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DIGITAL RESEARCH LIBRARY OF ILLINOIS HISTORY® A resource of the Living History of Illinois and Chicago® community.      FOR THE LOVE OF HISTORY The Digital Research Library of Illinois History® was developed to support the Facebook history group; "Living History of Illinois and Chicago®" (LHIC) as a knowledgebase and repository for Illinois documents, books, research papers, and other Illinois history resources. Our mission is to present, preserve and investigate Illinois history. Use by students, researchers, educators and the general public, the Digital Research Library of Illinois History® is a resourc not to be missed. THE 1893 WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION READING ROOM™ We've got your ticket to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. If you love the Chicago World's Fair... you found Utopia! 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Pub:1919 A Timeline of Illinois History Alton Illinois Illustrated. pub:1912 American Bottom Region of Illinois  Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea. pub:1906 Belleville, Illinois - Illustrated. pub:1905 Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. pub:1962 Broadwell Inn & Tavern, Clayville, Illinois. [built in 1824] Burma-Shave History. Including over 500 multi-sign advertising messages seen on Illinois and US Highways. Centennial History of Illinois, Volume - 01, 02 Chain of Rocks Bridge, Chouteau Island, Illinois. Clarence Darrow, Timeline of His Life and Legal Career. Complete History of Southern Illinois' Gang War. pub:1927 Constitution of the State of Illinois 1818. pub:1819 Dwight Centennial, 1854-1954: A Great Past - A Greater Future East Saint Louis, Illinois: Race Riots of 1917 Freeburg, Illinois, Centennial Celebration, 1859-1959 French and Indians of Illinois River. pub:1874 Galena Illinois Guide. pub:1937 Galena Illinois' Old Stockade Used during the Black Hawk War of 1832 Glimpses of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, history from 1722 to 1942 Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Autobiography of; by Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard pub:1911 Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Incidents and Events in the Life of; by Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard pub:1888 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois. pub:1900 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, with Commemorative Biographies, Vol 2. pub:1926 History of Belleville, Illinois. pub:1951 History of Gazette Building in Champaign, Illinois. History of East St. Louis. pub:1875 History of Illinois from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847; by Gov. Thomas Ford. pub:1854 History of Millstadt, Illinois History of Mokena, Illinois History of Negro Servitude in Illinois and of Slavery Agitation in that State; 1719-1864. pub:1904 History of New Milford, Illinois, 1835-1975 History of Sears Modern Homes and Sears Honor Bilt Homes. History of the City of Cairo, Illinois. pub:1910 History of the City of Quincy. Illinois by General John Tillson. pub:1880  History of the Illinois Training School for Nurses, 1880-1929. pub:1930 History of Southern Illinois, its Historical Progress, People, Principal Interests. pub:1912 - Volumes 01, 02, 03 History of the Swedes of Illinois. pub:1908 Illinois Crime Survey, by Illinois Association for Criminal Justice. pub:1929 Illinois in 1818, by Solon Justus Buck. pub:1918 Kinsella Log Cabin (two-story) built in 1854, Fairview Heights, Illinois. [photography by N.Gale] Laws of Illinois, Relating to Cities and Villages. pub:1878 Laws of the Illinois Territory, 1809-1818. pub:1950 Life of Black Hawk as dictated by himself. pub:1834 Maeystown, Illinois - The Entire Village is on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Mother Bickerdyke, Her Life and Labors for the Relief of Our Soldiers. pub:1886 Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, Cahokia, Illinois - Illinois' Oldest Brick House Blueprints. [completed 1806] Old Illinois Houses, by John Drury. pub:1941 Origins of Nude Swimming in Illinois Public Schools. Pana, Illinois. pub:1913 Panic of 1893 in Illinois and Chicago. Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois. pub:1905 Pioneer History of Illinois containing the Discovery in 1673 to 1818. pub:1887 Skokie (Niles Centre), Illinois - Old businesses within a block radius from downtown Skokie's center. Springfield: the home of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1926 Story of Illinois and Its People, pub:1910, Rev. ed.1913 The Early History of Illinois: from discovery by the French in 1673, until cession to Great Britain in 1763. The First Settler of Evanston and Wilmette - Antoine Ouilmette; 1790-1826. The Life of Logan Belt the Noted Desperado of Southern Illinois. pub:1888 The Pioneer History of Illinois containing the discovery in 1672. The Rivalship of Insignificant Villages: Springfield, Illinois and Sangamo Town Development. 1817-1840  Two hours in Springfield by the Passenger Department of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. pub:1909 Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois. pub:1822 Wood River, Illinois Massacre of 1814 Zeigler, Illinois. A Breath Away from Being the Nation's Capitol.   CLICK LINK ─► HISTORY OF ILLINOIS COUNTIES   LOST TOWNS OF ILLINOIS CONTAINS SETTLEMENTS (WITHIN CURRENT ILLINOIS BOUNDARIES) BEGINNING IN 1673 FROM THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY; THE NORTHWEST; INDIANA AND ILLINOIS TERRITORIES UNTIL PRESENT DAY. Africa, Illinois Alpine, Illinois Babcock's Grove, Illinois Benjaminville, Illinois Brownsville, Illinois Brush Hill, Illinois Brush Point, Illinois Bushville, Illinois Bybee, Illinois Byrneville, Illinois Caledonia, Illinois Cardiff, Illinois Cass, Illinois Challacombe, Illinois Chelsea, Illinois Civer, Illinois Coltonville, Illinois Danby, Illinois DuPage Center, Illinois East Wenona, Illinois Elm Point, Illinois Elton, Illinois Etherly, Illinois Forksville, Illinois Fullersburg, Illinois Goshen Settlement, Illinois Grayland, Illinois Grand Village, Illinois Green Rock, Illinois Gregg's Corner, Illinois Gregg's Milk Station, Illinois Gretna, Illinois Griggsville Landing, Illinois Grosse Pointe, Illinois Half Day, Illinois Halfway & Half Way, Illinois Hardscrabble, Illinois  Harlem, Illinois Illinoistown, Illinois  Kettlestrings Grove, Illinois La Vantum, Illinois Lace, Illinois Little Juarez, Illinois Miles Station, Illinois Millsdale, Illinois Millville, Illinois Mormon Town, Illinois New Philadelphia, Illinois Newton's Station, Illinois Noyesville, Illinois No Man's Land, Illinois Oak Ridge, Illinois Old French Village, Illinois Old Kaskaskia Village Ontarioville, Illinois Orchard Place, Illinois Papstown, Illinois  Phillips' Ferry, Illinois Phillips' Landing, Illinois Phillipsburg, Illinois Prospect Park, Illinois Providence, Illinois Rand, Illinois Ridgevill, Illinois Riverview, Illinois Sangamo Town, Illinois Science, Illinois  Shermerville, Illinois St. Philippe, Illinois Stacy's Corners, Illinois Strasburg, Illinois Tessville, Illinois Tiedtville, Illinois Unionville, Illinois Valley City, Illinois Vishnu Springs, Illinois Wabonsia, Illinois Wanborough, Illinois Weston, Illinois White Oak Springs, Illinois   Womac, Illinois DEFUNCT AMUSEMENT PARKS OF ILLINOIS HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTATIONS Acorn Ridge (Amusement) Park, Lemont, IL. (late-1940s-1989) Adventureland [Amusement Park], Unincorporated Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1961-1977)      aka: Storybook Park --- name change ---> Storybook City, USA, Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1958-1961) Alexander Park, Princeton, IL. (????-????) Al Fresco Amusement Park, Peoria Heights, IL. (1905-1944) Angela Park, Hazelton, IL. (????-????) Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL.      aka: Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. Balloon [Amusement] Park, Gabriel Yon, Chicago, IL. (1892) Black Hawk’s Park, Rock Island, IL. (1882-1927)      aka: Watchtower Amusement Park, Rock Island, IL. Bounceland Trampoline Parks in Northern Illinois. (late 1950s - early 1960s) Brown Derby Park, Thornton, IL. (1930s-1960s) Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL.      aka: Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. Chap's Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (ca.1945-ca.1958) Chateau de la Plaisance, Chicago, IL. (1907-1910)      aka: Chateau Gardens, Chicago, IL. Chutes Park [Amusement Park], Chicago, IL. (1894-1907) [full name: Paul Boyton's Water Chutes Park] Cagle Amusement Park, Marion, IL. (????-????) Cream City Amusement Park, Lyons, IL. (1905–1908) Custer Bowery Amusement Park, Kankakee, IL. (1890s-1920s) Deer Haven Kiddie Park, Fox Lake, IL.  (1960-1967) Dellwood Park, Joliet, IL. (1905-ca.1938) Dick's Amusement Park, Bloomington, IL. (1955-1965)      aka: Richard Bell Amusement Park, Bloomington, IL. Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom, Elmhurst, IL. [now: Oakbrook Terrace, IL,] (1967-1984)      » The Complete History of the Dispensa Carnivals, Castle of Toys and Kiddie Kingdom.  Doc Rivers Raging Rapids Water Park, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1987-1989)      aka: Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water Slides, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1980-1987) Douglas Park Amusements, Danville, IL. (????-????) Dreamland Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (1905-1912) Dreamland Park, Springfield, IL. (1921-1938) Dunes Kiddieland, Waukegan, IL. (????-????) Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water Slides, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1980-1987)       aka: Doc Rivers Raging Rapids Water Park, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1987-1989) Electric Park [Amusement Association], Chicago, Illinois (1895-1901) Electric Park, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. (1904-1931)      aka: Electric Park Corners, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. Electric Park, Joliet, IL. (????-????) Electric Park, Kankakee, IL. (1894-1934) Electric Park, Marion, IL. (1904-????) Electric Park, Plainfield, IL. (1904-1932) Electric Park Corners, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. (1904-1931)      aka: Electric Park, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. Elliott’s Amusement Park, Matteson, IL. (1890-1913) Exposition Amusement Shelter, Peoria, IL. (1926-????) Exposition Park, Aurora, IL. (1922-1931) Fairgrounds Park, Danville, IL. (????-????) Fairyland [Amusement] Park, Lyons, IL. (1938-1977) Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago, IL. (1896-1903) Forest Park Amusement Park, Forest Park, IL. (1908-1922)      » An In-depth Study of Forest Park Amusement Park: From Cradle to Grave. Fort Sheridan [Amusement] Park, Highwood, IL. (1893-1908) Fox River Park, Aurora, IL. (1910-1925)      aka: Riverview Park, Aurora, IL. (1899-1910)      » In-depth History of Riverview Park (Fox River Park), Aurora, IL. Fox River Picnic Grove (Amusement Park), Fox River Grove, IL. (1900 to Mid-1970s) Freeport Park, Freeport, IL. (????-????) Fun Fair Amusement Park, Skokie, IL. (1948-1968) Fun Harbor, Waukegan, IL. (????-????) Fun Valley [Amusement Park], Springfield, IL. (????-????) Funland Kiddy Park, Dundee, IL. (1959-1972) Funtown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1960s-1982)      aka: Kiddytown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1950-1960s) Galesburg Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (ca.1952-1972)  Glen Oak Park, Peoria, IL. (1895-????) Glenwood Park, Batavia, IL. (1900-ca.1928)   Glennwood Park & Swimming Pool, Macomb, IL. (????-????) Gould Park, Morris, IL. (????-????) Green Oaks Kiddyland, Oak Lawn, IL. (1946-1971) Harlem Park Amusement Park, Rockford, IL. (1891-1928) Hasting's Bathing Beach and Amusement Park, Fox Lake, IL. (????-????) Hawthorn-Mellody Farms and Amusement Park, Libertyville, IL. (1907-1970) Henry Amusement Park, Murphyboro, IL. (1925-????) Highland Park [Amusement Park], Quincy, IL. (1872-1919) Highland Park Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (1950s, 1960s) Hillcrest Park, [Amusement Park], Lemont, IL. (1952-2003) Hilltop Amusement Park, Richton Park, IL. (c.1960-c.1975) Hollywood Kiddieland, Chicago, IL. (1949-1974) Hopkins Park, DeKalb, IL. (????