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Chicago UniversityBallonists view of the University of Chicago, photographed in 1907. Date: 1916
Chicago Kinzie HouseJohn Minzie built the first house in Chicago in the early 19th century. Chicago has grown some since. Date: early 19th century
Wales / LlandudnoA busy scene on Llandudno seafront and beach, Caernarvonshire, Wales, at the height of the holiday season. Date: 1960s
Chicago UniversityWhile not in the Ivy League, Chicago University seeks bravely to provide its students with a suitably academic ambiance. Date: 1916
Seal of King Henry IIIFirst Great Seal of Henry III 13th century
Chicago Bathing BeachNot seaside but lakeside - Chicago may not be your idea of a holiday resort, but the Wilson Avenue bathing beach (North Shore) is a pleasant enough spot. Date: 1916
Medinah Temple ChicagoMedinah Temple, the Chicago headquarters of the Shriners order, a Masonic-style organisation noted for charitable works. Date: 1916
Chicago City HallThe City Hall and Court House covers an entre block in the center of the city, and cost more than ten million dollars. Date: 1916
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured during the Second World War in which he saw service in the Mediterranean
Chicago CongestionA busy day on Dearborn and Randolph Streets, Chicago... Not always so bad as this. It took nine policemen seven minutes to untangle the knot. Date: 1916
Chicago Grand CentralGrand Central Station, Chicago, is the terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago and Great Western, the B & O.C.C.T.R.R. and the Pere Marquette railways. Date: 1916
Chicago Masonic TempleChicagos Masonic Temple is 22 stories high. Date: 1916
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSWhaleback excursion steamer built in 1893, operating from Chicago to the Lakes and Milwaukee. Date: 1916
Chicago Busiest CornerThe busiest corner in the world is said to be State and Madison, Chicago, location of the Boston Store. Date: 1916
Houghton Water MillChildren fishing in the River Ouse, beside Houghton Mill, a large 18th century timber water mill, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. (A Youth Hostel at the time). Date: 18th century
Remote Scottish CottageA derelict old cottage, a homestead at Torrin, on the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Beyond the tangled garden can be seen the rounded hump of the Red Hills. Date: 19th century
Wales / LlandudnoFamily holidaymakers relaxing at Happy Valley, taking in the Little Orme and the dramatic sweep of Llanduduno Bay, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1960s
Sir John Suckling - 3SIR JOHN SUCKLING soldier and poet Date: 1609 - 1642
Chicago Lake Shore Dr. 2This is the home of many of Chicagos millionaires... it is a great highway for the automobiles. Date: 1916
Aeroplane over ChicagoThis view of an aeroplane over the Art Institute, Chicago, was not taken from an aeroplane, as one might think, but from a skyscraper. Date: 1916
Chicago Post OfficeNothing in Chicago is modest : the Post Office built in 1905 occupies an entre city block and cost 5 million dollars. Date: 1916
Hotel Sherman ChicagoThe new Hotel Sherman (on North Clark & Randolph sts, Chicago) is the fifth hotel to be built on this site. There are 750 rooms, each with its own bath ! Date: 1916
Chicago at NightMichigan Boulevard at night. The street borders lake Michigan and is lined with hotels and other major buildings, making it a popular night-time rendezvous. Date: 1916
Bridge, Chicago HarbourSingle leaf bascule bridge of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, in Chicago harbour. It is operated by electricity. Date: 1916
Chicago TunnelsBeneath the streets of Chicago an extensive system of tunnels conveys freight hither and thither. Date: 1916
Chicago LA Salle StreetLa Salle Street from the Board of Trade Building. Date: 1916
Buffalo in ChicagoBuffalo herd in Lincoln Park, Chicago : these noble animals, which once in countless numbers roamed our western plains, are now extinct except in captivity. Date: 1916
Art Institute ChicagoAttracting one million visitors each year, this is Americas most popular museum until they build Washingtons Air & Space museum. Date: 1916
Chicago Lake Shore DriveOn Saturday and Sunday afternoons in summer the boulevard is thronged with pedestrians and automobiles. Date: 1916
Chicago Baseball FieldThe South Side Ball Park is the home of the Chicago White Sox. Date: 1916
Chicago in 1833Eighty years ago the place where now stands a city of over 2, 000, 000 people was little more than a trading post... No other city has grown with such rapidity. Date: 1916
Chicago BankAmerican banks are not like your High Street Barclays : this is Chicagos New Continental and Commercial National Bank which will cost 6 million dollars in 1916. Date: 1916
Hospital, ChicagoCook County Hospital is staffed by 64 house and 68 attending physicians, and 400 nurses, treating over 4000 charity patients. Date: 1916
Chicago Lasalle St StnChicagos La Salle Street station is terminus for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; New York, Chicago & St Louis; Indiana & Southern. Date: 1916
Remote Lakeland CottageA derelict old cottage, near Easedale Tarn, Grasmere, Lake District, England. Date: 19th century
Wales / LlandudnoA fine view of Llandudno Bay, Caernarvonshire, Wales, as seen from near Happy Valley. Date: 1960s
Llandudno / Mostyn StreetView of Mostyn Street, in the popular North Wales holiday resort of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. Date: 1960s
Remote Youth HostelThe delightful, if somewhat remote, location of the Black Bull Youth Hostel, at the head of Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s
Llandudno Pier, viewed from Happy Valley, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: opened 1878
British PlayschoolBoys playing with a mechanical bucket toy in a playschool sandpit. Date: 1960s
Woodworm and Dry RotExamples of damage caused by woodworm and dry rot, to timber taken from St. Marys Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s
Sir John Suckling - 2SIR JOHN SUCKLING soldier and poet Date: 1609 - 1642
Cruck-Beam GableA derelict cruck-beam house (being demolished), at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. This was one of the very earliest forms of building construction. Date: 19th century
Old Newmarkeet ShopAn interesting old crooked shop, which is definately ripe for renovation, Newmarket, Suffolk, England. Date: 1960s
John WarnerJOHN WARNER English churchman, bishop of Rochester, Royalist during the Civil War, benefactor who founded Bromley College Date: 1581 - 1666
Playschool 1960SChildren, mostly little girls, around a circular table at a British playschool. Date: 1960s
Beech TreesBeech trees. Date: 1950s
John Cleveland, PoetJOHN CLEVELAND Cavalier poet Date: 1613 - 1658
