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An advertisement for women to apply for membership in the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Land Service Committee. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the YWCA became the largest…

A poster from the Interchurch World Movement shows a woman and child praying together. The Interchurch World Movement (1919-1920) was established in the aftermath of World War I and sought to help spread Christianity through missionary work around…

The exterior of Reverie, a Grand Trunk Railway car, likely Grand Trunk Western Railway, which operated out of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Other major subsidiaries of Grand Trunk Railway included, Central Vermont Railway (Quebec, Vermont,…

Union and Central Pacific Pullman railroad car, "Pyramid." The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman in 1862, built luxury railroad cars to help improve the experience of its passengers.

The interior of a Pullman railroad car with decorative design and ornate lighting. The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman in 1862, built luxury railroad cars to help improve the experience of its passengers. On verso: "Membrino: Lot 346…

The luxurious interior of the "Countess," a railroad car that Pullman built for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. On verso: "(assigned B&O); Ex - Santa Maria; 24-chair - 1 dr. rm."

The interior of a grand railroad dining car with fancy wooden chairs and tables.

The Pullman Company warns its passengers that "CARD SHARKS can beat any honest player." The humorous broadside depicts a hand holding five aces and shows two common methods of cheating: cupping cards and hiding a card up the sleeve.

A Pullman Company disclaimer to their passengers stating, ". . . not smoking where it will annoy others in parlor cars and open sleeping cars will be appreciated." The cartoonish scene depicts a gentleman smoking and several annoyed passengers.

Private Leonard "Lennie" Scott (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) poses with rifle in hand at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Privates John A. Cronk and William J. Sprinkle (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) pose with rifles in hand at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Private Daniel J. O'Connell (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Corporal Arthur L. Abraham (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) poses in a chair at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Lieutenant John Burr (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) salutes to the camera at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Private Charley Thomas (Company L, 8th Illinois Infantry) poses for a picture at Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.

A "Miss Morrison" and several soldiers in Ward F. at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia during the Spanish-American War. The soldiers' last names on verso read: Massingill, Bossert, Carpenter, Jones, Austin, Gravenhorst, Lyle, Valiquette, and…

Spanish-American War soldiers, Company G., who were aboard the Wabash train when it derailed.

Spanish-American War soldiers of Company M, 1st Illinois Infantry, gather for a group photo on a hillside.

Portrait of George S. Thor, a Chicagoan, who was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Jack L. Maddux, president and founder of Maddux Air Lines, Inc., stands in front of a Ford Trimotor, an aircraft that became the mainstay of the commercial airline industry in the late 1920s. Founded in 1927, Maddux Air Lines began by offering…

Chicago mayor Anton Cermak shakes the hand of a pilot during a visit to Camp Grant. Cermak served as mayor from 1931 until his assassination in 1933. Camp Grant, located near Rockford, was a U.S. Army facility from its opening in 1917 until 1924,…

Workers pose for a picture at the Dashiell Motor Co. service building at "26 and Wabash" in Chicago. The following names are written on the photograph: "Smitty," "Andy Stuckey," "J. Philpott," "Paul Thompson," and "Morris Johnson."

Four men pose by a car in an auto mechanic shop at 6791 S. Chicago Ave, Chicago. The men are identified from left to right as "Cunningham," "McKorman," "Wiley Green," and "George Thor."

George S. Thor working on a 1926 Wills Sainte Claire automobile on the streets of Chicago. Caption written on the photograph reads, "Thor Garage 1637 E 75 place where Thor stood when fly wheel broke 1930."

Vivien Oakland was a successful American comedic actress in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s.