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View of the construction of the architectural arches placed on 5th Street in downtown Springfield.

Two children sit with their piano and violin.

An unidentified family poses for a photo on the front porch of their home.

An elderly woman and unidentified passengers stand next to a train located in Mexico.

Three members of the Rees family pose with their bicycles in the countryside.

Six children play with a small boat in a creek.

Several men wearing military uniforms ride down a city street during a parade.

An unidentified woman wearing beaded jewelry poses for a portrait.

Members of the team pose for a group photo with their ship's captain en route to Poland's Athletic Games in Warsaw.

Members of the Polish-American team pose for a group photo with their awards at Poland's 1934 Athletic Games in Warsaw. Controversial women's track and field athlete Stanizlawa Walasiewicz, also known as Stella Walsh, is fifth from the right in the…

Members of the 4x400 relay team Alvin Golankiewicz, Edward Ratkoski, Ted Kaczmarski, and Paul Klinkowski pose in the start position for a group photo with their award from Poland's Athletic Games in Warsaw.

Saxophonists from an unknown college pose for a group photo.

The four members of the singing group, the "Jannotta Ladies' Quartette" pose for a portrait. The group was named for their vocal teacher, Alfredo A. Jannotta. Stella Skiff Jannotta is on the left.

An unidentified Jannotta family member's old class in Newton, Iowa, poses for a school photo. On verso: "Some of my old class in Newton; Standing, left to right: Herman Clark, Cora Mel Patton, Paul Adamson, Bloom Ryan, Eva Blackwood, Horace Campbell.…

Francis Skiff Janotta poses for a portrait with his arms crossed.

A. Vernon Jannotta receives the Navy Cross during a ceremony held at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago. Jannotta received the Navy Cross for picking up the survivrs and saving the fuel and munitions when the Orestes Navy tanker was…

A group of men and two young girls stand outside the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company at 119 East Chicago Avenue. Jonas Engberg and Charles Peter Holmberg founded the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company in 1884.

An interior view of an unknown building shows several tables and chairs set up around a large room. On verso: "Library?"

An exterior view shows the home of Cyrus Hall McCormick at 675 Rush Street. McCormick most notably invented the mechanical reaper.

Several horse-drawn carriages travel up and down a muddy street in front of the first Weber Piano Company showroom at 239 Wabash Avenue.

Cars and horse-drawn carriages line the street along the side of the Chicago Federal Building. The Chicago Federal Building, which opened in 1905, and housed both federal courts and the city's main post office, was demolished in 1965.

The ear operating room at the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary features several medical instruments and hospital bed. Edward L. Holmes founded the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1852. The organization became an Illinois…

Elevated train tracks run alongside a building located at 300 W. Grand Avenue. The building was the home of the Ritzmann, Brookes & Company publishing house.

Construction materials cover the the South District Water Filtration Plant.

A souvenir photograph from the Chicago nightclub, Club DeLisa, shows three men and one woman sitting at a table surrounded by other club-goers. Club DeLisa opened in 1934 and was owned by the four DeLisa brothers.