Calumet City, Illinois. Feeding and watering the hogs at the Calumet P...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Calumet City, Illinois. Unloading horses at the Calumet Park stockyard...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Loading airplane propeller into freight cars at the...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Street scene. Chicago, Illinois - Automobiles of 1940s
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. In the reservation bureau at the Union Station. The...
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
Chicago, Illinois. In the ticket selling department at Union Station. ...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Passengers in the waiting room at the Greyhound bus...
Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station employs many women in the mail de...
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
Chicago, Illinois. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling o...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. General view of cattle in the pens at Union stockya...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Chicago, Illinois. Freight handlers in the lunch room at the United St...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Union Station waiting room
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Blue Island, Illinois. Mrs. Senise was a chairman of the Christmas sea...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Union stockyards
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. In the passenger agent's room at the Union Station
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 3...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blue Island, Illinois. Daniel Senise at his job at an Indiana Harbor B...
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
Chicago, Illinois. Soldier in the Union Station going back to camp aft...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Passengers waiting at the Greyhound bus terminal
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a clock on a building. Office of War Inform...
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
Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the Galewood yard of the Ch...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chicago, Illinois. Switching Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ca...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the South Water Street Illi...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the Galewood yard of the Ch...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Calumet City, Illinois. Unloading dairy cattle at the Calumet Park sto...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. Guard on duty on the freight platform at the United...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the Galewood yard of the Ch...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Apr 1933. 1 Sheet(s). Includes A Century of Progress International Exposition, Burnham Park. 63 X 272 cm..
Negro boys on Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois
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
Oak Woods Cemetery, Confederate Mound, 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago,...
Survey number: HALS IL-2-A Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Folklife Project office; New Hope Baptist Church; Cook County, Georgia
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Commonwealth Edison Company, Crawford Electrical Generating Station, 3...
Significance: The buildings of the Crawford Electric Generating Station were designed by the renowned architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White; the Crawford Station also reflects the rapid expan... More
Lenox, Georgia; Griffin's tour of Cook County, Georgia
Digital content not available. Black-and-white negatives do exist. Contact the Folklife Reading Room for assistance.
Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...
Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More
Architecture, Cook County, Georgia, South Georgia.
Documented - sites CCC, DDD, FFF, III, JJJ, KKK, LLL Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photo... More
Cook County, Georgia Historic map, Library of Congress
See map point C Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colquitt County, Georgia; Cook County, Georgia; Tifton County, Georgia
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio Museum, 645 South Meacham Road, Sc...
2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio is an exemplary built work designed by noted Modernist architect, Paul Schweikher of Chicago, Illinois. Schweikher bui... More
Adel, Georgia; Cook County, Georgia, South Georgia.
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the southern... More
Architecture, Cook County, Georgia; Irwin County, Georgia; Ben Hill Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John R. Griffin, Tour of Cook County, Georgia; Patton's farm
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base C-84, Acid Storage Shed, North of launch area, north...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...
See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of ...
Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, 428 Forest Avenue & 951 Chicago Aven...
Significance: This structure, consisting of a group of buildings, includes the first residence of Frank Lloyd Wright built for himself. His home, built in 1889, shows the assimilation of the Eastern "Shingle St... More
Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...
Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More
Holy Trinity Russian & Greek Orthodox Church, 1121 North Leavitt Stree...
Significance: The church is a late work by Louis H. Sullivan in traditional and exotic ecclesiastical idiom. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS IL-1071 Buil... More
Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...
Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More
Hiram Sibley Warehouse, 315-331 North Clark Street, Chicago, Cook Coun...
Significance: The Warehouse, constructed in 1883, on the north bank of the Chicago River, is the first instance in which wood piles have been used to support a building wall. Survey number: HABS IL-1047 Build... More
St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, n...
Significance: Like all Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridges, the St. Charles Air Line Bridge rotates vertically, lifting to clear the river it spans. This particular bridge is unique, however, in that its des... More
Middle Bridge, Spanning Jackson Park Lagoon at East Hayes Drive, Chica...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Jones School, 607 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Built in 1875, the building is a typical and unusually well-preserved example of school buildings of the period. Survey number: HABS IL-1019 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook Co...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Kinzie Street, Spanning North Branch Chi...
Significance: This single-leaf bascule bridge represents the transition between the early Chicago-type bascule bridge, first employed in the West Cortland Street Bridge (see HAER No. IL-138), and subsequent imp... More
NIKE Missile Base C-84, Sentry Guard House, Quentin Road at entrance t...
