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| Description: | McCormick family residence showing circular fountain. |
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| Description: | Harold McCormick Mansion. View is showing steps at the rear of the house. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ... |
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| Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Randolph and Dearborn Streets crowded with people, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "A Busy Day on Dearborn and Randol... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic bird's-eye view of the heart of the Loop. Labeled sites include: Insurance Exchange, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Post Office, Dear... |
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| Description: | Promotional postcard with three city scene sketches and thirty-one characteristics of the city listed. Caption reads: "Kankakee the Rising City Beautiful." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Winnebago Co. Court House, 1844-1879." The Winnebago County Courthouse built in 1844 in Illinois in the Greek Revival style. The post... |
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