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Al Quiroz, a life-long resident of Historic Pullman, discusses the Pullman Stables and a fire that broke out at the Kennedy Laundry in the late 1950s.

0106, 1930s, Chicago, http://www.myfootage.com/de...

Chicago History takes a look into the past in the pilot episode about the pullman cars

This is 16mm amateur film showing the neighborhood around the old Oak Park Arms hotel in Oak Park, Illinois. There are also a few scene taken along...

Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell is the definitive biograph...

This video concerning the topic of Political Development, comes from the "Illinois in the Gilded Age, 1866-1896" website, which is a creation of No...

This video concerning the topic of the 1893 Chicago's World Fair, 1892-1895, comes from the "Illinois in the Gilded Age, 1866-1896" website, which ...

This video concerning the topic of Soldiers' Lives, comes from the "Illinois During the Civil War, 1861-1865" website (http://dig.lib.niu.edu/civil.­..

This video concerning the topic of Women and Gender Roles in Civil War Illinois and the North, comes from the "Illinois During the Civil War, 1861-...

I prepared this slideshow presentation for the students in my 8th Grade Social Studies student teaching class. The video was used as a preparation...

Ten years after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his widow Mary becomes convinced that their son Robert (the last surviving child of four) is ...

The Iroquois Theatre (Theater) Fire occurred on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It is the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-...

Host Bonnie DeShong takes us on a tour of several notable Chicago locations during Black History Month.

On the morning of December 22, 1910, a dangerous fire broke out at the Nelson-Morris Meat Packing Company located in the Chicago Stockyards. Insta...

Benson Orchestra of Chicago - Ain't We Got Fun?, Victor 1921

This uploading is dedicated to our friend from Chicago, tango 3721 :-)

This long lost silent treasure was recently discovered in the dusty film vaults of the long forgotten Chicago film studio, Essanay Studios. Much of...

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From Edison films catalog: The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine per...

Charles Straight's Orchestra - Do You, Don't You, Brunswick 1928

NOTE: Charles (Charley) Theodore STRAIGHT (1891 -- 1940) was an American pianist,...

Dedicated to Jean Fogelberg

Studio version of Forefathers from The Wild Places CD - 1990. Timothy B. Schmit, David Crosby and Russ Kunkel were a ...

Lee Murdock performs the song he wrote to celebrate a new Chicago holiday tradition, and a community service project of the US Coast Guard and conc...

The homes in the district originally provided rental income for the McCormick Theological Seminary. When the seminary was sold to DePaul University...

Abraham Lincoln is the most revered president in American history, but the woman at the center of his life, his wife, Mary, has remained a historic...

http://tourvideos.com Christmas in Chicago. "the Loop" "State Street" "Drake Hotel" "Chicago Place" displays "Hancock Center" "Watertower Place."

an original ballad about the 1893 world's fair

This film produced by the outdoor advertising industry in the 1940s is a great slice of everyday history. It shows some classic product advertiseme...

HERE ARE OLD PHOTOS OF THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN

ACTION, TAKEN BETWEEN 1910 TO 1940. THESE PICTURES TAKE YOU BACK TO THE DAYS OF HORSE PULLE...

Join the Guys for this weeks installment of BEER IN HISTORY, featuring the City that is Windy and the Chicago Lager Beer Riots of 1855. Who would ...

A look at Chicago at its peak and the infamous fire that nearly destroyed it with Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

The 50th anniversary of the Our Lady of Angels fire on Dec. 1, 1958 that killed 92 students and 3 nuns.

A visit to the site of the tragic Our Lady of the Angels School Fire on Chicago's West Side.

The Official OLA Web Site:

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Frederick Koolhoven flying his 'Heidevogel' (Heather Bird) at a show of the Maatschappij voor Luchtvaart (Aviation Company) in the year 1911, This ...