-????) I & I Amusement Park, Danville, IL. (????-????) Jo-Jo Kiddie Land Amusement Park, Chicago Heights, IL. (1950-early 60s) Joyland Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1923-1925) Joyland Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (1963-1975) Joyland Amusement Park, Urbana, IL. (1951-????) Joyland Kiddie Rides, Shiller Parl, IL. (????-????) Kiddie Dude Ranch, Lombard, IL. (1940-1960) Kiddie Kingdom; (Dispensa's) Elmhurst, IL. [now: Oakbrook Terrace, IL.] (1967-1984)      » The Complete History of the Dispensa Carnivals, Castle of Toys and Kiddie Kingdom.  Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (ca. 1952-1972)  Kiddieland, Hollywood, Chicago, IL. (1949-1974) Kiddieland, Melrose Park, IL. (1929-2009) Kiddieland, Naperville, IL. (???? - mid-1970s) Kiddieland Park, Rockford, IL. (1950-1962)      aka: Sherwood Park Kiddieland, Loves Park, IL. (1962-1967 )      aka: Sherwood Park, Loves Park, IL. (1967-1977)  Kiddieland, Quincy, IL. (????-????) Kiddie Land Amusement Park, Springfield, IL. (????-????) Kiddieville Amusement Park, Niles, IL. (ca.1953-ca.1966) Kiddies Paradise, Rockford, IL. (????-????) Kiddyland, Green Oaks, Oak Lawn, IL. (1946-1971) Kiddytown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1950-1960s)      aka: FunTown Amusement Park (1967-1982) Kiddy Town Amusement Park, Norridge, IL. (1953-1964) Lansdowne Park, East St. Louis, IL. (1901-1912) Laurelwood Park, Batavia, IL. (1893-1910s) Lincoln Land Amusement Park, Effingham, IL. (1977-1988) Lindbergh Amusement Park, Upper Alton, IL. (1927-????) Luna Park, Chicago, IL. (1907-1911) Mackinaw Dells Park, Congerville, IL. (1932-????) Marshall Park, Belvidere, IL. (1921-1938) Melrose Park Kiddieland, Melrose Park, IL. (1929-2009) Midway Kiddieland, Spring Valley, IL. (????-????) Mineral Springs, Sterling, IL. (????-????) Moline's Prospect Park, Moline, IL. (1911-????) Mother Goose Gardens, La Salle, IL. (1957-1968) Naperville Kiddieland, Naperville, IL. (???? - mid-1970s) Old Catlin Fairgrounds, Catlin, IL. [Manual "Ferris" wheel kills a young girl in 1876] Old Chicago Amusement Park, Bolingbrook, IL. (1975-1981) Old Homer Park, [Amusement Park], Homer, IL. (1905-1928)      aka: Riverside Park, Homer, IL. Paul Boyton's Water Chutes Park, Chicago, IL. (1894-1907) [common name: Chutes Park, Chicago, IL] Palace Gardens, Peoria, IL. (1930-????) Peterson Park, Matoon, IL. (ca.1952-????) Playland Amusement Park, Willow Springs, IL. [now: Justice, IL.] (1950-1979) Presters' Park, Belleville, IL. (1899-1919)      aka: White City Park, Belleville, IL. Prospect Park, Moline, IL. (1904-????) Ravinia [Amusement] Park, Highland Park, IL. (1904-1910) Richard Bell Amusement Park, Bloomington, IL. (1955-1965)      aka: Dick's Amusement Park, Bloomington, IL Ride-A-While, Alton, IL. (????-????) Riverside Park, Havana, IL. (????-????)   Riverside Park, [Amusement Park], Homer, IL. (1905-1928)      aka: Old Homer Park, Homer, IL. Riverview [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1967)      aka: Sharpshooter Park [Pre-Riverview], Chicago, IL. (1879-1903)      aka: Riverview Sharpshooter Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1908)      aka: Riverview Exposition Park, Chicago, IL. (1909-1912)      aka: Riverview Park, Chicago, IL. (1913-1967)      » He Takes People for a Ride (Mechanix Illustrated - July 1956) - Riverview Park in Chicago, IL.      » Removal of the racially charged "African Dip" game from Riverview Park in Chicago, IL. Riverview Park, Aurora, IL. (1899-1910)      aka: Fox River Park, Aurora, IL. (1910-1925) Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL.      aka: Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL. Sans Souci Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1899-1913) Sharpshooter Park [Pre-Riverview], Chicago, IL. (1879-1903)      aka: Riverview Sharpshooter Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1908)      aka: Riverview Exposition Park, Chicago, IL. (1909-1912)      aka: Riverview Park, Chicago, IL. (1913-1967) Sherwood Park Kiddieland, Loves Park, IL. (1962-1967 )      aka: Sherwood Park, Loves Park, IL. (1967-1977)      aka: Kiddieland Park, Rockford, IL. (1950–1962)  Shireland Theme Park, Hampshire, IL. (1988) & (1 month in 1991) Star-Lite Park, Moline, IL. (????