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The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodne...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 27.

John Radcliffe, produce commission merchant for the sale of all kinds ...

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 20, Folder 5.

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

Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangeme...

The Illinois and Michigan Canal, connecting Illinois and the West with...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 7, no. 178 (1859 April 30), p. 339.

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 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.

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.

[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front o...

Public domain scan of American Civil War image, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at C...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 5.

Programme of procession to escort the remains of President Lincoln fro...

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

To the Republican members of the thirty-ninth congress. Gentlemen! I h...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 11.

Arrival of the delegates to the Republican convention in Chicago / ske...

Group of delegates outside of building. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, no. 597 (1868 June 6), p. 360.

Platform of principles adopted by the Soldiers' and sailors' national ...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 14a.

A plan for funding the national debt, restoring a specie basis and sec...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 14.

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

Resolutions passed at a national convention of liquor dealers, held at...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 18a.

Drake's Block, cor. Wabash Ave. and Washington St.

Photo shows the ruins of the Drake Block in Chicago, which was destroyed by fire in September 1870 (before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871). Stereo by Copelin & Melander. No. 177, printed on front. No. 43, writ... More

Drake's Block, cor. Wabash Ave. and Washington St.

Photo shows the ruins of the Drake Block in Chicago, which was destroyed by fire in September 1870 (before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871). Stereo by Copelin & Melander. No. 177, printed on front. No. 63, writ... More

The United States reporting and collecting association ... General off...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 23b.

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.

The great conflagration of Chicago! October 8th and 9th, 1871

1807B1 U.S. Copyright Office Title continues: "View of the north side, fifth day after the fire. Photograph taken from the top of the tower of the Water Works. Refer to the key." On front: "SHAW, 137 Twenty-sec... More

Parcs a bestiaux (cattle yard) [A view of the Chicago stockyards]

Photograph shows a slightly elevated view of cattle in stockyards. Photo in Frignet and Carrey, Etats-Unis d'Amerique: les Etats du North-West et Chicago (Paris, 1871) - F484.5.F7.

The Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Court-House Square - the public bu...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 Oct. 28, p. 101.

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.

Portrait photo of [Presbyterian Conference, Chicago, 1871]

Photograph of a picture on a pedestal, showing a composite scene with men and women attending a meeting in a large facility. Views of people on balconies appear to be drawn or painted into the image. Title devi... More

[Ruins of buildings along "booksellers row" in Chicago, Illinois, foll...

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 glossy surface to h... 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 Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Wells Street - the terrified popul...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 28, p. 97. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, as seen after the great conflagration, embracing the whole of...

On front: "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871 by Joshua Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington". Have duplicate obtained through copyright deposit, no. 10970. Gift... More

Among the ruins in Chicago, no. 18 Fifth National Bank, N.E. cor. Clar...

Stereograph showing two sections of columns and arches standing among the ruins of the Fifth National Bank on the northeast corner of Clark & Washington streets, Chicago, Illinois, following the great fire of 1871.

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

Photographic portrait of Anna Spafford, Chicago, llinois

Photographic portrait of Anna Spafford, wearing high-collared ruffled lace with cross pendant and three-beaded earrings, ca. 1873.

Telegram from Anna Spafford to Horatio Gates Spafford re being "Saved ...

Telegram from Anna Spafford to Horatio Gates Spafford re being "Saved ...

Handwritten cablegram, Atlantic Cable Message, The Western Union Telegraph Company. To [Horatio Gates] Spafford, 159 LaSalle St., Chicago [law office of H. G. Spafford]. Received at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 2d, 5:4... More

The cheapest eating house in America a warm meal for 5 cts. / / Copeli...

Photograph shows a food stand within a large pavilion, probably at the Interstate Industrial Exposition in Chicago.

Photographic portrait of Anna Spafford, [Chicago, llinois]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Business card of attorneys Horatio Gates Spafford, H. O. McDaid, & Joh...

Printed business card of law firm Spafford, McDaid & Wilson (H. G. Spafford, H. O. McDaid, and John P. Wilson) Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Room 37 Republic Life Building, 157 & 159 LaSalle Street, Chicago.

Business card of attorneys Horatio Gates Spafford, H. O. McDaid, & Joh...

Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, discussion, office table, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office of the U. S. reporting and collecting association, Headquarters...

Office of the United States reporting and collecting association. 109 ...

The 'enclosed circulars' mentioned in this item refer to 18:23a and 18:23b. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephem... More

Design for the proposed market hall improvement, West Randolph St., Ch...

Illus. in: American architect and Architecture, vol III., January - June, 1878, no. 109. Boston : Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1878.

The Chicago Union Veteran club. Address of the committee on political ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 24.

Illinois--Grand popular reception to General Grant at Chicago--The ex-...

Parade of veterans marching down street in Chicago. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 49, no. 1,260 (1879 Nov. 22), pp. 200-201.

Interior view of the great exposition building, in Chicago, decorated ...

