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

Grant Park adjoining Central Station
Image | 1930 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Grant Park, Adjoining Central Station, Showing the Buckingham Fountain and Other New Improvements Under Way." From text: "Buckingham Fountain, in Grant Park at the foot of Congress Street, is the largest and one of the most beautiful fountains in the world. It has several varieties of displays and is illuminated at night. Closed during the winter months."
Composition
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: Spanish
Pius XI: Baldness Awaits You My Child
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: German
The Detroit Institute of Arts Main Entrance on Woodward Avenue
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: American
Five Girls from Guaratinguetá
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Brazilian
Alger: Urbanisme
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Swiss
Calendar poster for the year 1930, Advertising Tobacco
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Chinese
Temple at Dusk
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Chinese
Arnold Comes of Age
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: American
Catalogs Map, 1930-1931
Image | 1930 | Mapping History at the University of Illinois Collection
Packwood House
Image | 1930 | Bob Riley Landscape Architecture CollectionPublished circa 1930.
Frank P. Carpenter's Memorial Library at Manchester, N.H
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
The Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library, Pawtucket, R.I
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library and memorial Building, Athol, Mass.
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library, Southbridge, Mass.
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library, Chicago
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection"Caption on back reads: ""Public Library. Occupies a commanding site on Michigan Avenue, Washington Street and Randolph Street. One of the greatest public libraries [illegible] beauty of its interior decorations in [illegible] Mosaic designs is unsurpassed. [illegible] 2,000,000 volumes of history, biography, [illegible] and books in foreign languages. In it is the Grand Arm...
Public Library, Chicago
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection"Public Library. Occupies a commanding site on Michigan Avenue, Washington Street, and Randolph Street. One of the greatest public libraries. The beauty of its interior decorations in carrara marble of Mosaic designs is unsurpassed. Contains nearly 2,000,000 volumes of history, biography, art, travel and books in foreign languages. In it is the Grand Army Memorial Hall, with...
Public Library and Museum, Massillon, Ohio
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Chicago Public Library
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Chicago On Back: The Public Library is located on Michigan Boulevard, extending from E. Washington St. to E. Randolph St. The building contains 110,000 square feet of floor space. The library is stocked with books upon almost every subject. There are extensive collections of Art Books and Books in Foreign Languages, History, Biography and Travel. The library ...
Hillsboro Public Library
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Hillsboro, Ill
Indianapolis Public Library (1)
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPUBLIC LIBRARY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. --6
Republican State Platform on Prohibition
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A flyer presenting the "Republican State Platform on Prohibition, adopted in Convention, August 22, 1930, at Springfield." The Republican Party promises "to vote consistently to carry out fully the expressed will of the people of their districts at the referendum on these questions of public policy in the election of November 4, 1930.
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."
Buildings, Lancaster
Image | 1930 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: American
Ladder of Ladders
Image | 1930 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching Collection
Little Ball with Counter-Weight
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
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.
Illinois-Missouri Hardin quadrangle
Image | 1930 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
Illinois-Missouri, Nebo quadrangle
Image | 1930 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
Old Labor Hall
Image | 1930 | Carl Sandburg CollectionOld Labor Hall 1930, opposite Brisbane Hall.
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.
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.

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