-????) State Fair Amusement Park, Springfield, IL. (.c1940-1992)      aka: State Fair Kiddie Land, Springfield, IL. (c.1940-1992) State Street [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1883-????) Storybook Park --- name changed to ---> Storybook City, USA, Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1958-1961)      aka: Adventureland Amusement Park, Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1961-1977) Storyland Park, Elk Grove, IL. (1957-1961) Thunder Mountain Rapids, Crestwood, IL. (1992-????) Trout Park, Elgin, IL. (1909-1922) Twin Lakes Amusement Park, Paris, IL. (ca.1954-ca.1983) Vandalia Park, Vandalia, IL. (????-????) Watchtower Amusement Park, Rock Island, IL. (1882-1927)      aka:  Black Hawk’s Park, Rock Island, IL. Webster Park, La Salle, IL. (1908-????) West End (Amusement) Park, Champaign, IL. (1893-????) White City (Amusement) Park, Brooklyn, IL. (????-????) White City (Amusement) Park, Cairo, IL. (????-????) White City (Amusement) Park, Belleville, IL. (1899-1919)      aka: Presters' Park, Belleville, IL. White City (Amusement) Park, Centralia, IL. (ca.1896-????) White City Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1905-1933)      » White City Amusement Park - Automatic Vaudeville      » White City Amusement Park - Ballroom      » White City Amusement Park - Beautiful Venice      » White City Amusement Park - Boats and Gondolas      » White City Amusement Park - Bumps, A New and Novel Pastime      » White City Amusement Park - Camp of Gypsies      » White City Amusement Park - Chinese Theatre      » White City Amusement Park - College Inn Restaurant      » White City Amusement Park - Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress      » White City Amusement Park - Double Whirl Ride      » White City Amusement Park - Electric Theatre [Moving Pictures]      » White City Amusement Park - Fire Department      » White City Amusement Park - Fire Show      » White City Amusement Park - Flying Airships      » White City Amusement Park - Fun Factory      » White City Amusement Park - Gum Chewers [Zeno Gum Vending Machines]      » White City Amusement Park - Hereafter      » White City Amusement Park - Infant Incubators      » White City Amusement Park - Johnstown Flood      » White City Amusement Park - Merry-Go-Round      » White City Amusement Park - Miniature Railroad      » White City Amusement Park - Observation Wheel      » White City Amusement Park - Over and Under the Sea      » White City Amusement Park - Photograph Gallery [White City Photo Company]      » White City Amusement Park - Puzzle Garden      » White City Amusement Park - Scenic Railway      » White City Amusement Park - Shooting the Chutes      » White City Amusement Park - Simian City [aka: Dog, Pony and Monkey Circus. or Animal Circus]      » White City Amusement Park - Temple of Music      » White City Amusement Park - The Midway       » White City Amusement Park - Toboggan [aka: Figure 8 & Double Circle]      » White City Amusement Park - White City's Hospital White City (Amusement) Park, Herrin, Illinois. (1924-1957) White City (Amusement) Park, Springfield, IL. (1906-????) Whoopee Auto Coasters of Illinois (late-1920s to early-1930s) Wonderland Amusement Park, Danville, IL. (1903-????)      aka: Wonder Park, Danville, IL. (1903-????) Woodlawn Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1921) [Never Built] Gabriel Yon Balloon [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1892) Zoo Park, Springfield, IL. (1910-????)   CHICAGOLAND BOOKS & FILES A Guide to the City of Chicago, with a map of the city. pub:1868. [pre 1871 Chicago Fire] 55 Chicago History Stories You Probably Were Not Aware Of. American Negro Exposition 1863-1940, July 4 to Sept. 2, 1940, Chicago, IL. Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery Haunted History, Midlothian, Illinois Bygone Days in Chicago; Recollection of the "Garden City" of the Sixties [1860s]. pub:1910 Captain Streeter, Pioneer. pub:1914 [Streeterville Neighborhood of Chicago] Cemetery History of Early Chicago Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835 (inc. Fort Dearborn). pub:1913 Chicago and the Great Conflagration, pub:1871 Chicago Antiquities, comprising original items, relations, letters, extracts, pertaining to early Chicago. pub:1881 Chicago City Railways; "The Trail of the Trolley," pub:1909 Chicago Flood of 1992. Chicago in the early 1800s, an area in transition. Chicago Loop's Cowpath at 100 W. Monroe - since 1844 Chicago Map Book of 77 Community Areas Chicago Park District history, background, and organization. pub:1936 Chicago Past and Present; a manual for the citizen, the Teacher and the Student. pub:1906 Chicago Photographers 1847 through 1900, as listed in Chicago City Directories. Chicago Public Transportation - Street Railways. Chicago Railroad Fair Official Guide Book - Wheels a-Rolling, 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair Official Guide Book - Wheels a-Rolling, 1949 Chicago Telephone Exchange Names and History. Chicago Shelter Cottages - After the Fire of 1871. Chicago Street Renaming Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1911 for Chicago Loop Addresses. Chicago; The Origin and Meaning of the Name. Chicago's Greatest Issue; an Official Plan. pub:1911 Chicago's Jitney Cab War of 1950 Chicago's Magnificent Melting Pot (Devon Avenue), American Way - American Airlines. June 2015 Chicago’s Smallest Cemetery; the Andreas Von Zirngibl Gravesite. Chicago’s Underground Freight Railway History & The Great Flood of 1992 Des Plaines, Illinois Centennial Celebration. pub:1935 Dime Museums in Chicago, Illinois [approx. 1890s to 1920s] Dutch Communities of Chicago, pub:1927 Early Chicago: as seen by a cartoonist. pub:1947 Everleigh Club, Chicago, Illinois - Most Famous Brothel in USA History. Five Schlitz Brewery Tied-Houses & One Schlitz Brewery Stable Building built between 1898 to 1906 in Chicago. Four Plus One (4+1), Mid Century, Mid Rise Apartment Buildings, Chicago, IL. Glass Blocks; a Chicago Invention. Givins Castle, (aka: Irish Castle) 10244 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL. Guide to the City of Chicago, pub:1862 Geographic Background of Chicago, pub:1926 History of Chicago Alleys History of Chicago Sidewalk Stamps History of Chicago from the earliest period to the present time. Vols: 01 (1857) - 02 (1857-1871) - 03 (1871-1885)  History of Chicago: Its Commercial and Manufacturing Interests and Industry. pub:1862 History of Niles, Illinois - Centennial, 1899-1999 History of Palatine, Illinois - Centennial Book, 1855-1955     History of the Chicago Police: from Settlement to 1886. pub:1887 History of the Swedish Engineers' Society of Chicago, 1908-1948 History of the Yards 1865-1953. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Indian Trails and Villages of Chicago and Cook Dupage Will Counties of Illinois 1804 Interactive Google Map of Chicago Neighborhoods Interstate Industrial Exposition Building, Chicago, Illinois. Marshall Field Funds and Battles for the Columbian Museum of Chicago Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, Airport History. Old Monroe Street, Notes on the Monroe Street of Early Chicago Days. pub:1914 Municipal control of tuberculosis in Chicago 1915 Olson Memorial Park, Waterfall and Rock Garden, Chicago. (1935-1978) Oscar Mayer Enterprise. Chicago, Illinois Personal experiences during the Chicago fire. pub:1871 Plan of Chicago by Daniel H. Burnham. pub:1909 Raising Chicago Streets Out of the Mud in 1858 Reminiscences of early Chicago and vicinity. pub:1902 Rookery Building, Chicago. Built in 1886 Schwinn Bicycle History; Arnold, Schwinn and Company, Chicago, IL. Skokie Swift, The Commuters Friend. pub:1968. Soldier Field: A Stadium and its City©. pub:2009 The Alpha Suffrage Record; Volume 1, Number 1, March 18, 1914 [by "Alpha Suffrage Club" of Chicago] The Story of Jewish Life in Chicago. Township of Jefferson, Illinois. pub:1911 Twenty years at Hull House by Jane Addams. Pub:1910 Wau-Bun, the Early Day in the Northwest, by Juliette Augusta Magill [John] Kinzie. pub:1873 Uptown Theater in Chicago - Opening Program -1925 Waste Disposal History of Chicago Why the North-South Chicago Streets Jog at North Avenue. Zenith's Story, a History from 1919.   