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| Date: | 01 28 1918 |
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| Description: | Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen wearing a fur coat. Her head is turned to her left as she glances over her left shoulder. |
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| Description: | Elevated view from across street of the McCormick mansion. |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior of menu for the Century Grills at the 1937 World's Fair. On the cover is a black and white photograph of a fair building, and silv... |
| Date: | 12 20 1867 |
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| Description: | Formal studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Upham (standing, left), his wife Mary Upham (seated, left), and a man and woman, bot... |
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| Description: | The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog... |
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| Description: | The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog... |
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| Description: | The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Angeline Oiyotte Johnson in her X-Ray Technician uniform. The facility was located in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | The cover design of Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated seed catalog. The illustration features a bouquet of Vaughan's Tall French Marigolds. |
| Date: | 12 26 1972 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik, sent to an unnamed son for Kwanzaa 1972. Afrik was a school teacher and a leader in the creation of African... |
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| Description: | View of a storefront at night. The electric sign above the glass door and window reads: "Official Wisconsin Vacation Center: Solve Your Shopping Worries, S... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Members of a band posing outdoors for a group portrait with their musical instruments. The band members are wearing coats and hats, and a few are wearing m... |
| Date: | 01 23 1906 |
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| Description: | Left side view of a manure spreader parked in a yard at McCormick Works. There is a fence in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View down street towards men clearing snow from a residential street using shovels and horse-drawn wagons. A row of homes is on the left. Further down the ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1918 Flower Market at Gertrude House. In costume, Jeannette Holt is standing third from the left. She is holding a t... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a young woman and an infant, and a large dog named Barry sitting on a couch. The infant is probably Sigrid Schultz and the woman is proba... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads... |
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