Category:History of Chicago

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This category has the following 55 subcategories, out of 55 total.

Chicago by century‎ (7 C)
Chicago by decade‎ (26 C)
Months in Chicago‎ (12 C)
Chicago by year‎ (185 C)

A

The American Elevator and Grain Trade‎ (449 F)
American Flyer‎ (13 F)
Annual reports of the Presbyterian Hospital in the city of Chicago‎ (7 C)

B

Bush Temple Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art‎ (1 C, 1 F)

C

Chess Records‎ (2 C, 15 F)
Chess Studios‎ (5 F)
Chicago and the Midwest, Newberry Library‎ (1 C, 2963 F)
Chicago History Museum‎ (4 C, 1 P, 43 F)
Chicago Opera House‎ (13 F)
Chicago school architecture‎ (5 C, 1 F)
Paul Cornell (lawyer)‎ (9 F)
Crociera aerea del Decennale‎ (2 C, 14 F)

D

Destroyed buildings in Chicago‎ (17 C, 14 F)

E

E. A. Weeks & Company‎ (1 F)
Enumeration of fossils collected in Niagara limestone at Chicago, Illinois‎ (3 F)
Events in Chicago‎ (45 C, 26 F)

F

The Fair Store‎ (3 F)
Floods in Chicago‎ (5 F)
Fort Dearborn‎ (2 C, 1 P, 58 F)

G

Grand Opera House (Chicago)‎ (4 C, 2 F)

H

Historic American Buildings Survey of Chicago, Illinois‎ (32 C, 348 F)
Historic American Engineering Record images of Chicago, Illinois‎ (37 C, 258 F)
Historical images of State Street, Chicago‎ (78 F)
Historical review of Chicago and Cook county (1908)‎ (118 F)
History of Chicago (Andreas)‎ (1 C, 47 F)
History of transport in Chicago‎ (8 C, 27 F)
Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois‎ (1 C, 1 F)

I

Illustration from Chicago by Edmond de Mandat-Grancey‎ (12 F)

J

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable‎ (2 C, 6 F)

K

Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company‎ (1 C, 26 F)

L

Chicago Landmarks‎ (195 C, 181 F)

M

Old maps of Chicago‎ (3 C, 47 F)
Historical markers in Chicago‎ (1 C, 15 F)
Mercury Records‎ (3 C, 8 F)
Monuments and memorials in Chicago‎ (29 C, 47 F)
Morris & Company (meatpacker)‎ (3 F)

N

National Register of Historic Places in Chicago‎ (188 C, 290 F)
Neighborhood House (Chicago)‎ (1 C, 3 F)

P

Historical photographs of Chicago‎ (4 C, 2 F)

R

Railway Mail Service‎ (3 C, 22 F)

S

Shober & Carqueville Lithographing Company‎ (72 F)
Sky Ride (Chicago)‎ (34 F)
South Side, Chicago‎ (52 C, 98 F)
Stereo cards of Chicago‎ (16 C, 85 F)
Chicago stockyards‎ (1 C, 18 F)
Stromberg-Carlson‎ (1 C, 16 F)

T

The Levee (Chicago)‎ (1 C, 10 F)

U

United Airlines Flight 389‎ (3 F)

W

Wolf Point, Chicago‎ (7 C, 68 F)
Women's Suffrage in Chicago‎ (1 C, 49 F)
History of Wrigley Field‎ (2 C, 15 F)

Media in category "History of Chicago"

The following 126 files are in this category, out of 126 total.

