Chicago Collection (page 2)

Contestants in a dance marathon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1930. The girl has fallen asleep. Dance marathons were popular competitions organised in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s

African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end of the First World War as African Americans

James T Farrell, American novelist, c1930s(?). Born in Chicago, James Thomas Farrell (1904-1979) is best remembered for his Studs Lonigan trilogy

Franklin D Roosevelt at the Democratic Party Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1933. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States

Chicago Worlds Fair, Illinois, USA, 1893. The event, known as the Columbian Exhibition, was held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery of America

Janet M Cole and Hazel Philip campaigning for Votes for Women, Chicago, USA, 1905
Mrs Janet M Cole and Miss Hazel Philip campaigning for Votes for Women, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905. Women finally secured the right to vote throughout the United States in 1920 with the passing of

Portrait of Benjamin Peter Old Hutch Hutchinson, 1890. Artist: Goodman, Arthur Jule (?-1926)
Portrait of Benjamin Peter Old Hutch Hutchinson, 1890. Private Collection

The Derby at Chicago, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

The Directoire Dining Room, Belmont Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1924]

American Institute of Architects banquet, Old Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois, 9 June 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Main Banking Room, Security Bank of Chicago, Illinois, 1926. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLIV [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1926]

Secondary concourse, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. View showing the entrance to the main waiting room. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881

Main waiting room from the ticket lobby, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881

Main waiting room, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. It is the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago

Canal Street facade, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. It is the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago

Waiting room level, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. It is the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago

Portico facing Canal Street, Chicago Union Station, Illinois, 1926. Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881

Detail, wall decorations in the gallery, Roosevelt Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. The Roosevelt Theatre was a cinema designed by Charles Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim that opened in 1921

Entrance lobby, the Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. The Chicago Theatre opened as acinema in 1921. The architects were brothers Cornelius W and George L Rapp

Front elevation, the Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. The Chicago Theatre opened as acinema in 1921. The architects were brothers Cornelius W and George L Rapp

Main foyer from the entrance, Capitol Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

The Capitol Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Detail drawing, front elevation, Capitol Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

View of the north stand, Municipal Grant Park Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 1925
View of the north stand showing the Field Museum on the left, Municipal Grant Park Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. Municipal Grant Park Stadium was renamed Soldier Field on 11 November 1925 in

Midlothian Country Club, Chicago, Illinois. 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Living room, house of Charles G King, Chicago, Illinois, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Living room, house of Mrs Arthur Ryerson, Chicago, Illinois, 1922. Emily Ryerson was the wife of Arthur Larned Ryerson, a Chicago businessman

Allerton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. The hotel was completed in 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

The Straus Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. The Straus Building is a skyscraper designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and completed in 1924. It is today known as the Metropolitan Tower

Interior of public space, Illinois Life Insurance Company Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Exterior detail, Illinois Life Insurance Company Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

The Arlington Race Track, Chicago, c1930. Arlington International Racecourse was founded as Arlington Park by California businessman Harry D. Curly Brown

State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1908. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1908. View looking North from Adams Street showing noonday crowds. Detail from a stereoscopic card

In the heart of the shopping district on State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, early 20th century. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Skyscrapers, Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Skyscrapers, Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card detail

Crowd at the opening of the Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893. Artist: BW Kilburn
Crowd at the opening of the Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893. Also known as the Chicago Worlds Fair, the Columbian Exhibition was held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of

Cattle, Great Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cattle, Great Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

A street scene in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1896. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A street scene in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1896. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Travel and Transport Building, 1932 (1933). The Travel and Transport Building at the Chicago World`s Fair 1933, the Century of Progress International Exposition. From The Studio Volume 106

Chicago in 1833, c1930 (1933). Artist: Raoul Varin
Chicago in 1833, c1930 (1933). From a print originally printed by Arthur Ackermann & Sons. From The Studio Volume 106. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1933]

Chicago, Illinois, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

The burning of Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1871 (c1880). The Great Fire of Chicago destroyed a third of the city including the whole of the business district

Panorama of Chicago from the top of the City Hall, USA, 1871. Illustration from The Graphic, (28 October 1877)

Masonic Temple, Chicago, 1907

Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893, (Chicago Worlds Fair), 1900

A Balloon struck by lightning near Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1891. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1891

Armour Companys pig slaughterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1892. One of the earliest production lines. Pigs walked up a ramp to the top of the building

Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942. Fermi (1901-1954) constructed the first working nuclear reactor, in a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942

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