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Hooley's Theatre

Hoyne and Lavin questioning Perry

Hoyne and other strike arbitrators

Humboldt Park boathouse

Illinois Central entrance to Chicago

Illinois Central Station

Illinois Club

Illinois Trust and Savings Bank

I & M Canal lock

Indiana Club

Indian trail tree at lakeside

In front of the theater

Inspector Bonfield

Interior of the Wigwam

Inter-Ocean Building

Italian Coat Makers Local 270

Jackson Boulevard

Jacob S. Potofsky

James E. Defebaugh

James Hamilton Lewis

James H. Bowen

James Ryan, Maclay Hoyne and Frank Johnston, Jr.

Jane Addams

Japanese garden at Bryan residence

Jefferson Park

Jesuit Church

Jim Colosimo and Dale Winter

John A. Logan

John E. Williams

John Fitzpatrick

John P. Ahrens, E. B. Leigh and E. T. Walker

John V. Farwell

John Walsh's Store at Custom House Place

John Wentworth

Joseph Cummings

Joseph Goldman

Joseph Medill

Joseph Schlossberg

Judge Mark Skinner

Jules G. Lumbard, Basso

  • Hooley's Theatre
    Image | 1893height to 'gridiron,' 62 feet. The theatre is also supplied with the latest patent smoke and fire escape and ventilator. The auditorium is furnished with 'Hooley's Opera Chair,' and lighted throughout by the latest incandescent electric system."
  • Hoyne and Lavin questioning Perry
    Image | 1916Caption: "State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne, (at left) and Capt. Patrick J. Lavin (at right) questioning James Perry, one of the 'Teddy' Webb gang of auto bandits that, in 1912, terrorized the city."
  • Hoyne and other strike arbitrators
    Image | 1916Caption: "State's Attorney Hoyne, representing the strikers in the street car arbitration that resulted in a victory for the men. The other arbitrators, in the order named, are: Mayor Thompson, Attorney James Sheehan and Attorney George W. Miller."
  • Humboldt Park boathouse
    Image | 1906Caption: "Free Bathing Pool[.] One of the most beneficent of Chicago's charities is the public bathing system, a comparatively recent institution. The baths are spacious and well-equipped and the best evidence of their importance is found in the numbers resorting daily to their use. They are open and free to all. The Carter H. Harrison Bath at 192 Mather Street is noted for ...
  • Illinois Central entrance to Chicago
    Image | 1930Soldier Field, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium in the foreground". From text: "Central Station, on the Boulevard System, has an incomparable situation on the lake shore. Just off Michigan Boulevard, Chicago's most imposing thoroughfare, at Roosevelt Road, it places all of Chicago within easy reach by automobile. It is convenient to the down-town hotels, the theatres, steamsh...
  • Illinois Central Station
    Image | 1912Caption: "Grant Park, the Lake, Michigan Boulevard and Central Station of the Illinois Central R. R."
  • Illinois Club
    Image | 1888From text: "In 1881, the property which is the present quarters of the Club (154 Ashland Avenue) was purchased."
  • Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
    Image | 1906Caption: "The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and La Salle Street is one of the oldest and most stable institutions in the city. The architecture of the building is particularly attractive, although the surrounding skyscrapers dwarf its really fine proportions. It is said to be an exact model of the Bank of England."
  • I & M Canal lock
    Image | 1912Caption: "Canal lock on Illinois-Michigan Canal"
  • Indiana Club
    Image | 1888From text: "The Indiana Club was organized in 1883, for the purpose of promoting social intercourse among its members and their families. The Club occupies the premises at 3349 Indiana Avenue, a handsome and commodious two story brick house, furnished throughout with every comfort and luxury. The billiard and pool rooms, the bowling alley and the dressing rooms are on the fi...
  • Indian trail tree at lakeside
    Image | 1910Caption: "Indian trail tree at Lakeside (Courtesy Chicago Historical Society)"
  • In front of the theater
    Image | 1903laying dead on the sidewalk."
  • Inspector Bonfield
    Image | 1886Inspector John Bonfield was present at the Haymarket on May 4, 1886. He marched 176 officers to the scene of the gathering there and ordered the crowd to disperse, after which events turned violent. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.)
  • Interior of the Wigwam
    Image | 1910Caption: "Interior of the 'Wigwam' during the Republican Convention of 1860"
  • Inter-Ocean Building
    Image | 1893who, on March 25, 1872, founded the Inter-Ocean. The republicanism of the initial number of the InterOcean was of the most stalwart order ... Mr. Scammon went into the enterprise with characteristic zeal and energy, and ... soon made the Inter Ocean a political power, not only in the city and State, but throughout the Northwest."
  • Italian Coat Makers Local 270
    Image | 1922Caption: "Officers and Executive Board Members Italian Coat Makers Local 270". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Jackson Boulevard
