HIST 47503: Colloquium: Chicago in United States Urban History

A wealth of Chicago-area content from the member libraries of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).

Select "images" tab to limit to visual materials.

1902-1933; good coverage of ordinary street scenes, neighborhoods.

1933-present. Measured drawings, photographs and histories of buildings, neighborhoods and industrial sites throughout the United States--not just in Chicago-- undertaken by the Historic American Buildings Survey and The Historic American Engineering Record, both agencies of the National Park Service.

Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library.

Print and Photograph Collection includes the entire Chicago Daily News newspaper photo morgue, 1901–1978 (only partially digitized).

Professional, amateur and home movies by Midwestern filmmakers.