C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illinois vols. infantry. [1862-1865]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvZ2VvZ3JhcGhpY2FsLWhpc3Rvcnktb2YtdGhlLXJhaWwtcm9hZC1yZWdpbWVudC04OXRoLXJlZ2ltZW50LW9mLWlsbGlub2lzLXZvbHMtMmY2NGNlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/54/webp "Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illinois vols. infantry. [1862-1865]")
Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illin...
Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached t... More
New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Illinois Popular Votes for Congressmen, State Treasurer and Legislators
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
List of Votes in Northern Illinois County, 1856 and 1858
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Notes on Illinois Election Laws
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Poster for Republican meeting
Brig. General Frederick A. Starring, Colonel 72d, Ill. Infantry
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More
Colonel B. Grierson, 6th Ill. Cavalry
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms part of: Civil war photographs... More
Colonel John B. Wyman, 13th Ill. Infantry., U.S.A
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms part of: Civil war photographs... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Editorial in Illinois State Journal on appointing Southerners to cabinet
John F. Farnsworth 8th Ill. Cavalry
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1894; ink on emulsion: 1894, JF Farnsworth. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war phot... More
General William P. Carlin, Colonel of 38th Ill. Vol
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More
Colonel John B. Wyman, 13th Ill. Infantry., U.S.A
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms part of: Civil war photographs... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: S...
Volunteer to accompany Lincoln to Washington
![Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter to [Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Channing Higginson], Chicago, 23 February 1860](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLXdlbnR3b3J0aC1oaWdnaW5zb24tYXV0b2dyYXBoLWxldHRlci10by1tcnMtbWFyeS1lbGl6YWJldGgtY2hhbm5pbmctMmI3ZTkyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter to [Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Channing Higginson], Chicago, 23 February 1860")
Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter to [Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ch...
Tells her of a ball in Elkart, Indiana. Describes his fellow-travelers on the trip to Chicago. Marked "Thomas Wentworth Higginson" in pencil. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Brig. General Frederick A. Starring, Colonel 72d, Ill. Infantry
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: D...
Efforts in Illinois campaign
Transport Clipper Ocean Express in tow of the Illinois
Broadside view of one ship.
Colonel A.G. Bracket, 9th Ill Cavalry - Public domain portrait print
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More
Colonel John B. Wyman, 13th Ill. Infantry., U.S.A
Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 6502. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is ava... More
Swearing in of Capt. Smith's artillery boys at Camp Smith
Photograph shows Union artillery regiment camp tents and a group of soldiers in the distance, Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photographs possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purch... More
Civil War envelope showing woman nursing soldier with message "Lovely ...
Addressed to Mrs. F. Behymer, Shelbyville, Illinois ; postmarked Richmond, Kentucky ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Postal History, Clifton Park, New York,... More
A squad of Capt. Smith's battery - Lieut. Woods in command
Photograph shows soldiers, probably Battery A Company, 1st Light Artillery (Illinois), standing next to a cannon, Camp Smith or Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purchas... More
Frank Leslie's war maps and companion to the newspaper
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
Unidentified sailor in Union uniform and unidentified woman, probably ...
Case: Berg, no. 2-14. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Joe Florest, Niles, Illinois, September 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Cong... More
Bird's eye view of junction of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers, showing ...
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 1.5 Panoramic map looking south from Vienna, Illinois, to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Waverly, Tennessee, is on the left and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, is on the righ... More
Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois during American Civil War
No. 3165. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
President Lincoln's farewell address to his old neighbors.
Surrounded by black mourning border.
![[Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tY29ybmVsaXVzLXYtbW9vcmUtdG8taGVucnktbW9vcmUtMmMwNGNmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore]")
[Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore]
Handwritten letter with sketch on back showing Edward Moore cooking apple fritters. Found with tintype of Sergeant Cornelius V. Moore of Company B, 100th New York Volunteers, 39th Illinois Regiment,106th New Y... More
Lieutenant James S. Matthews of Co. A, 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, ...
Photograph shows identified soldier. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Jim Quinlan, Excelsior Brigade, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Ci... More
View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)
Photograph shows a Union battery at Fort Prentiss (renamed Fort Defiance), with guns facing the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purc... More
Civil War envelope showing eagle holding banner with message "Liberty"
Addressed to Chas. Claghorn, Homer, Champaign Co., Ill., from Geo. Claghorn, Fort Henry, Feb. 15, 1862; postmarked Illinois March 1, 1862; bears 3 cent and 1 cent stamps. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)... More
Frank Leslie's war maps and companion to the newspaper
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
Frank Leslie's war maps and companion to the newspaper
Public domain scan of a 17th-18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Captain Francis Erdelmeyer, Company A, 24th Illinois, Camp Nevin, Kent...
