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South Water Street Freight Terminal, 1943

African American outside Storefront church and lunch wagon, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

African American outside Storefront church and lunch wagon, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Bar frequented by middle-class Negroes. South Side of Chicago. Photograph, 1941. Farm Security Administration photo. Original Caption

Bar Frequented by African Americans

Young African American bootblack or shoeshine boy kneels down to polish and shine the shoes of an older man, seated on a chair on a sidewalk on 47th...

South Side Shoe Shine In Chicago

Waiting Room, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943.

Waiting Room, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943

Aerial view of the Union Stockyards showing the livestock pens in the South Side community of Chicago, Illinois, July 1941. Visible on the right is a...

Union Stockyards In Chicago

1940s 1950s THE LOOP DOWNTOWN SKYLINE CHICAGO ILLINOIS USA

1940s 1950s THE LOOP...

Squad cars block entrance to a block on Chicago's South Side after disturbances during which 10,000 persons milled about the area. More than 1,000...

Police Car Bocks off Street

January 25, 1947 - Chicago: These photos of Al Capone were made by the Bureau of identification of the Chicago police department, immediately after...

Mugshot of Gangster Al Capone

Elevated, nighttime view, looking south, of vehicle traffic on State Street, Chicago, Illinois, January 1949. Visible at left is the Chicago Theatre...

State Street At Night

The Art Deco tower and the neo-Classical London Guarantee Building that flank the entrance to central Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park, as seen...

N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL

Group of Children, Street Scene, South Parkway, South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Edwin Rosskam, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security...

Group of Children, Street Scene, South Parkway, South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Edwin Rosskam, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1941

Cars parked along the sidewalk in a view looking south on LaSalle Street, with cables overhead and streetcar rails going off in all directions in...

LaSalle Street, Chicago

People shopping for shoes at shop on Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois

People shopping for shoes at shop on Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois

Street corner, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Street corner, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

American Lindy hop dancer Norma Miller Norma Miller and her long time dance partner, Billy Ricker, in action, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1940. Known as...

Jitterbug Dancers

The Union Station concourse with the flags of various Allied countries hanging from the ceiling, Chicago, Illinois, January 1943.

Union Station Train Concourse

Young African American bootblack or shoeshine boy crouches down to polish and shine the shoes of an older man, seated on a chair on a sidewalk on...

A South Side Shoe Shine In Chicago

Freight Cars at South Water Street Freight Terminal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943.

Freight Cars at South Water Street Freight Terminal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943

American Lindy hop dancer Norma Miller Norma Miller and her long time dance partner, Billy Ricker, in action, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1940. Known as...

Lindy Hop Dancers

General View Of The Lobby Of The Lasalle Hotel In Chicago, Usa, Where Delegates Of The Party For Prohibition Were Invited To Attend An Anti-New Deal...

Anti-New Deal Delegates In Chicago In 1940

Group of Girls Playing Ring-Around-a-Rosie on Sidewalk in "Black Belt" Neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Edwin Rosskam for Office of War...

Group of Girls Playing Ring-Around-a-Rosie on Sidewalk in "Black Belt" Neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago: Herman Rohrig, Packer half, is tackled after grabbing a Card fumble and running ten yards in second quarter of Cardinals-Green Bay Packers...

Herman Rohrig Playing Hard During Football Game

1940s Looking Sw From Tribune Tower Wacker Drive Along Chicago River Wrigley Building Tower In Foreground Chicago Illinois USA

superdawg drive-in hot dog stand, chicago - 1940s-chicago stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Superdawg drive-in hot dog stand, Chicago

View of the skyline of Chicago over freight cars at the South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Illinois, April 1943. The Chesapeake and Ohio...

South Water Street Freight Terminal, 1943

Window Display of toys at Marshall Field & Company, Santa's Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 1943.

Window Display At Marshall Field & Company With Toys

Cafeteria, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1940.

Cafeteria, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1940

Chicago's Waterfront; sometimes called the most beautiful front yard in the world; is seen here. Railway tracks; below park level; are to the left....

Chicago's Waterfront; sometimes called the most beautiful front yard in the world; is seen here. Rai

Houses on the south side of Chicago, Illinois.

South Side Houses

Young African American boy stands at the doorway while seven other residents of the house look out from two second story windows of a wood sided...

