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

O'Leary House
Image | 1860-1869 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The O'Leary House, back of which the Great Fire is said to have started." From text: "The cause of the fire is not known, even after the diligent investigation which was undertaken a few weeks later. The story, now classic, that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a kerosene lamp during the process of milking and thus set fire to the straw in the shed, is cherished by r...
Physiography laboratory
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Physiography Laboratory--Marshall High School. By courtesy of the Board of Education."
Oakland School
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Oakland School--Fortieth Street, near Cottage Grove Avenue. By courtesy of the Board of Education"
McVicker's Theatre
Image | 1869 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "McVicker's Theatre is one of the finest structures of the kind in the country. It is situated on Madison street, between State and Dearborn streets. Its cost was over $75,000
Entrance to vault
Image | 1902 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The portal of this treasure house is guarded by a double set of eight-ton doors similar to those in position in the business vaults of the bank on the floor above. A sentinel stands always at either door, although during business hours the eight-ton door is of course swung open and a heavy bronze and steel-grated door bars the entrance on the inner side of the ve...
Chicago For the Tourist
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoBook cover. Full text: "Chicago For The Tourist Reached by the Illinois Central R. R." Image depicts Grant Park, with the Logan Statue in the foreground, and the Illinois Central Station at 11th Street and S. Michigan Avenue behind.
Marshall Field & Co. advertisement
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCopy reads: "Marshall Field & Co. Warehouses, Polk St. and the River, Chicago"
View south on Michigan Avenue
Image | 1920 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Lakeside Glory of Chicago." View is looking south on Michigan Avenue from Randolph Street.
Central YMCA Building
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoLocated at 19 S. LaSalle Street. Designed by Jenney & Mundie and built in 1893.
Chicago Commons' playground
Image | 1901 | Picture ChicagoDecember 1901.
Residence of F. W. Bryan
Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Residence of Mr. F. W. Bryan. 1423 Kenilworth Ave., Rogers Park."
Two spinning methods
Image | 1902 | Picture ChicagoMay 1902.
St. Louis Browns of 1884
Image | 1884 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The St. Louis Browns of 1884--the first team ever managed by Comiskey. Players' names, left to right, standing: Strief, McGinnis, O'Neill, Quest, Comiskey, W. Gleason, Nicol
Charles A. Comiskey
Image | 1917 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Old Roman ready for a hike in the northern woods (1917)." From text: "Wherever the Sox go, at trainload of camp followers are certain to be on the trail. Many found it inconvenient to go in the spring. For these 'Commy' instituted the annual fall hegiras to the northern woods. Prominent men in all walks of life and from different sections of the country have be...
Comiskey's Chicago team of 1900
Image | 1900 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Comiskey's first American League team in Chicago: pennant-winners in 1900. Upper row, left to right: Fisher, Dillard, Isbell, Denzer, Patterson. Middle row: Brain, Hartman, Padden, Comiskey, Shearon, Sugden, Wood. Lower row: O'Leary, Shugart, Hoy, H. McFarland."
Joseph Schlossberg
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Joseph Schlossberg, General Secretary-Treasurer".
Jacob S. Potofsky
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Jacob S. Potofsky, Assistant General Secretary-Treasurer". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Striking clothing workers parade
Image | 1915 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "15,000 Striking Clothing Workers on Parade October 12, 1915". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Organizing staff for 1919 campaign
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Organizing Staff--1919 Campaign". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Comiskey and White Sox spring training train
Image | 1919 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Charles A. Comiskey has the distinction of being the first club-owner to use special trains to carry his players across the country. In this wintry picture, "Commy" is shown standing in the snow in Chicago just before the White Sox palace-on-wheels left on the spring training trip. Standing to the right of the Old Roman is James J. Callahan
Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes
Image | 1913 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes."
The Push-o-mobile
Image | 1903 | Picture ChicagoMay 1903.
Hoyne and other strike arbitrators
Image | 1916 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "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."
Emilio Grandinetti
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoOne of four individuals depicted above caption: "National Organizers, Chicago Campaign, 1919". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Cutters and Trimmers Commission
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Cutters and Trimmers Commission, Hart, Schaffner and Marx, James Mullenbach, Chairman". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Pant Makers Local 144
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Officers and Executive Board Members, Pant Makers Local 144". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Ellen Gates Starr
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoFrom 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...
Library Main Office Chicago Joint Board
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Library Main Office Chicago Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers". From text: "While these large meetings constitute the center of the educational activities of the union, classes for the instruction of small groups have also on occasion been provided. It is the purpose of the Joint Board to facilitate reading and study by the building of a library which has al...
A. N. Fisher
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "A. N. Fisher, President, 1920-1921. Officers Chicago Joint Board". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Alex Levin
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Alex Levin, Chairman, Board of Directors. Officers Chicago Joint Board". On photograph: "371 I. P. E. U."
Jackson Boulevard
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "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."
Post Office
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Post Office The new Post Office Building, one of the most magnificent postal structures in the United States, is located in a square formed by Adams, Clark and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. The delay in its completion caused many spirited controversies. From this great central station radiate forty-seven carrier stations, four stations without carrier...
Public Library
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Chicago's Public Library building bears the reputation of being one of the finest library structures in the world. The interior is exquisitely finished in marble, mother-of-pearl and onyx. It is situated on Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington streets, and commands a view of Lake Michigan. Upon its shelves are more than three hundred thousand volumes. He...
Art Institute
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "This structure stands on the lake front facing Michigan Avenue, near the foot of Adams Street and was erected in 1893 at a cost of $785,000. It contains a rare collection of paintings, statuary and other objects of art. Many wealthy Chicagoans take especial pride in this institution and have enriched it by their liberal gifts. It is open to the public on Wednesdays...
Field Museum
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The Art Building of the famous World's Fair of 1893, is the only one of the white structures preserved in Jackson Park. It had its beginnings as a permanent institution from the contributions of rare articles by exhibitors at the Exposition. It was first intended to be called "The Columbian Museum," but on an endowment of one million dollars from Marshall Field, it...
Elijah Peacock
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoAugust 1922.
C. D. Peacock
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoAugust 1922.
Corner, manufacturing room
Image | 1922 | Picture ChicagoAugust 1922.
George M. Pullman
Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoPhotograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
James H. Bowen
Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoPhotograph is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.

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