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Chicago (north), Illinois. On Armistice Day, a city-wide scrap collection drive was held. Trucks were lent by city and private truckers, and services were donated by members of the Teamster's union

Chicago (north), Illinois. On Armistice Day, a city-wide scrap collect...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Freight train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Freight train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Freight train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Freight train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwes...

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

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Pho...

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. Provident Hospital. Doctor and a nurse at a (mock) operation

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Doctor and a nurse at a (mock) ...

Public domain photograph of hospital laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Working on locomotives in the roundhouse at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Working on locomotives in the roundhouse at a yard ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Working on the frame of a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. Working on the frame of a locomotive at the Chicago...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. The community center is used as a kindergarten by the public school system

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. The community center ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Lunch time in the children's ward

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Lunch time in the children's wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transparency but no negative in original negative jacket. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Chicago, Illinois. E. A. Morgan of Harvey, Illinois., freight conductor on the Illinois Central railroads

Chicago, Illinois. E. A. Morgan of Harvey, Illinois., freight conducto...

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Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Sterilizing transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given another inspection after being taken from the sterilizer. Women workers are taking over important jobs at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, where plasma containers are prepared for blood banks

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Sterilizing transfusion bottles...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Chicago, Illinois. Engine foreman checking cars as they go over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Engine foreman checking cars as they go over the hu...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Working on a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. Working on a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive of the 2000 class being repaired at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive of the 2000 class being repaired at th...

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

Women in industry. Tool  production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine accessories. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills ea...

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Massachusetts at a Negro Catholic church on the South Side, Chicago, Illinois

Massachusetts at a Negro Catholic church on the South Side, Chicago, I...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Working on the community newspaper

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Working on the commun...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the Perfect Eat Shop, a restaurant on 47th Street near South Park, owned by Mr. E. Norris (Negro). Chicago, Illinois

In the Perfect Eat Shop, a restaurant on 47th Street near South Park, ...

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. Locomotive picking up coal at an Illinois Central Railroad yard before going out on the road

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive picking up coal at an Illinois Central R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. A welder's helper at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shop

Chicago, Illinois. A welder's helper at a Chicago and Northwestern Rai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool  production. Her mind's on her work and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a Midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns. A soldier of the production front, she fights for the men on America's battlefronts. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

Chicago, Illinois. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

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

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Employed by a local subcontractor for Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois, Theodore G. Coffin, a former auto mechanic numbers the barrels of the valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by Baxter's for use in blood banks

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Employed by a local subcontract...

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Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

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. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. On the right are three of the west coast Streamliners

Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

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

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the yards of the Chicago and...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at a...

Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Men leaving work at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad shops at the end of a shift

Chicago, Illinois. Men leaving work at the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

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. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner on its way into Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner on ...

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

Jack Delano - Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

Jack Delano - Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

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. A pillow man at the Greyhound bus terminal taking used pillows from a bus that has just come in

Chicago, Illinois. A pillow man at the Greyhound bus terminal taking u...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Loading mail bags into cars at the Union Station. The largest volume of mail in Chicago passes through this station

Chicago, Illinois. Loading mail bags into cars at the Union Station. T...

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

Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room of the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room of the Union Station

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading cattle at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading cattle at the Calumet Park stockyards

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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

Chicago, Illinois. In the interlocking tower at Union Station. It is here that all inbound and outbound traffic is controlled. The men work entirely by the board, hardly ever looking out of a window to see an actual train

Chicago, Illinois. In the interlocking tower at Union Station. It is h...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ticket seller making out a ticket for a passenger at the Union Station. On the panel are rubber stamps of the most frequent destinations. Other stations are written in on the ticket

Chicago, Illinois. Ticket seller making out a ticket for a passenger a...

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

Blue Island, Illinois. The Senise family home

Blue Island, Illinois. The Senise family home

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

Chicago, Illinois. The main waiting room of the Union Station at 1 a.m.

Chicago, Illinois. The main waiting room of the Union Station at 1 a.m...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Tracks leading into a station

Chicago, Illinois. Tracks leading into a station

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Teletype machines connect the reservation bureau of the Union Station with the companies' offices in various parts of the country

Chicago, Illinois. Teletype machines connect the reservation bureau of...