"Chicago, Looking North from State and Washington Streets." - NARA - 513338.jpg 3,000 × 2,067; 1.4 MB
"Chicago, Looking North from State and Washington Streets." - NARA - 513338.tif 3,000 × 2,067; 5.91 MB
1678 La Salle Petitions King Louis XIV.png 368 × 626; 276 KB
1687 Henri Joutel gives etymology of Chicago as from the word for garlic, Chicagou.png 515 × 81; 33 KB
1713 Joutel Title Page Last Voyage of La Salle.png 208 × 380; 140 KB
1892KirklandStoryOfChicago.png 336 × 257; 171 KB
194 of 'The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)' (10999268353).jpg 2,896 × 1,935; 1.47 MB
20070612 Residence of Muhammad (2).JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.27 MB
20070617 East Lake Shore Drive Historic District.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 577 KB
20080909 Kenwood Evangelical Church from east.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.68 MB
20090101 Washington Park Court District Map.png 422 × 359; 8 KB
20090111 50th St in Washington Park Court District.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 1.69 MB
20090111 Washington Park Court from 49th St..JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.24 MB
20090111 Washington Park Court from 50th St..JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.43 MB
208-PR-14M-2, back.jpg 8,100 × 6,400; 52.34 MB
BestBrewingCoChicagoAdminBldg.jpg 3,705 × 2,286; 2.28 MB
BestBrewingCoChicagoPlant.jpg 3,364 × 2,154; 1.14 MB
Black Hand "Death Corner", Chicago.jpg 4,160 × 2,103; 5.81 MB
Chicago 1831 Barber 1865p286.jpg 2,096 × 1,036; 441 KB
Chicago Central Depot.jpg 1,155 × 1,097; 303 KB
Chicago in 1820 (NYPL Hades-118395-54518).tif 4,847 × 3,881; 53.82 MB
Chicago in early days. 1779-1857 LCCN2003656867.jpg 8,644 × 6,890; 9.04 MB
Chicago Murder Rates.png 685 × 302; 20 KB
Chicago portret miasta.pdf 2,022 × 1,418, 516 pages; 13.79 MB
Chicago Race Riot 1919 leaving house.png 760 × 609; 597 KB
Chicago Race Riot 1919 stoning.png 690 × 704; 722 KB
Chicago Race Riot 1919.jpg 382 × 462; 33 KB
Chicago race riot, five policemen and one soldier.jpg 458 × 344; 97 KB
Chicago race riot, house with broken windows and debris in front yard.jpg 381 × 423; 130 KB
Chicago race riot, soldiers with rifles standing guard at vandalized house.jpg 500 × 403; 54 KB
Chicago race riot, three African American men moving furniture while young Caucasian boys watch.jpg 445 × 266; 73 KB
Chicago Tenement House.png 532 × 429; 236 KB
Chicago, as it was (NYPL Hades-118913-55064).tif 4,700 × 3,808; 51.21 MB
ChicagoPopulation.jpg 1,030 × 530; 106 KB
ChicagoRaceRiot 1919 wagon.png 760 × 434; 378 KB
Chicagoracialhistory.png 447 × 347; 3 KB
Chief Alexander Robinson.jpg 463 × 439; 67 KB
Conrad Seipp Brewing Co.jpg 3,587 × 2,491; 1.87 MB
David Leavitt Charles H Ray letter.jpg 2,197 × 2,657; 261 KB
Denni Hlasatel, Chicago.png 845 × 551; 984 KB
Dill Pickle Club Benefit Card (NBY 1197).jpg 3,600 × 2,098; 704 KB
Early Chicago water works.jpg 896 × 612; 214 KB
Evolution pop Chicago 1840-2000.png 800 × 568; 46 KB
Finale; Boer War production LCCN2007663930.tif 871 × 708; 1.77 MB
First Annual Banquet, Federation of American Aero Clubs, tendered by Aeronautique Club of Chicago, Feby. 21, 1908 LCCN2007663594.tif 4,096 × 3,307; 12.92 MB
Frank Leavitt Chicago.jpg 403 × 500; 57 KB
František Hlaváček (vpravo), Karla Hlaváčková a František Soukup, 1933, Chicago (F. Soukup - Revoluce práce, 1938).png 935 × 510; 1.02 MB
GalleonWiretap RajatGupta-RajRajaratnam.ogg 17 min 50 s; 5.44 MB
Garden City Warehouse, 320 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,15- (sheet 1 of 1).tif 9,642 × 7,584; 692 KB
GARDEN, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND MERCHANDISE BUILDING, VIEW TO SOUTHWEST - Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, Bounded by Lexington and Grenshaw Streets, Kedzie HABS ILL,16-CHIG,110-1.tif 4,977 × 3,989; 18.94 MB
Gay games ad gerald farinas.jpg 640 × 480; 57 KB
General Superintendent's office; view to southwest - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-27.tif 5,000 × 4,034; 19.24 MB
