Mrs. Fred Morgenflash and youngest of her six children. Morgenflash re...
Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mill "C" Complex, Sand-Sorting Building, South of Dee Bennet Road, nea...
Significance: The St. Peter sandstone anticline forms the bluffs and lies beneath the terraces of the Illinois River Valley west of Ottawa, Illinois. The anticline, and 100-200' thick, horizontal layer of loose... More
Mill "C" Complex, Sand-Sorting Building, South of Dee Bennet Road, nea...
Significance: The St. Peter sandstone anticline forms the bluffs and lies beneath the terraces of the Illinois River Valley west of Ottawa, Illinois. The anticline, and 100-200' thick, horizontal layer of loose... More
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, ...
Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and b... More
Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 2, North of First Street,...
Survey number: HAER IL-23-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rock Island Railroad, LaSalle Freight Depot, Canal Street, East of Cre...
Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the oldest preserved freight depots on the old Rock Island Railroad line. Several of the original, distinctive features remain intact. Survey number: HAER IL-... More
Spring Valley House, Dee Bennett Road, Utica, La Salle County, IL
Significance: The Spring Valley House was constructed an as early resort in the mid nineteenth century to take advantage of nearby sulphur springs. The massive limestone structure is unusual in that it was buil... More
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Starved Rock Locks & Dam, Illinois Waterway River mile 231, Peru, La S...
Significance: Starved Rock Lock and Dam consists of a 1,310' straight-crested, reinforced-concrete gravity dam and a 110' x 600' Ohio River Standard lock with horizontally framed miter gates. A 518' headgate s... More
Illinois River from Starved Rock, Panoramic Photograph
J194537 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 18, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44823. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 2.
George Finkle and wife in their home near Marseilles, Illinois. Finkle...
Public domain photo of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Interior of William Ballou's log cabin near Marseilles, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mill "C" Complex, Sand-Sorting Building, South of Dee Bennet Road, nea...
Significance: The St. Peter sandstone anticline forms the bluffs and lies beneath the terraces of the Illinois River Valley west of Ottawa, Illinois. The anticline, and 100-200' thick, horizontal layer of loose... More
Mill "C" Complex, Sand-Sorting Building, South of Dee Bennet Road, nea...
Significance: The St. Peter sandstone anticline forms the bluffs and lies beneath the terraces of the Illinois River Valley west of Ottawa, Illinois. The anticline, and 100-200' thick, horizontal layer of loose... More
Mill "C" Complex, Sand-Sorting Building, South of Dee Bennet Road, nea...
Significance: The St. Peter sandstone anticline forms the bluffs and lies beneath the terraces of the Illinois River Valley west of Ottawa, Illinois. The anticline, and 100-200' thick, horizontal layer of loose... More
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...
Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph of passenger train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...
Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Spanning Illinois Ri...
Significance: In 1855 the spanning of the Illinois River by the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge was a major engineering achievement; although reconstructed in 1893, the bridge was used from 1855 until it was a... More
Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Spanning Illinois Ri...
Significance: In 1855 the spanning of the Illinois River by the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge was a major engineering achievement; although reconstructed in 1893, the bridge was used from 1855 until it was a... More
Armour's Warehouse, Williams Street, Seneca, La Salle County, IL
Significance: Armour's Warehouse is the largest and oldest of the remaining grain elevators on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Grain elevators such as this one served as storage facilities for grain brought b... More
Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, ...
Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and b... More
Marseille Nabisco Bridge, Spanning power canals at Nabisco Paper Mill,...
Significance: One of the oldest bridges in the Heritage Corridor, this single span Howe truss carries a spur of the Rock Island Railroad across the Marseilles power canal into the Nabisco Carton Factory. The u... More
Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS IL-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Subsequent Work
Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street,...
Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the few surviving structures associated with the original Illinois Central Railroad. Although it was modified in 1919 to serve as a locomotive repair shop, the... More
Spring Valley House, Dee Bennett Road, Utica, La Salle County, IL
Significance: The Spring Valley House was constructed an as early resort in the mid nineteenth century to take advantage of nearby sulphur springs. The massive limestone structure is unusual in that it was buil... More
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Ottawa, ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Starved Rock Locks & Dam, Illinois Waterway River mile 231, Peru, La S...
Significance: Starved Rock Lock and Dam consists of a 1,310' straight-crested, reinforced-concrete gravity dam and a 110' x 600' Ohio River Standard lock with horizontally framed miter gates. A 518' headgate s... More
Starved Rock, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph
J194535 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 18, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44823. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1.
Mrs. James Kelleher, wife of a hired man, and one of her children. Exc...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ransom, Illinois. Passing farmers' grain elevators on a siding along t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
National Biscuit Company, Marseilles Factory, Off Main Street on Marse...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...
Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Spanning Illinois Ri...
Significance: In 1855 the spanning of the Illinois River by the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge was a major engineering achievement; although reconstructed in 1893, the bridge was used from 1855 until it was a... More
Armour's Warehouse, Williams Street, Seneca, La Salle County, IL
Significance: Armour's Warehouse is the largest and oldest of the remaining grain elevators on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Grain elevators such as this one served as storage facilities for grain brought b... More
Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, ...
Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and b... More
Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, ...
Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and b... More
Rock Island Railroad, Marseilles Passenger Depot, East of Main Street,...
Significance: In 1917, the Rock Island Railroad built this ornamental depot to replace the first passenger station ever built by the Rock Island Railroad. Survey number: HAER IL-98 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Rock Island Railroad, Marseilles Passenger Depot, East of Main Street,...
Significance: In 1917, the Rock Island Railroad built this ornamental depot to replace the first passenger station ever built by the Rock Island Railroad. Survey number: HAER IL-98 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Rock Island Railroad, Marseilles Passenger Depot, East of Main Street,...
Significance: In 1917, the Rock Island Railroad built this ornamental depot to replace the first passenger station ever built by the Rock Island Railroad. Survey number: HAER IL-98 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Rock Island Railroad, Ottawa Passenger Station, Columbus Street betwee...
Significance: This passenger station, built for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, is an excellent example of early twentieth century railroad architecture. Survey number: HAER IL-62 Building/struct... More
Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street,...
Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the few surviving structures associated with the original Illinois Central Railroad. Although it was modified in 1919 to serve as a locomotive repair shop, the... More
Spring Valley House, Dee Bennett Road, Utica, La Salle County, IL
Significance: The Spring Valley House was constructed an as early resort in the mid nineteenth century to take advantage of nearby sulphur springs. The massive limestone structure is unusual in that it was buil... More
John Hossack House, 210 Prospect Avenue, Ottawa, La Salle County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Survey number: HABS IL-141 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Ottawa, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More
Illinois & Michigan Canal, Fox River Aqueduct, Ottawa, La Salle County...
Significance: Part of the original timber frame aqueduct (built 1848) was incorporated into the bridge built by the Illinois Traction system in 1903; reconstruction of the original Fox River aqueduct was carrie... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...
Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More
Starved Rock Locks & Dam, Illinois Waterway River mile 231, Peru, La S...
Significance: Starved Rock Lock and Dam consists of a 1,310' straight-crested, reinforced-concrete gravity dam and a 110' x 600' Ohio River Standard lock with horizontally framed miter gates. A 518' headgate s... More
Mrs. James Kelleher, wife of a hired man, and one of her children. Exc...
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
Abandoned farm home on George Erickson's one hundred twenty acre farm ...
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Star Union Beer Company, Brewery & Bottling Works, 102 Pike Street, Pe...
Significance: The Star Union Beer Company, acquired by Henry Hoerner in 1880, was one of the largest breweries in Illinois after the end of prohibition. Survey number: HAER IL-86 Building/structure dates: 189... More
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois Waterway, Starved Rock Lock and Dam , 950 North 27th Road, Ut...
Survey number: HAER IL-164-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000166
Illinois & Michigan Canal, Lift Lock No. 15, Canal Station 5087+00, La...
Significance: Lock No. 15 in LaSalle was one of the original locks designed by William Gooding, Chief Engineer, for the I&M Canal. Survey number: HAER IL-72 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction... More
Mill "C" Complex, South of Dee Bennet Road, near Illinois River, Ottaw...
Significance: A unique example of industrial architecture, the Sand-Sorting Building contains a large pyramidal roof with multi-light gable dormers. It and the adjacent Sand Draining and Drying Building consti... More
Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...
Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illinois River from Starved Rock, Panoramic Photograph
J194538 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 18, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44823. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1.
Armour's Warehouse, Williams Street, Seneca, La Salle County, IL
Significance: Armour's Warehouse is the largest and oldest of the remaining grain elevators on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Grain elevators such as this one served as storage facilities for grain brought b... More
Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, ...
Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and b... More
Rock Island Railroad, Marseilles Passenger Depot, East of Main Street,...
Significance: In 1917, the Rock Island Railroad built this ornamental depot to replace the first passenger station ever built by the Rock Island Railroad. Survey number: HAER IL-98 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS IL-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Subsequent Work
Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street,...
Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the few surviving structures associated with the original Illinois Central Railroad. Although it was modified in 1919 to serve as a locomotive repair shop, the... More
Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street,...
Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the few surviving structures associated with the original Illinois Central Railroad. Although it was modified in 1919 to serve as a locomotive repair shop, the... More
Town of Peru, Peru, La Salle County, IL
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Ottawa, ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Shippingsport Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at State Route 51, La Sa...
Significance: This seven-span bridge, containing a Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span, was built as part of the channelization of Illinois River. Survey number: HAER IL-56 Building/structure dates: 192... More