CHICAGO DIRECTORIES 1833-34 Chicago Reverse Directory 1837-1844 Chicago City Directory 1866 Edwards Chicago Directory 1866 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1869-70 Edwards Chicago Directory 1871 Edwards Chicago Directory 1875 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1880 Chicago Reverse Directory 1880 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1885 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1885-86 Chicago Elite Directory 1888-89 Chicago Elite Directory 1890 Chicago Blue Book 1891 Chicago Blue Book 1892 Chicago Blue Book 1892 Chicago Business Street Directory 1892 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1893 Chicago Blue Book 1894 Chicago Blue Book 1895 Chicago Blue Book 1897 Chicago Blue Book 1898 Chicago Blue Book 1900 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1901 Chicago Blue Book 1902 Chicago Blue Book 1903 Chicago Blue Book 1904 Chicago Blue Book 1905 Chicago Blue Book 1906 Chicago Blue Book 1907 Chicago Blue Book 1908 Chicago Blue Book 1909 Chicago Blue Book 1910 Chicago Blue Book 1910 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1911 Chicago Blue Book 1912 Chicago Blue Book 1913 Chicago Blue Book 1914 Chicago Blue Book 1915 Chicago Blue Book 1923 Polk Chicago Street Guide   CHICAGO'S FORGOTTEN NEIGHBORHOODS Cleaverville, Illinois; a Chicago Annexed Neighborhood Hyde Park Township; a Chicago Annexed Neighborhood Lee's Place / Hardscrabble; a pre-Chicago Neighborhood  Little Sicily "Little Hell" Neighborhood; a Chicago Neighborhood Mopetown; a Chicago Neighborhood Pennock, Illinois; a Chicago Annexed Neighborhood Shanty Town; a Chicago Neighborhood Swede Town; a Chicago Neighborhood  Towertown; a Chicago Neighborhood Town of Lake; Chicago Annexed Neighborhoods Village of Jefferson/Jefferson Township; Chicago Annexed Neighborhoods   TO READ A CHICAGOAN MAGAZINE, CLICK A LINK BELOW (1926-1935) CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THESE CHICAGOAN MAGAZINE COVERS IN ONE FILE [65mb]   Vol. 1, No. 1, June 14, 1926 Vol. 1, No. 2, July 15, 1926 Vol. 1, No. 3, August 1, 1926 Vol. 2, No. 1, September 15, 1926 Vol. 2, No. 2, October 1, 1926 Vol. 2, 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Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, a Brief History.  Abraham Lincoln Institutes centralized banking to fund Union in the Civil War on 3/3/1863. Abraham Lincoln Life Masks. Abraham Lincoln Loved Cats, Dogs, Goats, a Pig, a Turkey and of course, his Horse. Abraham Lincoln - Maxims Attributed to Lincoln were penned 50 years after his death. Abarham Lincoln - Mystery of the exterior color of Lincoln's funeral train car... Solved! Abraham Lincoln, Teetotaler member of the 'Long Nine,' Really Enjoyed a Good Party. Abraham Lincoln used "Blue Mass" (mercury pills) to treat some of his health issues. Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel to the death by James Shields, State Auditor. Abraham Lincoln was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Abraham Lincoln Watermelon Monument in Lincoln, Illinois, Town Christening in 1853. Abraham Lincoln's Law Partner, William H. Herndon's 200th Birthday was Dec. 25, 2018. 