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Moose tracks — librar-y: Chicago, 1907. State Street south from...

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the end of service on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an interurban railroad known best as the "North Shore Line." The North Shore ran passenger service, entirely with electric cars, at its greatest extent, from downtown Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI via the 'L' system (through an agreement that allowed them to use our tracks in the city) and its own tracks, connecting dozens of cities and towns along the way. The earliest incarnations of…

A fascinating look into the world of women and crime, including murderers, bandits, crooks and mob wives, from the Tribune's 4x5 glass-plate and acetate negative archive during the early 1900s.

Let's play a little game of Where's Waldo? Only, with men who aren't wearing hats in the above photograph. It raises the question: where have all the elegant fedoras, bowlers, news caps, and top hats gone? Hats have had a role to play for most of our history, walking the line between the utilitarian

Chicago, Theatre, Chicago, IL - February 28, 1930. Photo by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.

Night in Chicago-Picture by Lauren Bristol