Illinois Collection (page 4)

A Century of Progress Fair - Travel and Transport Building
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - A Century of Progress - Travel and Transport Building 1933

Replica of the Wigwam in which Lincoln was nominated for President of the United States of America in Chicago - A Century of Progress - Chicago Worlds Fair of 1933. 1933

Agricultural Building - Chicago 1933 Worlds Fair - A Century of Progress. 1933

Home of Ulysses S. Grant, Galena, Illinois

Dyche Stadium. Evanston. Date: 1935

Classical Building. Chicago. Date: 1893

Entrance to the Enchanted Island - Chicago Worlds Fair
Entrance to Enchanted Island - Chicago Worlds Fair A Century of Progress - Chicago, Illinois. Date: 1933

Travel Building - Chicago Worlds Fair, Illinois, USA
The Travel Building - Chicago Worlds Fair, Illinois, USA. Date: 1933

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Art Institute Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Lake Shore Drive and Oak St Beach
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Lake Shore Drive and Oak Street Beach. Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Outer Drive Bridge and Skyline. A Freighter of the Great Lakes can be seen emerging from the (now-closed bascule bridge)

Chicago, Illinois, USA - The Merchandise Mart Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Navy Pier Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Board of Trade Building. Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA, Old Water Tower & Palmolive Building Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, USA -The Old Water Tower and the Palmolive Building, with roof-mounted decorative searchlight beams radiating out across the night sky. Date: circa 1942

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Chicago of Today Date: circa 1942

LINCOLN / SPRINGFIELD
ABRAHAM LINCOLN His home in Springfield, Illinois Date: 1809 - 1865

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter N655MA (msn 226) of Air Illinois. Date: circa 1973

Cessna 310D N6844T (msn 39144) at Peoria Municipal Airport, Illinois. Date: 1960

Aurora and Leland Hotels, Aurora, Illinois Date: 1935

Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1934

The Chicago Civic Opera House. - a 42 stories high building built in 1929, occupying an entire block between Madison and Washington Streets - home of the Chicago Civic Opera. Date: circa 1930s

Chicago Worlds Fair - Carillon Tower, Hall of Science. Date: 1933

Palmolive Building by Night, Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: 1937

Michigan Boulevard, looking North - Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1923

The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go. Cartoon showing Uncle Sam, with proclamation and can of Magic Washer, kicking Chinese out of the United States

USA / Chicago 1920
Skyscrapers and trams on Dearborn Street, north of Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Chrysler Building at the Chicago Worlds Fair)
The Chrysler Building at the Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago Worlds Fair) 1933. It was held to celebrate the citys centennial

The 1st Congregational Church - La Grange, Illinois, USA. Date: 1964

Ellen McAllister, ninety-one years old, the oldest resident of Shawneetown, Illinois, is a flood refugee at Tent City camp. Date 1937 Apr

Railroad bridge over Mississippi River, Illinois, USA
Train on railroad bridge over Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, USA, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Line. Date: circa 1910

General store, Canton, Illinois, USA
General store, probably in Canton, Illinois, USA, R W Cruze Selz Shoes, P&O (Parlin & Orendorff) Canton Plows. Date: circa 1910s

Grant Monument - Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1938

Chicago, Illinois - Yacht Club, Grant Park, Biplane flight
Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Yacht Club, Grant Park and flight over both by early pioneer aviator Walter Brookins in his Biplane. Date: circa 1910

Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, Chicago, USA
Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: circa 1910s

Grand Staircase
The wonderful grand staircase of the Illinois Life Insurance Company building, designed by Holabird & Roche, manufactured and installed by the Chicago Art Marble Company, USA. Date: 1930s

American football at Soldier Field, Chicago, USA
An American football game in progress at Soldier Field, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA -- Notre Dame v Northwestern, 10 October 1931. The spectators numbered 75, 000

Center Platform Downtown Subway - Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Center Platform Downtown Subway (3500ft long) - Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1950s

Boys fishing at a lake in Summit, Illinois, USA Date: 1900s

Firestone Multi-Colour Pylons - A Century of Progress
Multi-Colour Pylons at the entrance to the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Buildings - A Century of Progress, Chicago, Illinois. Date: 1933

Illinois Central Bridge, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Illinois Central (railroad) Bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, USA, a double swing bridge. Council Bluffs, Iowa, is on the other side. Date: circa 1908

Advertisement, Great Rock Island Route, Chicago, USA
Advertisement for the Great Rock Island Route, Chicago, USA, with a map of railway routes in the Chicago area. Date: 1885

Helianthus pubescens, Illinois sunflower from the southern states of the US.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Mellody Farm, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA -- residence of J Ogden Armour, meat packing magnate. The estate had its own railway station. Date: circa 1910

Commemorative envelope with stamps
Commemorative first day cover envelope with stamps, postmarked 27 October 1945, with three 3 cent stamps celebrating the US Navy. On the left is a photograph of the USS Potomac, presidential yacht

Poster design for Illinois Central travel
Poster design for Illinois Central, the road of travel luxury, featuring trips from Chicago and St Louis to the Gulf Coast (Beautiful Mississippi), offering sports all the year round

New Hotel Gault, Chicago, Illinois - Madison and Market Sts
New Hotel Gault, Chicago, Illinois, USA - Madison and Market Streets. Date: 1912

The Central Plaza Hotel - Central Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
The Central Plaza Hotel - Central Avenue at Lake Street, Chicago 44, Illinois. Offering " transient or permanent rooms and Apartments". Date: circa late 1940s

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