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N 28" upper left corner. Title on mat (source unverified): Capt. Comp "A" Camp Nevin 24th Illinois, 1861. Code on mat (source unverified): I-3. Forms part of the ... More
Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....
Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Requests immediate removal of Chicago postmaster
![[Unidentified soldier of "First Scotch Regiment," 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment, in sack coat and Tam o'Shanter cap in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItb2YtZmlyc3Qtc2NvdGNoLXJlZ2ltZW50LTEydGgtaWxsaW5vaXMtaW5mYW50cnktcmVnaW1lbnQtYjY3Y2QxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Unidentified soldier of \"First Scotch Regiment,\" 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment, in sack coat and Tam o'Shanter cap in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]")
[Unidentified soldier of "First Scotch Regiment," 12th Illinois Infant...
Case: Leather; star and scroll design. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Gift; Tom Liljen... More
Headquarters and barracks of Colonel Morgan's Regt.
Photograph shows Union soldiers engaged in a training exercise or inspection, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on mount. Additional inscriptions on mount include: "commencement of t... More
![Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvcXVhcnRlcm1hc3RlcnMtc3RvcmUtcm9vbXMtdGhlLXBvaW50LTAzNWNjZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...")
Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...
Photograph shows the levee at Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. View includes the Ohio River in the background, military facilities, and railroad tracks. Title from inscriptions on item. Additional inscriptions i... More
Colonel Oglesby's Headquarters and barracks
Photograph shows Union military barracks, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from inscriptions on mount. Last two words in title are barely llegible. "No. 3" upper left corner. Photograph possibly taken by ... More
Frank Leslie's war maps and companion to the newspaper
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Capt. Jim Smith's full battery of four guns
Photograph shows soldiers of Battery A Company, 1st Light Artillery (Illinois), commanded by Capt. James Smith, probably at Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois.
Birds eye view of the Mississippi Valley from Cairo to the Gulf of Mex...
Scale ca. 1:1,710,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 9 At top of map: The seat of war. This is a map and not a bird's-eye view. It covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and parts of Florida, Georgia,... More
The Mississippi River Fleet at Mound City, Illinois
No. 3132. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Scene in camp life--mess no. of the 13th Illinois Volunteers, in their...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept....
May discusses the advertisement for Thomas Sparrow. He consoles Webb on the death of his wife. May informs Webb that his son came home on leave, during which time he described his life in the Navy and informed ... More
Birds eye view of Kentucky and Tennessee showing Cairo and part of the...
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 23.5 At top of map: Panorama of the seat of war. Panoramic view looking south from Cairo, Illinois, showing parts of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ar... More
![[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvZml2ZS11bmlkZW50aWZpZWQtcHJpc29uZXJzLW9mLXdhci1pbi1jb25mZWRlcmF0ZS11bmlmb3Jtcy1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi10aGVpci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front o...
Public domain scan of American Civil War image, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvbWFwLXNoZXdpbmctdGhlLXNldmVyYWwtcm91dGVzLXByb3Bvc2VkLWZvci10aGUtcGFzc2FnZS1vZi1ndW5ib2F0cy10by10aGUtM2Q3MzU3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/17/webp "Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]")
Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to...
Scale ca. 1:3,600,000. Shows canals and navigation routes in northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Civil War maps (2nd... More
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept....
May discusses the advertisement for Thomas Sparrow. He consoles Webb on the death of his wife. May informs Webb that his son came home on leave, during which time he described his life in the Navy and informed ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept....
May discusses the advertisement for Thomas Sparrow. He consoles Webb on the death of his wife. May informs Webb that his son came home on leave, during which time he described his life in the Navy and informed ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept....
May discusses the advertisement for Thomas Sparrow. He consoles Webb on the death of his wife. May informs Webb that his son came home on leave, during which time he described his life in the Navy and informed ... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Michigan Terrace, Michigan Avenue. Looking towards teh Central Depot f...
