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All-American news. 1945-09 - movie film screenshot

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

DINNER MENU [held by] LAKE HOUSE [at] "CHICAGO, IL." (HOTEL)

New map of Chicago : comprising the whole city, taken from Lowe's map,...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Panoramic map of Chicago. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 146 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. LC copy imperfect... More

Chicago - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Sherman House, cor. Clark and Randolph Streets

No. 52. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from dome of City Hall, looking N.E

No. 8. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln Park. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

No. 10; 62. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from Lake Mountain, Lincoln Park

No. 1; 165. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from dome of City Hall, looking S.E

No. 2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicag...

Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.

Chicago River, north from Randolph St

No. 71. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sherman House. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

No. 140. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Works. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from Dearborn Park looking N.E

No. 94. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Works. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.

Custom House and Post Office. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th c...

No. 68. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dearborn St., Chicago. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic map of [Chicago. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 147 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

The true peace commissioners, Confederate States of America.

An angered response to false Confederate peace overtures and to the push for reconciliation with the South advanced by the Peace Democrats in 1864. (See also "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," ... More

The Chicago platform / Th. Nast., Confederate States of America.

A deceptive broadside, ostensibly a pro-McClellan campaign piece but actually a piercing attack on the Democratic platform. In the center is a portrait of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan... More

George Hunt - Democracy. 1832. 1864., Confederate States of America.

Two scenes contrast Democratic presidential candidate of 1832 Andrew Jackson and 1864 George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's st... More

How Columbia receives McLellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform

Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the... More

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More

Platforms illustrated, Confederate States of America.

The August 1864 Democratic national convention in Chicago is unfavorably compared to the Republican convention in Baltimore in June of the same year. The artist is especially critical of prominent New York Peac... More

George Hunt - Little Mac's double feat of equitation

During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... More

Chicago in 1868 from Schiller Street north side to 12th Street south s...

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 148 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Chicago in 1820. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map showing the burnt district in Chicago : published for the benefit ...

Oriented with North to right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Bird's-eye-view of Chicago as it was before the great fire.

From Harper's weekly, October 21, 1871, pages 984-5. Indexed for points of interest. Text of pages 983 and 986 on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

City of Chicago. Historic map, Library of Congress

From: Goodspeed's History of the great fires, New York, 1871. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: missing upper right corner.

Plan of the South Open Ground, the Upper Plaisance, the Midway Plaisan...

America Transformed: As people flocked to cities in the late 19th century, Americans recognized that cities lacked space where locals could enjoy nature and its health benefits. In 1869, Chicago decided that it... More

Guide map of Chicago, October 11th, 1871

America Transformed: By 1870, Chicago's population approached 300,000, making it the nation's fifth largest city. This guide map, published just after the Great Chicago Fire, superimposes the burned area over t... More

Bird's-eye view of Chicago as it was before the great fire / drawn by ...

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with boats on water in foreground, and key to forty-nine locations. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 21, pp. 984-985.

The City of Chicago as it was before the great conflagration of Octobe...

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Wm. Flint ... in Washington." Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3

The City of Chicago, showing the burnt district.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Numbered as pages 636 and 637. Published in Harpers Weekly, August 1, 1874. "From a colored print published by Currier & Ives." Text on verso, pages numbered... More

Travelers' and shippers' railway guide map of Chicago

Railway guide map of Chicago Courtesy of Boston Public Library

System of parks and boulevards of the city of Chicago

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map[s] showing progress made in the improvement of the Western [and] E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A flag the Independents will fight under / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows the Puck figure for the "Independent" party standing on a raised platform, hoisting a flag that states "For President G. Cleveland" showing a portrait of Grover Cleveland, and a female figure... More

The fishing season of 1884 - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The fishing season of 1884 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Guide map of new Chicago and suburbs

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Chicago - Public domain sheet music scan

Rascher's birds eye view of the Chicago packing houses & union stock y...

22283 U.S. Copyright Office Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies.

[Interior of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition,...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fire engine at World's Columbian Exposition grounds while buildings we...

Photograph shows two men operating steam powered fire engine; thick black smoke blows from steamer. No. 424.

[Four boys posed at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Photograph damaged. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Asian(?) baby seated holding spoon or ladle, World's Columbian Exposi...

