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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: | Exterior view of the Gasoline Alley Garage. Presumably the inspiration for Frank O. King's cartoon Gasoline Alley. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down State Street in downtown, featuring cars, trolleys, storefronts, large buildings, and pedestrians. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Michigan Boulevard looking North, in downtown. In the foreground are the roofs of smaller buildings, street traffic and pedestrians on the... |
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| Description: | Mrs. Anna Woodward, Kate Quinney's employer, seated in an electric car parked in front of a city building. |
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| Description: | Shown is the car for Mangel Florist, offering "choicest flowers, best service, and moderate pricing." John Venizelos, taking the name 'Mangel' after immigr... |
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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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| Description: | Letterhead of W.A. Maurer, importer and jobber of china painting supplies, including "white china for decorating, artists materials, colors, etc." On the l... |
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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: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Armour Company's Chicago factory, showing the employment office doors. The caption indicates that the police were present because the Packinghouse Work... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t... |
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