South Side Housing In Chicago

General View, Chicago and North Western Railroad, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano for Farm Security Administration, December 1942.

General View, Chicago and North Western Railroad, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano for Farm Security Administration, December 1942

Women freshening up in the ladies room of a Greyhound Bus station. Chicago, Illinois, September 1943.

Man and woman near the Marshall Field's clock on State Street, Chicago, Illinois, September 20, 1947.

People Near Marshall Field's Clock On State St

Mary Andrea Arnold in a snowsuit next to a snowman, Chicago, Illinois, January 17, 1943.

Mary Andrea Arnold next to snowman

Slum section on Chicago's South Side. Children playing the El structure. Photograph, 1941. Farm Security Administration photograph by Russell Lee.

Slum Section Of Chicago'S South Side

It won't be tough skiing, because they've plenty of snow--even though they had to haul it into Wrigley Field for the Norge Ski Club's invitational...

From Home Run to Ski Run

The fellow sprawling all over Brooklyn here is Johnny Torrio, the once powerful gang chief and aide to Al Capone when that unworthy was practically...

Gangster Johnny Torrio Walking with His Face Covered

Black and white photograph of a big crowd shown to be at the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair which was held on the Shore of Lake Michigan, stating that...

Image Of A Big Crowd Shown To Be At The Chicago Railroad Fair Being Held At The Shore Of Lake Michigan

Member of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps waiting for train, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S....

Member of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps waiting for train, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, January 1943

Bartender Serving Drinks at Tavern, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1941.

Bartender Serving Drinks at Tavern, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1941

Train Concourse, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943.

Train Concourse, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943

Judy Bond Counter Display at Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 1943.

Judy Bond Counter Display At Marshall Field & Company

Photograph of African American people gathered in front of Pilgrim Baptist Church on Easter Sunday, Southside of Chicago, Illinois, 1940. From the...

Hall Of The La Salle Hotel At Chicago In Illinois On September 1940

Hall Of The La Salle Hotel At Chicago In Illinois On September 1940

Doug Bentley and Max Bentley of the Chicago Blackhawks warm up on their goalie Paul Bibeault during the 1946-47 season at Chicago Stadium in Chicago,...

Chicago Blackhawks

Four guys drink up in a Chicago bar, ca. 1948

Four guys drink up in a Chicago bar, ca. 1948

With money raised from the local Polish population, ambulances will be sent to the Polish army in England, after this ceremony at Soldier Field,...

Ambulances for England

The nations meat supply is threatened with the start of the packing house strike in New York, Chicago, and other focal points throughout the nation....

Striking Meat Workers Carrying Signs

An image of the USS Chatelain at sea with the crew gathered on the bow, the ship and crew were part of the group that captured the German submarine...

The USS Chatelain At Sea With The Crew Gathered On The Bow

Photograph of a 2-8-8-0 freight train number 7137 on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, showing it on the line between Wheeling and Cleveland, Justis,...

The 2-8-8-0 Freight Train Number 7137 Of The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

An image of the USS Chatelain at sea with the crew gathered on the bow, the ship and crew were part of the group that captured the German submarine...

The USS Chatelain Underway At Sea With Crew On Deck

An image of the Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp burning after being struck by three torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 in the Coral Sea, September...

The USS Wasp Burning After Being Struck By Japanese Torpedoes

The captured German submarine U-505, with both United States and Nazi flags flying, alongside the USS Guadalcanal. The U-505 now resides at Chicago's...

U-505 With U.S. And Nazi Flags

Furniture Settings & Home Interiors display, Bathroom, woman with a curling iron , Chicago, Illinois, June 10, 1946.

Furniture Settings & Home Interiors

Looking north, with a view of the Pui Tak Center building on Wentworth Avenue in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, ca.1940s. A bus can be seen...

Chicago's Chinatown

Halfback Charley Trippi of the Chicago Cardinals along with Vic Schwall, Bill Campbell, and Vince Banonis on the bench during a 45 to 21 loss to the...

Charley Trippi - File Photos

Philadelphia football championship game at Cominskey Park Sunday between the Chicago Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles. Cardinals won 28-21....

Football Championship Game

Workers forming a picket line in front of the Mid-City Realty Company in Chicago, Illinois. July 1941.

Chicago Picket Line

View of the Drake Hotel and Palmolive Building from Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1940.

Drake Hotel & Palmolive Building On Lake Shore Dr

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