Chicago Public Library Archives

Brickwork in Albany Avenue 9' sewer

Alcott School PTA officers

Bryn Mawr Avenue, view of diversion chamber, December 9, 1930

Sewers--Illinois--Chicago; Brickwork--Illinois--Chicago

Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view

Comprising more than 36,000 square feet, the Legler Branch Library became a popular social and cultural meeting place for Chicagoans living on the West Side. Based on these factors and large circulation statistics, Legler became the regional library for the West Side just three years after its opening. During the 1970s, the services and collections of Legler were scaled to serve the community as a neighborhood branch library. Legler held the records of the West Side Historical Association, which

Bronze electric light fixture

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] LOOKING WEST FROM ROOF OF LOOMIS COURTS HOUSING PROJECT BLDG. / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

1558 North Elston

Interior view of Stanley's Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Ceiling detail, Reading Room

Drinking fountain, bronze dolphin spout

Reading Room, wrought-iron grill

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Looking east from 14th PL. & Laflin (north side of street) / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

Site of the Chicago Public Library Central Library, Randolph Street, looking southwest toward Lake Michigan

Horse-drawn wagons brought supplies to the site of the new Central Library in the winter of 1893.

Addams Park (0262) Views - Landscapes - Construction progress photographs, 1956-04-13

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Community 29B / Date 4-13-56

3242 North Lincoln

Street view

Chicago River, North Branch between Montrose and Lawrence

River, river bank and bridge are visible in photo.

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Looking south from 14th & Loomis. / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

1912 West Nelson

1765 West Lawrence

Exterior view, looking southeast, from the top of Metra tracks at the Golden Nugget Pancake House.

Girls' Patriotic Service League members

Members of the Girls’ Patriotic Service League seated in two long rows on what appears to be a stage.

Brickwork in Albany Avenue 9' sewer

3318 North Oak Park Avenue

2600 West Windsor

Addams Park (0262) Facilities - Fieldhouses, undated

Reading Room, details of table and chairs

Back yard garden in Ravenswood Manor. (No address listed.)

American Legion/Albany Park Post 24

American Legion/Rogers Park Post 108

Book stacks, Rotunda, seen from Delivery Room

1912 West Nelson

1015 E. 51st Street, rear

2728 West Ainslie

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-09-15

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] 1301 W. 14th ST. / Community 29B / Site / Parcel 1 / Date 9-15-52

Excavation for transition section, view west, Roscoe Street and California Avenue, November 1949