Significance: This sentry guardhouse was used to control access to Nike Missile Base C-84. The building was built in 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most of which were desig... More
Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More
1363 North Paulina Street (Apartment Building), Chicago, Cook County, ...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Survey number: HABS IL-1128 Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Survey number: HABS IL-1128 Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Survey number: HABS IL-1128 Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harris...
Significance: This is one of the best-preserved early railroad stations in Chicago, and one of the finest works of the architect Solon Spencer Beman. Survey number: HABS IL-1016 Building/structure dates: 1890... More
Chicago Athletic Association, 12 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook ...
2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Founded in 1890 by elite Chicagoans such as Marshall Field, Cyrus McCormick, and A. G. Spalding, the Chicago Athletic Association was a not-for-pr... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, LaSalle Street, Spanning Chicago River a...
Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More
Schiller Building, 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan in 1891-92, the Schiller Building was a unique solution to the problem of placing a large theater and office building on a mid-block site. The result was the first "... More
Occidental Building, 107-111 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: This is an example of a large, late nineteenth century brick building, designed by John Van Osdel, II. Survey number: HABS IL-1028 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL
Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More
Ann Halsted Townhouses, 1826-1834 Lincoln Park Avenue West, Chicago, C...
Significance: This block of five townhouses built in 1884-1886 gives an indication of Louis H. Sullivan's conception of modern urban residential design. The exteriors of brick and terra cotta are decorated in a... More
Ann Halsted Townhouses, 1826-1834 Lincoln Park Avenue West, Chicago, C...
Significance: This block of five townhouses built in 1884-1886 gives an indication of Louis H. Sullivan's conception of modern urban residential design. The exteriors of brick and terra cotta are decorated in a... More
Ralph S. Baker House, 1226 Ashland Avenue, Wilmette, Cook County, IL
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ralph S. Baker House, 1226 Ashland Avenue, Wilmette, Cook County, IL
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More
NIKE Missile Base C-84, Mess Hall, North of Launch Area Entrance Drive...
Significance: This mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base C-84. The building was built in 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wabash Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at...
Significance: In 1930 the Wabash Bridge was awarded the American Institute of Steel Construction prize for "Most Beautiful." Survey number: HAER IL-48 Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wabash Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at...
Significance: In 1930 the Wabash Bridge was awarded the American Institute of Steel Construction prize for "Most Beautiful." Survey number: HAER IL-48 Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wabash Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at...
Significance: In 1930 the Wabash Bridge was awarded the American Institute of Steel Construction prize for "Most Beautiful." Survey number: HAER IL-48 Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wabash Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at...
Significance: In 1930 the Wabash Bridge was awarded the American Institute of Steel Construction prize for "Most Beautiful." Survey number: HAER IL-48 Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Edison Shop, 229 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The only downtown Chicago office building by Purcell, Fieck, & Elmslie. The building is noted for its use of brick and terra-cotta ornament in conjunction with large expanse of glass on the west f... More
Union Elevated Railroad, Clark Street Station, Lake Street, Chicago, C...
Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More
South Bridge, Spanning Jackson Park Lagoon at South Lake Shore Drive (...
Significance: In 1894, the South Park Commission, administrator of Chicago's south side park system, retained the Boston-area landscape architecture firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot to refurbish Jackson Park,... More
Samuel M. Nickerson House, 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The house was designed in 1883 by one of Chicago's earliest architects, Edward Burling, for Samuel M. Nickerson, a wealthy banker. Nickerson spared no expense in creating his "Marble Palace," so-c... More
Samuel M. Nickerson House, 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The house was designed in 1883 by one of Chicago's earliest architects, Edward Burling, for Samuel M. Nickerson, a wealthy banker. Nickerson spared no expense in creating his "Marble Palace," so-c... More
Kenilworth Club, 10 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Kenilworth Club is a small club house of domestic scale and form, a building by George Washington Maher which is a good example of his motif rhythm theory at its most mature phase. Unprocesse... More
Kenilworth Club, 10 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Kenilworth Club is a small club house of domestic scale and form, a building by George Washington Maher which is a good example of his motif rhythm theory at its most mature phase. Unprocesse... More
Chicago Ironwork, Cyrus McCormick Estate (Cast Iron Gate & Fence), 675...
Nitrate negatives. Survey number: HABS IL-155-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...
2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More
Edward W. McCready House, 231 North Euclid Street, Oak Park, Cook Coun...
Significance: This large, single-family dwelling is a simple, well-executed example of the work done by Prairie School architects, Spencer and Powers. It was built in the early 1900's in suburban Oak Park. Unp... More
John Wentworth Farmhouse, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-81 Survey number: HABS IL-156 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
John Farson House, 217 South Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, IL
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description