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The only novelette ever sketched by Abraham Lincoln. pub:1901 Jokes told by Lincoln; selected from the Illinois State Historical Library Lincoln collection. pub:1960 Lincoln Article, Chicago Tribune - "Funeral of the President," 4-29-1865 Lincoln Article, Chicago Evening Journal - "The Grand Arch on Park Place," 5-1-1865 Lincoln Article, Chicago Tribune - "The City, The Presidents Funeral," 5-2-1865 Lincoln Letters pub:1913 Lincolnics, Familiar Sayings of Abraham Lincoln, pub:1906 Mary Todd Lincoln - In the midst of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Opinions on 'Slavery,' and 'Reconstruction of the Union,' as expressed by President Lincoln. pub:1864 Springfield: the home of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1926 Statues of Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lincoln Park, Chicago, pub:1887 The first Lincoln and Douglas debate at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 The life of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. pub:1864   FAMOUS & INFAMOUS PEOPLE Al Capone and Ralph Capone; Responsible for Milk Expiration Dating Laws in Illinois. Al Capone played Santa Claus. A True Story. Arthur Novit, Chicago Police Officer, Superman of the Subway. Aunt Lizzie Aiken, pub:1880 Dr. Thomas Neill Cream; Serial Killer [1880s Chicago] Everleigh Club; The Chicago Brothel. Biography of Minna & Ada Everleigh - "Come into my parlor." pub:1934 John Messinger (1771-1846), the Messinger Cemetery & Schoolhouse, Swansea, Illinois. [with photographs] John Reynolds, Govenor of Illinois and Congressman: History of My Life. pub:1879 [+Black Hawk War] John V Farwell - a brief description of his life and business. pub:1911 Letters from Illinois. By Morris Birkbeck. pub:1818 Mary E. McDowell Settlement House, Chicago, Illinois Robert Pershing Wadlow, World's Tallest Man, Alton, Illinois. (1918-1940) Sergio Oliva; "The Myth" Mr. Universe, Mr. Galaxy, Mr. Olympia, Chicago Police Officer (1941-2012) Susan Simmons Winans - Last Known Survivor of the Chicago Fort Dearborn Massacre. Yellow Kid Weil, the Autobiography of Americas Master Swindler. pub:1948      » Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil - A Brief History with Photographs (1875-1976)    ILLINOIS MILITARY HISTORY Black Hawk War and Illinois' Role. 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Chicago Fire(s) - 1871, "YOU ARE THERE" film narrated by W. Cronkite. Viewed newscast. Chicago Fire(s) - 1874, July 14th, the "Little Big Fire." Chicago Fire(s) - 1903, December 3rd, Iroquois Theater Fire that claimed 602+ persons. Chicago Fire(s) - 1958, December 1st, Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Chicago Fire(s) - 1967, January 16th, the First McCormick Place Fire. Chicago Flood of 1992. Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, on July 12, 1979 Eastland Disaster, Chicago, Illinois, on July 24, 1915 "Favorite" Launch (Boat) Capsizes on Lake Michigan, July 28, 1927 An 'Ups and Downs" [Ferris] Wheel Kills a Girl in Catlin Illinois in 1876   Haymarket Affair of 1886, (AKA: Haymarket Massacre or Haymarket Riot) Chicago, Illinois. Narrative of the Mssacre at Chicago, Saturday, August 15, 1812, and of some preceding events. pub:1914 Mary Todd Lincoln - In the midst of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. O'Leary's, a Cow, and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Panic of 1893 in Illinois and Chicago. "Silver Spray" Shipwreck on the Morgan Shoal, Chicago, Illinois The Great Chicago Theater Disaster, (Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903) Story told by Survivors. pub:1904   MAPS AND BIRD'S EYE VIEWS HIGH-RES PDF FILES. 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[high-resolution. zoom (+/-)] The first 25 years of the Route 66 Association of Illinois newsletter; "The 66 News."   1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001     2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013     The Traveler's Directory for Illinois, pub:1839   ODDS & ENDS Auto Stove Works, New Athens, IL. - Auto Stoves and Ranges for 1935-36; Catalog No 17. Chicago Public School (CPS) Cafeteria Butter Cookie Recipe Chicago Public School (CPS) Cafeteria Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. pub:1906   INTERNET RESOURCES Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Research Site Calculate Duration Between Two Dates Calculator; Inflation Calculator; Time-Money Calculator Chicago Street Renaming Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1911 for Chicago Loop Addresses. 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