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The result truly enriches the experience for all readers. NOTE: Many of the books, documents and videos in the Digital Research Library of Illinois History® are VERY LARGE FILE SIZES. Please be patient when downloading a file as the time it takes to complete the download is dependent upon the users bandwidth speed. The materials provided in the Digital Research Library of Illinois History® are appropriate for readers that are at least 13 years old. [PG-13]. Parental supervision suggested. ILLINOIS BOOKS & FILES 100 Years of Progress, The Centennial History of Anna, IL. pub:1954 A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois, by Christiana Holmes Tillson. Pub:1919 A Timeline of Illinois History African-American Postal Workers in the 20th Century. 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 Blue Island Story, 1835-1962. 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 the 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 East St. Louis. pub:1875 History of Gazette Building in Champaign, Illinois. 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. 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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 Port Clinton, 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 Taylorsport, 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 CLICK LINK ─► DEFUNCT AMUSEMENT PARKS OF ILLINOIS   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 Great Chicago 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 from the earliest period to the present time, pub:1884 - Volumes 01, 02, 03 History of Chicago Sidewalk Stamps 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. 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 Kinzie. pub:1873 [John H. Kinzie's wife] 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 1900 Tillotson's Chicago Pocket Map 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 Conley's Patch. a Chicago 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, 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15, No. 7, March 1, 1935 Vol. 15, No. 8, April 1, 1935   © The Quigley Publishing Company, a Division of QP Media, Inc. CLICK LINK ─► 1893 WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION READING ROOM™ 1933-34 A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Century of Progress, Chicago and the World's Fair, 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Art Institute of Chicago 1933 Century of Progress, Horticulture Exhibition Official Guide Book of the Fair Chicago, 1933 The Abraham Lincoln Exhibit Group, Century of Progress 1833 to1933 Chicago The Official Pictures of a Century of progress exposition, Chicago, 1934   CLICK LINK ─► ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln Forum™ Public group · 1,323 members Join Group The "Abraham Lincoln Forum™" is an Educational Facebook group about the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, his family, and his career.. All are welcome to join. 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. [April to August of 1832]  Illinois at Shiloh, Report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission, pub:1905 Illinois Military Units in the Civil War. pub:1962 Memoirs of My Own Times, by General James Wilkinson. pub:1816 - Complete Set of Volumes - 01, 02, 03 Reminiscences of Chicago during the civil war. pub:1914   DISASTERS An 'Ups and Downs" [Ferris] Wheel Kills a Girl in Catlin Illinois in 1876   Blue Comet Tanker Fire in Calumet Harbor on October 29, 1953. Centralia, Illinois, Mine № 5 (in Wamac, Illinois) Disaster of March 25, 1947. Cherry, Illinois Mine Disaster Report, by Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics. pub:1910 Cherry, Illinois Mine Disaster of 1909 [a brief version w/photos] Chicago Coal Famine of 1903. Chicago Fire - 1857, October 19th, the Brothel Conflagration on South Water Street. Chicago Fire - 1871, October 7th the "Saturday Night Fire" that Struck Chicago. Chicago Fire - 1871, October 8th, the Great Chicago Fire; the O'Leary's and their Cow. Chicago Fire - 1871, Large Map Showing the Burnt Area from the Great Chicago Fire. Chicago Fire - 1871, YOU ARE THERE Film (Newscast Style) Narrated by W. Cronkite. Chicago Fire - 1871, the Great Chicago Fire Destruction at Fifth Avenue and Madison St. Chicago Fire - 1874, July 14th, the "LITTLE BIG FIRE." Chicago Fire - 1877, November 14th, Field, Leiter & Company Department Store Fire.  Chicago Fire - 1893, July 10th, World’s Columbian Exposition Cold Storage Building Fire. Chicago Fire - 1894, August 8th, A West Rogers Park Block Conflagration. Chicago Fire - 1903, December 3rd, Iroquois Theater Fire Claimed over 600 People.  Chicago Fire - 1910, March 25th, the L. Fish Furniture Fire, 19th St., and Wabash Ave.  Chicago Fire - 1910, December 22th, The Union Stockyards Fire. Chicago Fire - 1922, March 15th, the Burlington Office Building Fire, Chicago.  Chicago Fire - 1934, May 19th, The Union Stockyards Fire. Chicago Fire - 1946, September 9th, the Hotel LaSalle Fire. Chicago Fire - 1950, May 25th, Green Hornet Streetcar Causes an Inferno with Gas Truck. Chicago Fire - 1953, April 17th, the Haber Corporation Fire. Chicago Fire - 1958, December 1st, Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Chicago Fire - 1967, January 16th, the First McCormick Place Fire.  Chicago Fire - 2004, December 6th, the LaSalle Bank 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 Haymarket Affair of 1886, (AKA: Haymarket Massacre or Haymarket Riot) Chicago, Illinois. Lady Elgin sinks from a collision by Port Clinton, Illinois on September 8, 1860. Mary Todd Lincoln - In the midst of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Narrative of the Mssacre at Chicago, Saturday, August 15, 1812, and of some preceding events. pub:1914 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. ZOOMABLE (+/-) 1804 Indian Trails and Villages of Chicago and Cook, Dupage,and Will Counties of Illinois 1820 Chicago Lithography 1833 Chicago Map (from Chicago Tribune 1933 edition)  1868 Bird's-Eye View Chicago from Shiller St North to 12th St South 1871 Bird's-Eye Map of Burnt District Chicago, Illinois 1871 Chicago Fire Burnt Area 1874 Bird's-Eye View Chicago, Illinois 1893 Bird's-Eye Grand View of Chicago, Illinois 1893 Bird's-Eye View Chicago, Illinois 1898 Bird's-Eye View Business District Chicago, Illinois 1902 Terminals of the Chicago and North Western Railroad 1908 Bird's-Eye Elevated Railroads in Chicago, Illinois 1916 Bird's-Eye View of Chicago Illinois Business District 1950 Chicago Demographics Map; published by the City of Chicago 1950s Morton Arborietum Map, Lisle, Illinois Interactive Google Map of Chicago Neighborhoods   ILLINOIS ROADS All Illinois Highways Illinois Route 66 Road Map showing all 3 alignments. [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 Day of the Week 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. Chicago Tribune Archives Illinois Digital Archives Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections Illinois Genealogy Trails Illinois History Project Lincoln-Douglas Debates Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition Map Tools Roman Numeral Converter What the Elements of the Municipal Flag of Chicago Mean.

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