Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Rube Kroh or Floyd Myron Kroh (1886-1944). Color portrait of Floyd Kroh. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right corner. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: Floyd M. Kroh. Floyd Kroh, the southpaw pitcher whom the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Ed Reulbach or Edward Marvin Reulbach (1882-1962) also known as Big Ed. Color portrait of Ed Reulbach with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Edward M. Reulbach. 'Big Ed' Reulbach, the Chicago...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Frank Schulte or Frank M. Schulte (1882-1949) also known as Wildfire. Color portrait of Frank Schulte with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Frank M. Schulte. Frank M. Schulte, one of the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jim Scott or James Scott (1888-1957) also known as Death Valley Jim. Color portrait of Jim Scott with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: James Scott. James Scott, one of the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Joe Tinker or Joseph Bert Tinker (1880-1948). Color portrait of Joe Tinker with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Joseph B. Tinker. 'Joe' Tinker, the brilliant Chicago shortstop, has a...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Ed Walsh or Edward Augustine Walsh (1881-1959) also known as Big Ed. Color portrait of Ed Walsh with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: Edward Walsh. 'Ed' Walsh, star...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Doc White or Guy Harris White (1879-1969). Color portrait of Doc White with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: G.H. White. 'Doc' White, the Chicago Americans' left-handed...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Frank Chance or Frank LeRoy Chance (1876-1924) also known as Husk or the Peerless Leader. Color portrait of Frank Chance in an action shot. The team is the Chicago Orphans or Chicago Cubs. Verso: Base Ball Stars. This card is one of a set of 30...
Portrait of Melvin A. Traylor of Chicago, Illinois, seated at his desk. The photograph is warped along the top edge and marked with discolorations from age. Article attached to back of image: From a childhood spent in the Kentucky hills; President...
A large institutional building located on a small waterway as seen from a nearby bridge or shore. Five flags are flying from the building. Small ferry and sight-seeing boats are passing by. It appears to be the Palace of Fine Arts constructed for...
Railroads; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Train on tracks at the arched entrance to a wall. Another archway is next to the first. Rubble is on the ground next to the train. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right: P.B. Greene, Photographer,...
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Close-up view of building ruins. A portion of a brick wall, steel columns, and stones are among the rubble. Some people stand in the distance behind the ruins. Buildings are in the far background. Handwritten on back of card: Chicago Fire. Honore.
Railroad exhibit. On an elevated platform decorated with an image of a train is a model train, possibly made of straw or hay and a small building, made of similar materials. On the building is a sign with the words 'Samples. Products. Raised Along...
Piers & wharves; Department stores; Banks; Railroad stations; Art Institute of Chicago; Field Museum of Natural History; City & town halls; Post offices; Masonic buildings; Streets; Street railroads; Automobiles; Libraries; Stockyards
Souvenir folder of postcards from Chicago, Illinois. Includes images of the post office and federal building, the municipal pier, Marshall Field's department store and other commercial buildings, the Art Institute, Union Station and other train...
Planetaria; Domes; Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois. The planetarium is seen in isolation. It has a large dome and a sign over the entrance reads "The Adler Planetarium." Text printed on verso reads, "The $1,000,000 Adler Planetarium comprising an...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jiggs Donahue or John Augustus Donahue (1879-1913). Color portrait of Jiggs Donahue framed by two baseball bats. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. The team is the Chicago White Sox. Verso: J. Donohue....
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Johnny Evers or John Joseph Evers (1881-1947) also known as Crab and Trojan. Color portrait of Johnny Evers in an action shot. The team is the Chicago Orphans or Cubs. Verso: Base Ball Stars. This card is one of a set of 30 stars. Manufactured only...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Harry McIntire or John Reid McIntire (1879-1949). Color portrait of Harry McIntire with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the right. Verso: Harry McIntire. Harry McIntire commenced playing professional ball with...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Lee Tannehill or Lee Ford Tannehill (1880-1938). Color portrait of Lee Tannehill with the Chicago White Sox. Verso: Base Ball Series. 100 Subjects. Base Ball Caramels. Mfg' by American Caramel Co. Phila, PA.