Visit the Chicago History Museum's retrospective about Louis Sullivan, famous Chicago architect.

Provides a thorough biographical profile and pictures of the well-known Chicago mobster, Al Capone.

Read about the history of the Yerkes Observatory, which was run by the University of Chicago. This observatory houses one of the few research grade refractors in the world. The observatory was closed in October 2018 and discussions were...

A rich source of historical information on Chicago. Search through entries, historical sources, maps, and special features.

Learn about Chicago in 1919 through music, video, images, and transcripts of newspaper articles of the time.

The Chicago Historical Society presents extensive information about the 1886 bombing at Haymarket Square that helped change the course of the labor movement. Read about the bombing, arrests, trial, executions, and other events that...

This article focuses on the oral histories of Polish immigrants in Chicago. The Chicago History Museum's Polish American oral history archive started in 1976 under the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Act. Researchers recorded 140...

As part of a larger site, this article gives the history of the famous Chicago "L" and its development in the last part of the 19th century. Hyperlinks to photos, many of which are period photos.

Explore the role of public transportation in Chicago, from the 1890s through the 1950s.

A great primary source, a extensive description of Chicago prior to the Great Fire by a reporter who worked on the Chicago Times. He describes Chicago as it was around 1862.

This resource provides pictures of Chicago from the roof tops.

World War I brought turmoil to Chicago because of its large immigrant population, especially Germans. Read about how the war affected the politics and industry of Chicago both during and after the war.

An interesting look at how some businesses in Chicago practiced welfare capitalism, a way to give noncash compensation to workers primarily to stave off unionization, but also to promote a loyalty to the company. Many examples are given.

Media coverage of the 1919 World Series involving the players from this team and the scandal that became so well known.

Read about the luxurious rail car George Pullman introduced that made transcontinental rail travel so desirable.

Click through four pages on this larger website about the Pullman Rail Car Company. Read about George Pullman's ideas about establishing a company town for his workers that would address their housing, recreation, and even moral needs.

Exhibition highlights the differences between city and suburbia living. Visit Park Forest, Illinois, a new suburb of Chicago, where every day is moving day. A station wagon and moving boxes sit in front of a new house and the new kids on...

Chicago Cubs official site, with team news, game recaps, roster, stats, schedule, ticket information, and more.

Learning resource uses maps to tell the early history of Chicago and the Midwest and explores how nations use maps to secure control of a region.

This project details the research, beginning with the original documents, and shows how the Chicago City cemetery became Lincoln Park. It also reveals how the physical remains of earlier Chicagoans became buried within the layers of...

Profiles the life and career of Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa. It has current statistics and links to other resource information.

Learning module looks at the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia, including the Sumerians and Akkadians. Particular emphasis given to the status of women in the region, religious practices, and language.

Fountain near the Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park

Chicago History Museum