GENERAL TEST ROOM IN 1946 ADDITION, FOURTH FLOOR, LOOKING WEST. ORIGINALLY HAD SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS WITH FLOURESCENT LIGHTING AND ASPHALT MASTIC TILE FLOORS - HABS ILL,16-CHIG,103-30.tif 5,000 × 3,991; 19.03 MB
General view 'east facade; view to west - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-5.tif 5,000 × 4,050; 19.31 MB
GENERAL VIEW FROM DAMEN AVENUE BRIDGE. - Santa Fe Railroad, Grain Elevator, On Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad slip, South side of sanitary and ship canal, Chicago, HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 155-2.tif 5,000 × 3,987; 19.01 MB
General view from east wing to east escalator; view to west - Chicago Park District Administration Building, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,169-13.tif 4,029 × 5,000; 19.21 MB
GENERAL VIEW IN SWITCH ROOM OF TOWER SHOWING MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING LEVERS. - Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL HAER ILL,16-CHIG,107A-2.tif 5,208 × 3,726; 18.51 MB
Graham and Morton Line docks, Chicago.jpg 1,024 × 809; 119 KB
Gravier Le Boulanger Chicago Etymology Words.png 472 × 147; 57 KB
Großer Tunnel Rohrpostzentrale Sears, Roebuk & Co Chicago.jpg 615 × 344; 72 KB
Harriet E. Vittum with children.jpg 500 × 401; 77 KB
Hinman Street station.png 350 × 491; 314 KB
History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past (IA historyofgreatfi00good 0).pdf 814 × 1,245, 730 pages; 64.95 MB
Illustrated catalogue. (IA illustratedcatal00unio).pdf 1,102 × 758, 34 pages; 1.16 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTUING K.C. BAKING POWDER. General view of the laboratory showing Chief Chemist's office and library. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485965.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 18.46 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K C BAKING POWDER. Automatic weighing and filling machine. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485959.jpg 6,263 × 9,032; 19.17 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Day's output ready for the U.S. Government. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company's plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485961 (cropped).jpg 5,246 × 4,009; 7.73 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Day's output ready for the U.S. Government. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company's plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485961.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 18.35 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. K.C. Baking Powder laboratory. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485969 (cropped).jpg 5,393 × 4,215; 6.93 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. K.C. Baking Powder laboratory. Taken in plant of Jacques Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485969.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 16.93 MB
Industries of War - Baking Powder - MANUFACTURING K.C. BAKING POWDER. Packed, ready for shipment over seas. Taken in Jacques Manufacturing Company plant, Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31485963.jpg 9,032 × 6,263; 19.83 MB
Industries of War - Butter - MANUFACTURING BUTTER FOR THE GOVERNMENT AT THE FOX RIVER BUTTER CO., CHICAGO, Illinois - NARA - 31486215.jpg 9,011 × 6,157; 19.88 MB
Industries of War - Butter - VIEW OF THE INTERIIOR OF MAIN OFFICE OF THE FOX RIVER BUTTER CO., Chicago, Illinois - NARA - 31486221.jpg 9,011 × 6,157; 18.67 MB
Interior of Pullman Residence.jpg 500 × 395; 79 KB
Jackson Park Beach, Lake Michigan (NBY 415914).jpg 819 × 521; 65 KB
Kinzie House.png 687 × 434; 590 KB
Lake Michigan Excursion Steamers, Lincoln Park, Chicago (NBY 415099).jpg 822 × 518; 73 KB
Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 1 of 8).jpg 446 × 756; 81 KB
Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 4 of 8).jpg 756 × 471; 205 KB
Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 5 of 8).jpg 756 × 483; 212 KB
Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 6 of 8).jpg 756 × 482; 204 KB
Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid (page 7 of 8).jpg 756 × 480; 224 KB
Lincolnparkporchcollapse.jpg 1,024 × 768; 652 KB
McCutcheonTRChicagoExersise.jpg 1,053 × 1,500; 391 KB
Milford Theatre Chicago 1917.jpg 1,365 × 443; 305 KB
Moorish Science Temple 1928 Convention.jpg 760 × 613; 293 KB
Männer mit Waschbärfell und Biberfell, Taxidermien, Damenporträt-Plakate, vielleicht Chicago.jpg 1,600 × 1,022; 197 KB
NorthwesternTerraCottaCoBldgChicago.jpg 3,621 × 2,592; 1.7 MB
Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue181928geoc).pdf 758 × 1,175, 484 pages; 25.23 MB
Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue191929geoc).pdf 806 × 1,200, 482 pages; 24.91 MB
Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago (IA olcottslandvalue261936geoc).pdf 787 × 1,179, 416 pages; 34.68 MB
Old LaSalle Street Station.jpg 1,049 × 1,097; 261 KB
Our-Lady-Queen-of-Heaven.jpg 1,757 × 1,797; 453 KB
Out from the Darkness- An Autobiography Unfolding the Life Story and Singular Vicissitudes of a Scandinavian Bartimǽus (1890) (14765987705).jpg 2,296 × 1,696; 973 KB
PG139 1.gif 265 × 396; 69 KB
Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol (United States, prohibition era) 2.jpg 475 × 382; 83 KB
Seeing America first - with the Berry brothers (1917) (14776320774).jpg 3,112 × 2,128; 2.08 MB
Side view of train (3329274066).jpg 1,050 × 752; 167 KB
The stranger's guide to the city of Chicago, giving the location of places of amusement, banks ... etc (IA strangersguidet00chic).pdf 887 × 1,368, 128 pages; 8.22 MB
Svornost Chicago.png 1,145 × 476; 1.07 MB
The Americana - a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world (1903) (14576936370).jpg 2,116 × 3,158; 1.33 MB
The Americana - a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world (1903) (14576937220).jpg 2,072 × 3,128; 954 KB
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at La Salle Opera House 1921 external.jpg 738 × 1,156; 263 KB
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at La Salle Opera House 1921.jpg 1,558 × 1,132; 249 KB
The Street railway journal (1900) (14571755899).jpg 1,429 × 887; 463 KB
The trial of the anarchists in Chicago.jpg 760 × 578; 104 KB
Total Annual Murders.png 2,000 × 1,013; 94 KB
Train and tracks (3329274136).jpg 1,050 × 754; 146 KB
Train and tracks (3329274182).jpg 1,050 × 750; 156 KB
US Housing Authority in Chicago, Illinois - the before photo of - NARA - 196098.tif 2,000 × 1,407; 2.71 MB
Cook County Hospital, Chicago; exterior. Photograph, 187-. Wellcome V0030941.jpg 3,390 × 2,069; 2.33 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-004.jpg 1,443 × 1,230; 1.12 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-005.jpg 1,476 × 1,245; 1.31 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-009 (cropped).jpg 1,431 × 2,122; 2.16 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-009.jpg 1,507 × 2,304; 2.32 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-016.jpg 1,467 × 1,242; 1.17 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-021.jpg 1,473 × 1,221; 1.2 MB
Verne-Hetzel-Testament exentrique-057.jpg 2,220 × 1,605; 2.18 MB
View of Chicago as seen at the top of St. Mary's College (NYPL Hades-118733-54858).tif 5,086 × 4,534; 65.98 MB
Wed-dress-001.jpg 1,825 × 2,744; 1.3 MB
Wells Street Bridge c. 1909 with Steamer Muncy at dock on east side of Wells Street.jpg 1,600 × 1,013; 744 KB
William Mark Young - Chicago's First Stage Depot - etching.jpg 1,085 × 1,600; 493 KB
William Mark Young - Chicago’s First School House - etching.jpg 1,599 × 1,599; 492 KB
Nina van Zandt.jpg 669 × 1,024; 122 KB
ZGS preaccelerator.png 432 × 336; 85 KB
Zymotechnic Institute and Siebel's Brewing Academy, 1416-1424 Montana Street, Chicago (NBY 6917).jpg 805 × 574; 62 KB

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