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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A florist's truck drives past an intersection in a business district. Buildings in the background have signs reading "Delaware Towers Grill" and "Hotel Mar... |
| Date: | 08 08 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International delivery truck for the "Vacuum Oil Company." The top of the cab reads: "Mobiloil" w... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A poster promoting campaign supplies that could be ordered with a candidate's name printed on it. The items include: cloth signs, posters, window cards, kn... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel. |
| Date: | 05 20 1976 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads "Photo #tf-1388. T.E. Maurer (center), Manager of International Harvester's new "Chicago Central" truck sales and service center at ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Presidential campaign photo of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. standing up in the back of a convertible automobile with an American flag behind him. Two signs i... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of W.A. Maurer, importer and jobber of china painting supplies, including "white china for decorating, artists materials, colors, etc." On the l... |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Tickertape parade in a city. There appear to be people standing on the edge of the roof of the building in the center, standing near the base of a flagpole... |
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| Description: | The Chicago Housing Authority's Prairie Avenue Court public house project was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #410 in 1950. The... |
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| Description: | The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named The Century of Progr... |
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| Description: | The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Southwest view of 50 E. Huron Street. This house was the residence of Cyrus McCormick Jr. Snow is on the ground. Tall buildings and a water tower are in th... |
| Date: | 06 03 1926 |
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| Description: | View across factory yard towards a tractor hooked up to a harvester and another agricultural implement. There are railroad cars on elevated tracks in the b... |
| Date: | 12 |
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| Description: | View from railroad tracks towards a large crowd gathered outdoors at McCormick Works. National Boys & Girls Club congress, 7th annual visit to IHC. |
| Date: | 10 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over railroad tracks towards people, cars, and trucks outdoors in the yard in front of McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 09 20 1928 |
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| Description: | Workers leaving yard of IH plant. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and a large smokestack is in the background on the right. |
| Date: | 09 20 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the International Harvester plant. In the foreground is a fenced area, with the IHC logo on ground near a flagpole and flower beds. Factory buildin... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "International Harvester's 8-acre exposition depicting 'Harvester's 100 Years in Chicago' shares space with famous Soldier Field on... |
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