Black and white photograph of a man and woman linking arms and dressed in winter coats at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Black and white photograph looking down a street lined with tall buildings. Automobiles are parked along the street, and people are visible walking.

Black and white photograph of people working in a ditch in a street lined with houses.

Group of ten men with shovels

Group of ten men with shovels

Reminsciences about Abraham Lincoln written by a man who grew up on a farm near the Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. In his letter to Mr. Lucas, he recounts his boyhood impressions of Lincoln, of his attendance at the 1860 Republican National…

Letter by Mark Howard, insurance company president and Lincoln political appointee, describing his meeting in Chicago with Abraham Lincoln and other prominent Republicans shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860.

Black and white photograph of an older man and woman at work at the Paasche Airbrush Company in Chicago, Illinois. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Norwegian-American journalist and author, Bertram Jensenuis, Editor of the Vinland newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Jensenuis originally took over the "Viking" publication in 1958, renamed it "Vinland" and published it…

Black and white photograph of Norwegian-American journalist and author, Bertram Jensenuis, Editor of the Vinland newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Jensenuis originally took over the "Viking" publication in 1958, renamed it "Vinland" and published it…

Black and white photograph of a man at work at the Hamlander Brothers Printers in Chicago, Illinois. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a group of female dancers performing on stage at the Spanish Life Festival in Chicago, Illinois. Scanned from the negative.