Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Al Capone
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "His Favorite Pose" Here is an excellent likeness of Alphonse Capone, the Big Boy of Chicago Gangland, and the greatest gangster that ever lived. When King Al poses for a photograph which isn't often, he always turns his right cheek to the camera. The left one is disfigured by an ugly scar. Legend has it that Capone was struck by a machine gun bullet when he was...
Alphonse Capone and John Stege
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Alphonse Capone, released from a Philadelphia jail, set Chicago on its ears, when he appeared unheralded in the office of John Stege, Commissioner of Detectives, and blandly inquired if he was wanted for anything. Capone with his attorney was then escorted to the Federal building where the same question was put to the United States District Attorney. On the same ...
State and Madison Streets
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "State and Madison Streets, World's Busiest Corner." From text: "The unceasing streams of parallel, mingling and intersecting traffic during the business hours is an extraordinary spectacle
Illinois Central entrance to Chicago
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Illinois Central Entrance to the Heart of Chicago
Federal Building
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Federal Building, at Clark, Adams, Dearborn, and Jackson, is a massive eight-story structure, in Roman Corinthian style, of granite, surmounted by a majestic dome 297 feet high
Chicago theatres
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "Chicago is one of the best theatre cities in the land, in number of playhouses, in the variety of entertainments presented, and in point of discriminating patronage. Many high-grade productions originate in Chicago, and practically all current plays of established merit may be seen there during the season. Most of Chicago's theatres are open all year."
1930 University Honors
Image | 1930 | University Honors — the Bronze TabletsThe bronze tablets list the names of students who graduated in the top 3% of their class from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ruth Hanna McCormick for U.S. Senator
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A handbill entitled "Ruth Hanna McCormick for U.S. Senator," promoting her campaign for Illinois Senator in 1928. This document includes speech excerpts, a photograph of Mrs. McCormick and her daughter Ruth Elizabeth, and "a brief sketch of McCormick's life.
The Tax Relief Amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of Illinois
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A copy of a handbill entitled "The Tax Relief Amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of Illinois Proposed by the Fifty-Sixth General Assembly" issued by Clarence N. Isaacson, Rock Island County Clerk's Office. County Clerk Isaacson sent this copy to Mary Stauduhar. He sent additional copies to all voters in Rock Island, Illinois on November 4, 1930.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on April 19, 1930. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on June 9, 1930. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications. 2 copies.
Flugelhorn
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1930 | Sousa Archives Music Instrument Digital Image and 3D Model Collection
Court messengers from the Sokoto Caliphate
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionBefore 1930.
Ladder of Ladders
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching Collection
Self-portrait
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1930.
Illinois-Missouri, Nebo quadrangle
Image | 1930 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
Illinois-Missouri Hardin quadrangle
Image | 1930 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
Little Ball with Counter-Weight
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: American
Buildings, Lancaster
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: American
Untitled
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: Spanish
The Sandburgs on a grassy hill in Harbert
Image | 1930 | Carl Sandburg CollectionCarl Sandburg and Lilian Paula Sandburg with their three daughters. Left to right, they are: Helga, Janet, and Margaret Sandburg. Photograph taken in 1930 in Harbert, Michigan, by Edward Steichen.
Old Labor Hall
Image | 1930 | Carl Sandburg CollectionOld Labor Hall 1930, opposite Brisbane Hall.
Mason City Public Library, Mason City, Iowa
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
The Library, U. of N.C., Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Babson Institute Library, Babson Park, Mass.
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library and Universalist Church, Claremont, N.H.
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, N.H
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Goshen Library, Historical Society, Goshen (N.Y.)
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Chicago The Vacation City book cover
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoText on cover: "Chicago The Vacation City Illinois Center The Road of Travel Luxury". From text: "Grant Park, between East 11th Place, Michigan Boulevard, Randolph Street, and Lake Michigan, is Chicago's down-town playground, 303 acres in extent. … In Grant Park are ... Buckingham Fountain ... [and] ... Ivan Mestrovic's bronze American Indians ..."
Chicago from the air
Image | 1930 | Picture Chicagoon the other, the expanse of Lake Michigan which gives the glamour and color and bigness to this enchanted highway."
Navy Pier
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Navy Pier, an immense and impressive structure of concrete, steel and glass, nearly 300 feet wide, extends from the foot of Grand Avenue, 3,000 feet into Lake Michigan, at Chicago's harbor entrance, and affords a cool, delightful summer recreation place for the public. The pier has three tiers, the lowest for freight traffic, the middle for passenger traffic...
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on October 10, 1930. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
Homer, Eleanor M.
Image | 1930 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionArcade with trees.
ALA President Andrew Keogh in Los Angeles, California
Image | 1930 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #118: President Andrew Keogh
Wooden Horse
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1930.
Publicité pour les bas
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1930.
A King Seated in State before Textile Backdrop, Dschang Region, Cameroon
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCreation/Discovery site: Photograph taken in the Dschang Region, Cameroon.
Deux nus feminins
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1930.
Prometheus (Greek deity)
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Mexican
Mode (robe en dentelle, surimpression)
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1930.

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