog. 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 two people in a park. Office of War Informa...

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...

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 woman and a child. Office of War Informat...

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

Negro boy, Chicago, Illinois. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publi...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a boy in a suit and hat. Office of War Info...

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 in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Bl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of people walking down a street, Five o'clock ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people. 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

Children in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Bl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Michigan Avenue. 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 person on a bike. Office of War Informati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Hernia operation, Provident Hospital, one of the few hospitals for Neg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a surgery, surgeon, physician, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[An African American woman and several children sitting on a bed in an...

Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men working the floor at the Chicago Board of Trade]

Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Young girl seated at desk in classroom in Chicago, Illinois]

Image from Look photographic assignment with title: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 19 of contact sheet. Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Men, probably commuters, walking along a platform next to a train] / ...

Image from Look photograph assignment: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 23 of a contact sheet. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[African American mother and her four children in their tenement appar...

Image from Look photograph assignment: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 34 of a contact sheet. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Downtown Chicago at night], New York City

Photograph shows a view of downtown Chicago at night after lights have been turned on inside the big buildings. NEA Service. Caption on verso: "Glowing with convention excitement, dressed-up Chicago offers its ... More

Harold Washington Library Center, Passing 'El' Train, Chicago, Illinoi...

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

Kids hang out in a quiet neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Il...

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

Baseball game at historic Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Photo shows baseball game played between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals on May 1, 1996 (Source: Society for American Baseball Research, 2016) Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to repres... More

Dusk view of Chicago, Illinois - Drawing. Public domain image.

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 - Michael Jordan mural, 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

Willis Tower, long known as Sears Tower, 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

Aerial view of Chicago, Illinois. The black skyscraper is Willis Tower...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions... More

On this mural at an "El" station on Chicago, Illinois' East 55th Stree...

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

Frederick C. Robie House in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illin...

Designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie style, the first architectural style that was uniquely American. Digital image pro... More

Daniel Chester French's reproduction of his "Republic" statue stands i...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The statue was erected to mark the 25th anniversary of ... More

Train comes into the Metra Station in 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

Chicago Bulls basketball game at the United Center, 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 based on information provided... More

Halal meat market in Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More

Aerial view of Chicago, Illinois

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

Aerial view of skyline, 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. Photograph taken during the 1990s. Title, date, subject... More

Aerial view of skyline, 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. Photograph taken during the 1990s. Title, date, subject... More

Sculpture "La Tormenta (The Storm)" interior atrium of U.S. Citizenshi...

Artist: Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, 2006. Titanium alloy foil. 2 at 10 x 11 x 16 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provide... 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

Down State St. from Madison. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th ce...

Commercial district in downtown Chicago. 45906 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.W. Ingersoll.

Opening night, New theatre, Chicago, Panoramic Photograph

H83693 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 11, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43040.50. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.

Peddlers on Easter morning on Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Window shopping, Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abandoned building, South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

State Street, Chicago. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

H70159 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4463. Public domain image of Chicago city buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sarah Bernhardt Tent--interior, Chicago, Panoramic Photograph

H76772 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. No. 7782-B. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; April 20, 1906.

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

Men sitting on parts of truck in junkyard, South Side of Chicago, Illi...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

People shopping for shoes at shop on Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois

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

Panorama of Iriquois [i.e. Iroquois] Theater after the fire, Dec. 31, ...

H42858 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Henry Albert Ericson February 29, 1904. No. 23. Exhibit loan 4105-L #130.9. Old call number: PAN US GEOG - Maryland, no. 17

Man on South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Picket line at Mid-City Realty Company, South Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, demonstration, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Leaders favorite chewing A&E manufactured by Allen & Ellis / Chica...

Print shows an interior view of "The Leader Tobacco Works" at "37 River Street, Chicago" with young women and men sorting, selecting, drying, and preparing tobacco products. B7708 U.S. Copyright Office. Upper ... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

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.

Chicago in flames: Scene at Randolph Street Bridge

People fleeing burning city. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1125.

Photograph album owned by the Spafford family

Public domain scan of a composite page, portraits, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Photograph album owned by the Spafford family

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph album owned by the Spafford family

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Brookfield Zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster showing a black leopard. Designed by Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: W... More

Brookfield Zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster showing a black leopard. Designed by Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: W... More

[University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Library bill of rights. [Chicago, Printed by the Norman Press, 1962].

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 73.

Chicago skyline. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J295329 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Kaufmann-Fabry; October 28, 1927; DLC/PP-1927:47238. From a painting by Wm. Macy.

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.

Sign outside of church in the Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

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

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

Telegram from Anna Spafford to Horatio Gates Spafford re being "Saved ...

Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago / from a sketch by ...

Title page showing explosion of bomb May 4th, in Haymarket Square, Chicago, and priest giving last rites to policeman. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, May 15, 1886, p. 193 (title page).

Traffic on State Street, Chicago, U.S.A. =Trafico en la Calle State, C...

37398Y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Chicago, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two cock-fighters and referee at the World's Columbian Exposition, Ch...

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

View of the World's Fair, from the Plaisance

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.

Fisheries Building from Wooded Island

35936Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exhibit in art gallery, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illino...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Entrance to Street of Cairo section of the Midway at the World's Colu...

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

Agricultural Building / Melander, photographer, Chicago.. Stereoscopic...

Agricultural Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[State St., Chicago, Ill.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[F.M. Smith & Co. game, Chicago, Ill.]

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

[Public library, Chicago, Ill.]

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

Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Looking east from Ellis Avenue, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Frank Chance, Chicago NL baseball player, standing at home plate, wit...

Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Str. United States, Chicago, Ill.]

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lake front, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

President Roosevelt in Chicago - Presidence of Theodore Roosevelt

Photograph shows President Theodore Roosevelt riding in a horse drawn carriage along a parade route, Chicago, Illinois. H32146 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 1" on mount.

Chicago, June 21, 1904 - "All in favor of the nomination will say aye...

Illustration shows an interior view of the convention hall, with an oversized Theodore Roosevelt leaning forward at a podium, holding a gavel raised in his right hand, in the foreground are the delegates attend... More

Str. William E. Corey, interior of hold

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

Field Museum, Chicago, Ill.

In 1905 the Field Museum of Natural History was located in the former Palace of Fine Arts Building in what is now the Museum of Science & Industry in Jackson Park, Chicago. The Field Museum moved to it's curren... More