Chicago Public Library Archives

American Legion/Albany Park Post 24

3242 North Lincoln

Street view

1558 North Elston

Interior view of Stanley's Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Bronze electric light fixture

Addams Park (0262) Facilities - Fieldhouses, undated

Reading Room, wrought-iron grill

Reading Room, details of table and chairs

Girls' Patriotic Service League members

Members of the Girls’ Patriotic Service League seated in two long rows on what appears to be a stage.

Bryn Mawr Avenue, view of diversion chamber, December 9, 1930

Sewers--Illinois--Chicago; Brickwork--Illinois--Chicago

Drinking fountain, bronze dolphin spout

Alcott School PTA officers

Site of the Chicago Public Library Central Library, Randolph Street, looking southwest toward Lake Michigan

Horse-drawn wagons brought supplies to the site of the new Central Library in the winter of 1893.

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Looking south from 14th & Loomis. / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

1912 West Nelson

Excavation for transition section, view west, Roscoe Street and California Avenue, November 1949

2728 West Ainslie

1912 West Nelson

2600 West Windsor

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-09-15

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] 1301 W. 14th ST. / Community 29B / Site / Parcel 1 / Date 9-15-52

Back yard garden in Ravenswood Manor. (No address listed.)

1015 E. 51st Street, rear

3318 North Oak Park Avenue

Book stacks, Rotunda, seen from Delivery Room

1765 West Lawrence

Exterior view, looking southeast, from the top of Metra tracks at the Golden Nugget Pancake House.

Brickwork in Albany Avenue 9' sewer

Chicago River, North Branch between Montrose and Lawrence

River, river bank and bridge are visible in photo.

Ceiling detail, Reading Room

Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view

Comprising more than 36,000 square feet, the Legler Branch Library became a popular social and cultural meeting place for Chicagoans living on the West Side. Based on these factors and large circulation statistics, Legler became the regional library for the West Side just three years after its opening. During the 1970s, the services and collections of Legler were scaled to serve the community as a neighborhood branch library. Legler held the records of the West Side Historical Association, which

American Legion/Rogers Park Post 108

Brickwork in Albany Avenue 9' sewer

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] LOOKING WEST FROM ROOF OF LOOMIS COURTS HOUSING PROJECT BLDG. / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

Addams Park (0262) Views - Neighborhood views, 1952-10-22

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Looking east from 14th PL. & Laflin (north side of street) / Community 29B / Date 10-22-52

Addams Park (0262) Views - Landscapes - Construction progress photographs, 1956-04-13

Recto: [handwritten and typewritten] Community 29B / Date 4-13-56