Illinois Collection (page 6)

Illinois: A descriptive and historical guide. Poster for Federal Writers Project advertising American Guide Series volume on Illinois, showing outline of map of the state. Date between 1936 and 1940

What of teaching? Illinois state teachers colleges exhibit. Poster for Illinois State Teachers Colleges exhibit at the 1940 Illinois State Fair. Date 1940

Moments with genius Written by the Illinois Writers Project : presented by the Museum of Science & Industry. Poster for a radio presentation Moments with genius by the Barnum Radio Players on radio

Workers service program... Rockford, Illinois. Poster showing factories and farm buildings. Date 1941

Jobs - get the facts about occupations - free classes for young men and women 16 to 25 yrs. - National Youth Administration of Illinois

Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, announces the opening of the Southern Illinois Exhibition Project... Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine

Grand birds-eye view of the grounds and buildings of the great Columbian exposition at Chicago, Illinois, 1892-3 In commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by

Hon. Abraham Lincoln: of Illinois, national Republican candidate for sixteenth president of the United States. Date c1860

Aurora, Illinois 1882. Date c1883 Jun. 7

Triennial committee. K. T. City of Chicago, Illinois
Triennial committee. K.T. City of Chicago, Illinois. Date c1880

Nicknames of the states. H. W. Hill & Co. Decatur Illinois so
Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill & Co. Decatur Illinois sole manufacturer of Hills hog ringers. Date c1884. Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill & Co

Abraham Lincoln from a portrait taken from life by Charles A. Barry, Springfield, Illinois, June 1860. Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Date c1860

Department store models, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1940 July

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

Theatre on Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois. Date 1940 July

Boys, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

Oxford England. American Army men, attending Oxford University for special courses given by distinguished educators, view the Thames River following one of their classes

Parking lot. Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 July

Wiping off windshield in service station, Cairo, Illinois. Date 1940 May

Under the elevated tracks. Chicago, Illinois. Date 1940 July

South State Street. Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 July

Children playing ring around a rosie in one of the better neighborhoods of the Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

Orient No. 1, one of the largest coal mines in the world. Franklin County, Illinois (see 26940-D). Date 1939 Jan

Secondhand store, Peoria, Illinois. Date 1938 May

Adolescent boys dressed up for the Easter parade, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

Grocery store, Salem, Illinois. Date 1940 Feb

Mr. and Mrs. John Landers, tenant farmers, at the backdoor of their farmhouse, near Marseilles, Illinois. Date 1937 Jan

Ascending steps of El, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 July

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. Date 1943 April

Residential district, Herrin, Illinois. Date 1939 Jan

Adolescent boy dressed up for the Easter parade, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

Side street, Salem, Illinois. Date 1940 Feb

Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago

Chicago, As It Was
Chicago, Illinois, As It Was circa 1873 Date: ca. 1873

General Ulysees Grant at the Tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield Illinois

Kaskaskia, Illinois
This village is located close to the oldest town in the American West (1703). Date: 1850

Chicago Michigan Ave
An almost incomparable group of thoroughly modern buildings - Peoples Gas bldg, Lake View bldg, Illinois Athletic Club, Monroe bldg and the University Club. Date: 1916

Mr Carter Henry Harrison, Mayor of Chicago
Mayor of Chicago for many years and recently elected for a fifth term, Carter Henry Harrison was murdered in his home by Patrick Eugene Prendergast. Date: 1825-1893

Kit Bag contents - US Navy
The correct way that a member of the US Navy should pack his kit bag. A card from the US Training Center - Great Lakes, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1930s

The Home of Abraham Lincoln - Postcard
A postcard showing the home of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois

Advert for Old Dog Tray
Advertisement for Old Dog Tray Fine Cut tobacco manufactured by Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Company, Quincy, Illinois

Mormons Leave Nauvoo
The Mormons leave Nauvoo, Illinois, heading West to Utah

Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company Share Certificate

Airship Mail Project
AIR MAIL : a scheme to pick up mail by airship from a moving train is tested in Illinois, but does not seem to have proved practicable

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