Public domain photograph related to Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1892 Worlds Exposition, Chicago. - Public domain old map

"88 d. West from Greenwich." "42° 17' 10" West from Washington." Includes concentric circles from Chicago. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Two cock-fighters and referee at the World's Columbian Exposition, Ch...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The city of Chicago. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 150 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Exterior of Woman's Building, while under construction, at World's Fa...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rand, McNally & Co.'s new and concise map of Chicago : showing the cit...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Palace of Mechanic Arts and lagoon at the World's Columbian Expositio...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph made by Photoduplication Service from original glass negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual his... More

Capital for Fishery Building, World's Columbian Exposition

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Architecture at the World's Columbian Exposition" by Henry van Brunt, Century, 44:897 (Oct. 1892).

Interior of Mines and Mining Building from South Gallery

Interior of the Mines and Mining Building while under construction at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 27791 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22.

Bird's eye view of Chicago, 1892. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and inset "View of Chicago in... More

Manufacturus [sic] and Liberal Arts building, Worlds Fair, Chicago, U....

48240X U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1892, by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Fair dedication / J.W. Taylor, Chicago.

"Military parade on Michigan Boulevard," Chicago. 36698 U.S. Copyright Office. Dedication Day of World's Columbian Exposition was Oct. 21, 1892. Source: Bolotin, N. The World's Columbian Exposition, c1992, p. ... More

To the fairest - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Rand McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago : no. 3

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Javanese(?) woman sitting in room working with textiles at exhibit fe...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Upholstered chair manufactured by S. Karpen Bros. and exhibited at th...

24705 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The globe at Washington Park, Chicago, U.S.A

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exhibit in art gallery, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illino...

Public domain photo of German painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Far-Away-Moses. Jew / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Far-Away-Moses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in traditional Turkish costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Publishe... More

Sol's Clock, Washington Park, Chicago, U.S.A

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening day, 1893. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Crowds of people at the opening day of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Copyrighted by C.D. Arnold.

View of the World's Fair, from the Plaisance

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.

Turkish porters - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Turkish porters carrying a large crate on a pole, at the World's Columbian Exposition.

Fisheries Building from Wooded Island

35936Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exhibit in art gallery, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illino...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The gates ajar, Washington Park, Chicago, U.S.A

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of Chicago, 1893. - Public domain map

"Copyright, 1892, by Peter Roy ..." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and inset of "View of Chicago in 1832." Indexed "Map of the buildings and grounds of... More

[Entrance to Street of Cairo section of the Midway at the World's Colu...

Photo by Weber. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g... More

[Display of human bones, probably by the U.S. Surgeon General, at the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Columbian Exposition--the Idaho Building. Columbian Exposition--unpack...

Top illustration shows exterior of the Idaho Building at the Columbian Exposition. Bottom illustration shows men unpacking exhibits in the art gallery at the Columbian Exposition. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 18... More

[Woman riding camel on the Street of Cairo section of the Midway at th...

Photo by Weber. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g... More

Honorable William E. Rothery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, & Honorable ...

No. 6D. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street scene at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

Photographic print by Weber. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exposition grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union of all nations / Th. Nast, 1893.

Patriotic drawing commemorating the Naval Review held in New York Harbor in connection with the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. The drawing shows a young woman holding a paper labeled "Th... More

Put up before Hunt's time Dalrymple

Cartoon shows a guide, pausing on first landing of Golden Stairs, saying to Chicagoan, "There, now you can get a good view of the spires and domes of the Celestial City. What do you think of it?" Chicagoan repl... More

1893 grand view of Chicago. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 152 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

Par nobile fratrum - Public domain dedication image

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

[Far-Away-Moses with woman in Middle Eastern dress at World's Columbia...

56813Y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake [Shore] Drive & German Bl'g., Jackson Park, Chicago

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

[Exposition grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain p... More

[Crowd waiting for balloon ascension, World's Columbian Exposition,Chi...

55602Y2 U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captive balloon and Ferris wheel, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicag...

Copyright by C.D. Arnold. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Large group of firemen posed with horse-drawn fire equipment. Columbi...

Photograph shows panoramic view of fire fighters standing on top of firefighting equipment; three men stand with horses.

[Parade of Arabian circus, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I...

36915Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Blarney Castle at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]

56832y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two photographic prints, showing woman seated on back of kneeling came...

Photographic print by Weber. No. 25. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diaorama of the Greely Expedition, at the 1893 Chicago World's Columb...

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

[Administration building at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, on ...

Copyright by C.D. Arnold. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Germany, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Cannibals carrying their master", World's Columbian Exposition, Chic...

56802Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description