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

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Watching soldiers going back to camp at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Watching soldiers going back to camp at Union Stati...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Island, Illinois. Jerry Senise goes out on a date with a friend, Mary Lou Grubles, who goes to the same school

Blue Island, Illinois. Jerry Senise goes out on a date with a friend, ...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. This couple have just been married and he is returning back to camp from Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. This couple have just been married and he is return...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Passengers waiting for a bus to start loading at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. Passengers waiting for a bus to start loading at th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Calumet City, Illinois. Cattle that have been brought into the Calumet Park stockyards for watering, feeding and rest

Calumet City, Illinois. Cattle that have been brought into the Calumet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Illinois. Watching the soldiers going back to camp at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Watching the soldiers going back to camp at Union S...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Island, Illinois. Jerry Senise spends two hours every afternoon working at a butcher store to help out the family and earn his spending money

Blue Island, Illinois. Jerry Senise spends two hours every afternoon w...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby and Jerry Senise doing the dishes while their mother has gone off to help with the Red Cross canteen

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby and Jerry Senise doing the dishes while t...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Redcap with handtruck load of baggage at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Redcap with handtruck load of baggage at Union Stat...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor, George E. Burton, getting his train orders at Corwith Yard before leaving for Chillicothe, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor, G...

Additional number crossed out on negative Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Chicago, Illinois. Express, mail and baggage are handled below street level. There are over two miles of underground for trucks and taxicabs at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Express, mail and baggage are handled below street ...

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

Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock ...

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

Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel swit...

Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Sign in the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Sign in the Union Station

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

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad help wanted signs in windows of an employment agency near the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad help wanted signs in windows of an employm...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Switching cars in a yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switching cars in a yard

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

Chicago, Illinois. Soldier saying goodbye in the train concourse at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Soldier saying goodbye in the train concourse at th...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people shopping at a market. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people shopping at a market. Office of War ...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt railroad locomotive stopping for water on its way back to Franklin Park, Illinois after having made a delivery at Hammond, Indiana

Calumet City, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt railroad locomotive sto...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniel Senise riding a car at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Daniel Senise riding a car at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line rail...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station employs many women in the mail department to handle parcel post packages

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station employs many women in the mail de...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Emblem of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Emblem of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

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

Chicago, Illinois. A girl passenger waking up as the Greyhound bus comes into the city. She came from Knoxville, Tennessee, and is going to Minneapolis to visit a boy in the Army

Chicago, Illinois. A girl passenger waking up as the Greyhound bus com...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at school

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bu...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station handles by far the largest amount of mail in Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station handles by far the largest amount...

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. Loading airplane propellers into freight cars at the United States Army consolidating station

Chicago, Illinois. Loading airplane propellers into freight cars at th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Section crew repairing switches

Chicago, Illinois. Section crew repairing switches

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Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of his inspections before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of h...

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Calumet City, Illinois. Part of the Calumet Park stockyards, run by the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad as a stock watering, feeding and resting point. The law requires that stock be watered, fed, and rested every thirty-six hours of a journey

Calumet City, Illinois. Part of the Calumet Park stockyards, run by th...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboose before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Basketball Court, East of Mess Hall, Barrington, Cook County, IL

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Basketball Court, East of Mess Hall, Barringto...

Survey number: HAER IL-116-N Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oak Woods Cemetery, Confederate Mound, 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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 Public domain... More

Architecture, Cook County, Georgia, South Georgia.

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

US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp adjacent to Little River, Cook County, Georgia

US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp ad...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oak Woods Cemetery, Confederate Mound, 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Oak Woods Cemetery, Confederate Mound, 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago,...

Survey number: HALS IL-2-A Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio Museum, 645 South Meacham Road, Schaumburg, Cook County, IL

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

Architecture, Cook County, Georgia; Irwin County, Georgia; Ben Hill County, Georgia

Architecture, Cook County, Georgia; Irwin County, Georgia; Ben Hill Co...

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

John R. Griffin, Tour of Cook County, Georgia; Patton's farm

John R. Griffin, Tour of Cook County, Georgia; Patton's farm

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Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio Museum, 645 South Meacham Road, Schaumburg, Cook County, IL

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

Folklife Project office; New Hope Baptist Church; Cook County, Georgia

Folklife Project office; New Hope Baptist Church; Cook County, Georgia

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US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp adjacent to Little River, Cook County, Georgia

US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp ad...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp adjacent to Little River, Cook County, Georgia

US 319; China Grove Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Swamp ad...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architecture, Cook County, Georgia; Irwin County, Georgia; Ben Hill County, Georgia

Architecture, Cook County, Georgia; Irwin County, Georgia; Ben Hill Co...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Vol. 27, 1948. 107 Sheet(s). Bound. Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Portage National Monument, Buildings Complex, Off Highway 16, Northeast tip of Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Cook County, MN

Grand Portage National Monument, Buildings Complex, Off Highway 16, No...

Significance: Site of one of the most important fur posts on the North American Continent. Selected as headquarters of the North West Co. of Great Britain because of its excellent location between Lake Superio... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River at Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, north of Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

Marquette Building, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Marquette Building, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: A typical Chicago School building, the Marquette stands as an artistically-conceived expression of its underlying steel frame. Not only was the building a pioneering effort in the use of the steel... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook Co...

Public domain photograph of cooking, kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Babson Stable & Service Building, 283 Gatesby Lane, Riverside, Cook County, IL

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.

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