Browse Items (22278 total)

Chandeliers hang above several chairs and small tables filling the lounge of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Located at 720 S. Michigan Avenue and overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Stevens Hotel was the largest hotel in the world when it…

Eight illuminated chandeliers hang above an empty ballroom at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Located at 720 S. Michigan Avenue and overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Stevens Hotel was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1927.…

People and automobiles line the street in front of a department store. On verso: "March 31, 1983; A scene from the past, the exterior of the third in what is today a 14-unit department store group, as it appeared in 1925. Known as 'the Midwest…

Customers shop at several counters at the W. A. Wieboldt & Company department store.On verso: "The first floor of the Ashland and Monroe store as it appeared to Wieboldt shoppers in 1925. Shoppers enjoyed a vast array of merchandise in a style…

People attend a back tie banquet during the 1935 National Association of Postmasters of the United States Convention at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago.

Attendees of the 1935 National Association of Postmasters of the United States Convention at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago pose for a group portrait during a banquet.

A young John T. Stuart, IV sits for a portrait wearing a knit outfit.

The small slip of paper contains the signatures of Edmund and Mary Kean who were famous English actors during the early 1800s.

Roderick Mason poses for a portrait wearing a Culver Military Academy sports uniform.

Robert Price, of Kentucky, poses for a portrait wearing a light jacket. On verso: "A cousin of my fathers. His mother is a sister of Hon. J. T. Stuart- Mary Jane Stuart Price (Mrs. James Brauch Price) grandmother M. P. Scruggs, Dallas, Texas."

Workers take a metalogical sampling at the #4 Basic Oxygen Furnace of Inland Steel in East Chicago, Indiana.On verso: "East Chicago, Indiana 1970; Basic Oxygen Furnace "BOF" metallurgists. Metallurgical sampling at the #4 B.O.F.; Astra DD…

A street view shows the Ulysses S. Grant funeral procession marching down Broadway opposite the Metropolitan Hotel in New York.

Otho L. Caldwell of Williamsville served as county clerk for Sangamon County and was a candidate for county judge in 1926.

Charles S. Deneen (center) poses with four gentlemen at the Benton Mine Rescue Station. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and maintain mine fire fighting…

Governor Charles S. Deneen stands with several men between a set of railraod cars and a building at the Benton Mine Rescue Station. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written…

Governor Charles S. Deneen (fourth from right) and members of his administration pose for a group photo in front of the Benton Mine Rescue Station railraod car with members of the Benton Mine Rescue Station team in full gear. Illinois Mine Rescue…

Several people pose for a group photo in front of the Benton Mine-Rescue Car during Governor Charles S. Deneen's visit. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish…

Teachers and students look at a poster in a mine rescue classroom during instruction. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and maintain mine fire fighting…

Several men crouch under a walkway as part of a drill inside a mine rescue school. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and maintain mine fire fighting and…

Several men stand at the end of a corridor wearing gas masks as part of a drill inside a mine rescue school. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and…

A man lies on a stretcher while several others stand above him wearing oxygen masks during a drill at a mine rescue school. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to…

George William Helmle, a German woodcarver, took up residence and began a woodcarving business in Springfield in 1851.

Mary Condell Hudson stands with her hands behind her back for this studio portrait.

Men of Stephenson Post No. 30, Grand Army of the Republic, stand ready as a "Guard of Honor" at the Lincoln Monument in Springfield on the first Lincoln Centennial Day, February 12th, 1909.

Dr. John and Elizabeth Todd moved to Springfield, Illinois, in early 1827 after his appointment as Land Office Register. The home, located at 116 East Washington St., was the first two-story residence in Springfield.