Print shows the Michigan Terrace, or Terrace Row residences, 11 separate luxury dwellings in a single large building facing Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with carriage and pedestrian traffic, and with t... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Sends resolutions of Chicago Strong Band
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Sends resolutions of Illinois Legislature
Camps at Stevenson Ala. March 4-1864
Naive (self-taught) image with cabins in foreground, men in carriage pulling cannon lower left, tents, cabins and fort in background. Signed lower right: G.H. Blakeslee March 4 - T.E. 1864. Title inscribed in r... More
Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo.
Scale ca. 1:23,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 213 Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Description derived fr... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting at Columbu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Springfield, Illinois election returns
Plan of a fort opposite Paducah, Ky.
Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry drilling at Columbus, Kentucky]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvc29sZGllcnMtZnJvbS10aGUtMTM0dGgtaWxsaW5vaXMtdm9sdW50ZWVyLWluZmFudHJ5LWRyaWxsaW5nLWF0LWNvbHVtYnVzLWtlbnR1Y2t5LTY0YjhlOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry drilling at Columbus, Kentucky]")
[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry drilling at Colum...
Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
![[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYmF5b25ldGVkLXJpZmxlcy1vbi1yYWNrcy1hdC1hcnNlbmFsLW9mLTEzNHRoLWlsbGlub2lzLXZvbHVudGVlci1pbmZhbnRyeS1jb2x1bWJ1cy0yNTI2NDktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/19/webp "[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.")
[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infa...
Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More
Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /
Depths shown by soundings in feet. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1864 (Washington, Government Printeing Office, 1866). Map 31. Ind... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting at Columbu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry sitting in front o...
Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry playing cards at Columbus, Kentucky]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvc29sZGllcnMtZnJvbS10aGUtMTM0dGgtaWxsaW5vaXMtdm9sdW50ZWVyLWluZmFudHJ5LXBsYXlpbmctY2FyZHMtYXQtY29sdW1idXMtMTIzN2VlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/20/webp "[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry playing cards at Columbus, Kentucky]")
[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry playing cards at ...
Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of a tent...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Sketch and plan for a fortification opposite Paducah, Ky.
Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...
Requests message to annual meeting of Chicago Soldiers Home
Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /
Depths shown by soundings in feet. Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Upper left margin: No. 31, No. 3020. Pri... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Springfield, Illinois election results
The political "Siamese" twins, the offspring of Chicago miscegenation
The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The ar... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: P...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of a tent...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting in camp at...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Rock Island Barracks, Ill. - Public domain old map
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting at Columbu...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Campaigns of the Civil War in the West.
16903 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1910, by A. B. Adlerman. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 71c.4 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Request photograph for Chicago Sanitary Fair
![Court House. [Chicago] - An old photo of two buildings with a clock tower](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn25/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvY291cnQtaG91c2UtY2hpY2Fnby1mOWJiNzgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "Court House. [Chicago] - An old photo of two buildings with a clock tower")
Court House. [Chicago] - An old photo of two buildings with a clock to...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Bird's eye view of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, 1869.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of inter... More
Drake's Block, cor. Wabash Ave. and Washington St.
Photo shows the ruins of the Drake Block in Chicago, which was destroyed by fire in September 1870 (before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871). Stereo by Copelin & Melander. No. 177, printed on front. No. 63, writ... More
![[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Mrs. O'Leary's residence]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWZpcmUtb2Ytb2N0LTE4NzEtY2hpY2Fnby1tcnMtb2xlYXJ5cy1yZXNpZGVuY2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Mrs. O'Leary's residence]")
[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Mrs. O'Leary's res...
Stereo published by J. Mountford. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI RESIDENCES; Photog. Index; Ill. Chicago Residences; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf. Patrick O'Leary.
![[Ruins of Smith & Nixon's Building on LaSalle St., Chicago, after the great fire of Oct. 1871]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtb2Ytc21pdGgtYW5kLW5peG9ucy1idWlsZGluZy1vbi1sYXNhbGxlLXN0LWNoaWNhZ28tYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWZpcmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Ruins of Smith & Nixon's Building on LaSalle St., Chicago, after the great fire of Oct. 1871]")
[Ruins of Smith & Nixon's Building on LaSalle St., Chicago, after the ...
Stereo by J.H. Abbott. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Ill. Chicago Bldgs.; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf.
![[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post Office]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWZpcmUtb2Ytb2N0LTE4NzEtY2hpY2Fnby1pbnRlcmlvci1vZi1wb3N0LW9mZmljZS02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post Office]")
[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post O...
Stereo by P.B. Greene. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Post offices Ill.; Ill. Chicago Bldgs.; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf.