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| Description: | View of the sculpture for the Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America. A male and a female are ... |
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| Description: | View of a large, ornate organ inside a chapel at the University of Chicago. Below the organ pipes are pews and flags. The University was founded by John D.... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of downtown Chicago before the fire of 1871. The photograph was taken from the South side of the Chicago River, looking Northeast. The Rush ... |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f... |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Backside of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commissio... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p... |
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| Description: | Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanita... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of stock yards with cattle. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Chicago Union Stock Yards. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. The front is a picture of seven defendants that were under indictment for criminal conspiracy dur... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung... |
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| Description: | View of the city skyline from a street corner. Automobiles are being driven down the street, and pedestrians are on the sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view down Upper Michigan Boulevard. Pedestrians, automobiles, and a double-decker bus can be seen among tall buildings. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles passing by the flagship Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Da... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd of pedestrians passing the Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Daniel H. Burnham a... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the business district and skyline. The Wrigley Building and clock tower stands in the foreground; it was built in 1920 by William Wrigley ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Building at the Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exposition). |
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| Description: | Group portrait in front of a large stone building with arches of members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 holding giant pennie... |
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| Description: | Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 march across a plaza in protest. Some are carrying signs shaped like giant pennies. Disab... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Prairie Court Housing Development, located at 26th and South Parkway in Chicago. This 14 story apartment building was designed by Kec... |
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