This large format (approx. 14" x 11"), black and white photographic print is from the collection of late Glencoe resident William Crosby, now in Special Collections, Lake Forest College library. Crosby was a railfan, friend of Elliott Donnelley and…
This black and white photo by Edward H. Bennett awaits closer study and possibly comparison to outline drawings of rooftops in Frank A. Randall's History of Chicago Buildings (Urbana: U. of Ill. Press, 1949). It shows central city rooftops shrouded…
This is a sixteen-page Chicago pamphlet reprinting of the July 1, 1862 approved Act leading to the creation of the Union Pacific Railroad and the construction of the first transcontinental rail line to the Pacific Ocean in California. It also…
This 32-page listing is a guide to portraits of Chicagoans (men) that appear in biographical and historical works published between 1868 and 1912, plus one composite photograph of pioneers in the city, from 1876. These works in chronological order…
One of Edward H. Bennett's study or "before" photos, apparently taken between 1913 and 1915, for developing the design of Wacker Drive in Chicago. The date of the Butler Brothers building and the latest date the boat could have been present establish…