    Image | 1906Caption: "Another of Chicago's famous streets. It is paved with asphalt and lined with substantial buildings. The striking facade of the Chicago Board of Trade and the new Post Office Building adorn this thoroughfare. Some portions of Jackson Boulevard resemble the great canyons of lower Manhattan."
  • Jacob S. Potofsky
    Image | 1922Caption: "Jacob S. Potofsky, Assistant General Secretary-Treasurer". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • James E. Defebaugh
    Image | 1912From text: "A man of push and enterprise, of promise and of extraordinary great success, a man who worked as very few men have ever labored for themselves, for others or for any cause, a man of action, always aggressive, who stood for big things in every relation, a broadminded man and of the highest type of Christian gentleman--these were some of the expressions which were ...
  • James Hamilton Lewis
    Image | 1933From text: "United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis … born in Danville, Virginia, on May 18, 1866 … A Chicagoan for thirty years, the World's Fair city's delegate in the United States Senate."
  • James H. Bowen
    Image | 1910Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • James Ryan, Maclay Hoyne and Frank Johnston, Jr.
    Image | 1916Caption: "James Ryan (central figure), alias 'Prof. Charles T. Crane' of the clairvoyant trust, cleaned up $60,000 in seven months through detective bureau connivance. At right and left are Hoyne and his chief assistant, Frank Johnston, Jr."
  • Jane Addams
    Image | 1922From text: "The value of the services of such women during the strike as Ellen Gates Starr, Mrs. Raymond Robins, Jane Addams, Amelia Sears, Mrs. Lillie, Mrs. John Furie, Grace Abbott, and others, was incalculable. Without almost a single important exception the sympathy of the public leaned to the side of the workers and had its effect in weakening and undermining the morale...
  • Japanese garden at Bryan residence
    Image | 1910Caption: "Japanese gardens in grounds of Mr. F. W. Bryan's residence. 1423 Kenilworth Ave., Rogers Park."
  • Jefferson Park
    Image | 1875Caption: "Jefferson Park, Chicago."
  • Jesuit Church
    Image | 1875Caption: "Interior View of 12th Street Jesuit Church, Chicago."
  • Jim Colosimo and Dale Winter
    Image | 1920Caption: "A rare photograph of "Big" Jim Colosimo and his wife, Dale Winter, taken shortly after their marriage. Note the laced shoes. Colosimo, over-lord of the Chicago underworld for twenty years, engaged Capone as his body guard when Alphonse was only a youngster." From text: "On March 29, 1920, Colosimo divorced his wife, Victoria, and on April 16 he was married to Dale ...
  • John A. Logan
    Image | 1910Caption: "Black Jack "Logan (Major-General and Congressman-at-Large)"
  • John E. Williams
    Image | 1922Caption: "John E. Williams, Chairman, Board of Arbitration, 1912-1919". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • John Fitzpatrick
    Image | 1922From text: "Mr. John Fitzpatrick, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, agreed to help them and from that time on devoted his entire time to their cause."
  • John P. Ahrens, E. B. Leigh and E. T. Walker
    Image | 1908E. T. Walker, Secretary and Treasurer".
  • John V. Farwell
    Image | 1910and that one was John V. Farwell, to whom all in any manner benefited by the evangelist owe a debt of gratitude."
  • John Walsh's Store at Custom House Place
    Image | 1910Caption: "Street scenes in the "Bygone Days" Custom House Place, Showing John R. Walsh's Store By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • John Wentworth
    Image | 1910Caption: "Long John" Wentworth (Chicago's Giant Mayor)". Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • Joseph Cummings
    Image | 1912Caption: "Joseph Cummings: President of Northwestern University from 1881 until his death in 1890". From text: "Before Dr. Joseph Cummings was chosen as president on June 21, 1881, the University had passed through five years of severe financial retrenchment and painful anxieties. ... The financial aspect of the affairs of the University began greatly to improve about this p...
  • Joseph Goldman
    Image | 1922Caption: "Joseph Goldman, President. Officers Chicago Joint Board". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
  • Joseph Medill
    Image | 1910Caption: "Joseph Medill (Owner and Editor of The Chicago Tribune)". Photograph is undated but appears to be from the 1880s.
  • Joseph Schlossberg
    Image | 1922Caption: "Joseph Schlossberg, General Secretary-Treasurer".
  • Judge Mark Skinner
    Image | 1910From text: "Other notables … who arrived in the thirties … [were] Judge Mark Skinner …" Mark Skinner (1813-1887) was a Cook County judge and city attorney. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Photo is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • Jules G. Lumbard, Basso
    Image | 1910Caption: "Jules G. Lumbard, Basso (Chicago's Famous Singers of War-time Lyrics)." (Shown on page with his brother, Frank Lumbard.) Image is undated and appears to be an enhanced photograph.