1925 group portrait of members of the Chicago Brownies women’s basketball team sitting and standing in two rows in front of a dark backdrop in a room in Chicago, Illinois, […]
1925 group portrait of members of the Chicago Brownies women’s basketball team sitting and standing in two rows in front of a dark backdrop in a room in Chicago, Illinois, […]
Bowen High School graduation(?) portrait of Katheryn Adelaide (Kay) Campbell, circa 1927
on May 15, 1930, Ellen Church becomes the world’s first airline stewardess, working a Boeing Air Transport flight from Oakland, California, to Chicago. The flight takes 20 hours and involves 13 […]
Mrs Elsie Blank holding a huge tuba and her son Jack holding the music for her at the Orchestra Hall, Chicago, November 7th, 1929
Orson Welles attended Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois from 1926-1931. He is pictured here in the back row centered directly below the far left window of Grace Hall […]
cover of The Chicagoan August 27, 1927 anyone for tennis?
photo of the Jewish Peoples’ Institute Girls basketball team, 1920s The Jewish Peoples’ Institute Girls was a leading women’s amateur basketball team in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. The […]
ad for ’The Flapper’ candy – The Sweetest Thing on Earth – Creamy Center Ful – o – nuts – Milk Chocolate Coating – It’s Worth 5 cents to Get […]
Illinois vs Indiana football program from Dad’s Day, Saturday, October 20th, 1928 the game’s final score was Illinois 13, IU 7 (boooo!)
two photos of swimmer Emma Shemaitis sitting in front of dark backdrop, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Daily News, 1926