Photograph shows interior of building decorated with flags hanging from the rafters. Copyright 1880 by C. D. Mosher, Chicago, Il. C. D. Mosher, the National Historical photographer duly appointed and official... More

Republican National convention at Chicago, June 2, 1880 Independent Am...

Photograph shows the President, delegates, reporters, prominent men on the platform, and the visitors' gallery watching as Gen. Garfield delivers a speech to hundreds of attendees at the National Republican con... More

Interior view of the great exposition building, in Chicago, decorated ...

Photograph shows interior of building decorated with flags hanging from the rafters. Copyright 1880 by C. D. Mosher, Chicago, Il. C. D. Mosher, the National Historical photographer duly appointed and official... More

[Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station, the Pacific Express]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fete nationale de la France. 1789 - 14 Juillet - 1881 Grande fete Cham...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 26.

Chicago Exposition Views, by Gentile "The A.F. Bellows group" / / Phot...

Stereograph shows paintings by Albert F. Bellows hanging on the wall at the Chicago Exposition of 1875. 11183 U.S. Copyright Office.

Chicago Exposition Views, by Gentile "Miscellaneous groups paintings" ...

Stereograph shows paintings hanging on the wall at the Chicago Exposition of 1875. 11196 U.S. Copyright Office.

Attention workingmen! great mass meeting to-night, at 7:30 o'clock, at...

Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.; Labor movement--Illinois--Chicago.; vj14 06-24-97; 97-165248 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as fu... More

Young men! vote for Edgar Tehune for Congress - First district ... To ...

Title.; Political campaign. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 30a.

The Consolidated cattle growers' association of the United States. Off...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 31. Copy scanned: 1

Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago / from a sketch by ...

Title page showing explosion of bomb May 4th, in Haymarket Square, Chicago, and priest giving last rites to policeman. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, May 15, 1886, p. 193 (title page).

[Reproduction of anarchist handbill "Attention workingmen! Great mass ...

Handbill reproduced in: Century magazine, April 1886, p. 826. Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attention workingmen! great mass meeting to-night, at 7:30 o'clock, at...

Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.; Labor movement--Illinois--Chicago.; vj14 06-24-97; 97-165220 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as fu... More

Illinois - the recent troubles in Chicago - the police capturing leadi...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago National League base ball team, 1885-6

Photograph shows 14 players on the Chicago White Stockings baseball team posed in front of large banner "Champions of the United States; players: Anson, Capt. & 1st B; Burns, 3d B; Clarkson, P; Dalrymple, LF; F... More

"The first dynamite bomb thrown in America" May 4th, 1886. The personn...

Print shows portraits of defendants, attorneys, jurors, and police officials involved in the anarchist trial, Chicago, Illinois, 1886.

Monument - Lincoln Park, Chicago

Photograph showing monument, "Standing Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, atop pedestal designed by Stanford White, at Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. Notation: From photo furnished by Jesse W. Weik. Acces... More

[Chicago, Ill., 12th St. Bascule Bridge]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Illinois Steel Works & harbor entrance, Calumet Riv., So. Chicago

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

[Chicago, Ill., lily pond, Washington Park]

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grant Monument, Lincoln Park, Chicago

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

[Chicago, Ill., Lake Shore Drive, Jackson Park]

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

The Pullman residence, Chicago - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Casting pig iron, Iroquois smelter, Chicago

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Chicago, Ill., Illinois Theatre]

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

[Chicago, Ill., State St. south from Lake St.]

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

Traffic on State Street, Chicago, U.S.A. =Trafico en la Calle State, C...

37398Y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Chicago, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Lake Drive, Lincoln Park, Chicago

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

[Chicago, Ill., the lagoon, Lincoln Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago's pride, her boulevard, U.S.A.. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, ...

Large treelined divided street culminating in a circle with horses drinking from hexagonal fountain(?), other horse-drawn carriages in background down the boulevard and bicyclists in the foreground.

[Chicago, Ill., in front of German Bldg., Jackson Park]

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Art Institute, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Beach in Lincoln Park, Chicago

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

Great Northern Building & Hotel, Chicago

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago The Haymarket Square.. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th ...

Stereograph showing cart loaded with goods and rows of horses and buggies at outdoor market.

Lake front from Illinois Central station, Chicago, Ill.

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

[Buildings at the University of Chicago, with lily pond in foreground,...

Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, 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

[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

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.

Dressing the beeves, Armour's great packing house, Chicago, U.S.A.

54098X U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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 World's Columbian exposition." Sueltos. La Dinemarca ha apropiedo...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 36.

Press und auskunfts-bureau de Columbischen weltaustellung. Chicago den...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 35.

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

[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

Lake front, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois in 1865 / taken from th...

Topographic drawing shows skyline across Lake Michigan. 34516 U.S. Copyright Office "J.W.O'B 1865" inscribed lower left of image. Not clear if drawn in 1865 or 1892, when copyrighted.

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.