Illinois Historic photos, documents, and people

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Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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My Grandmother Maude Abigail Bacon Parker in Tuscola, Douglas Co., Illinois circa 1909

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My Grandmother Muade Abigail Bacon Parker in Tuscola, Douglas Co., Illinois circa 1916

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Chicago, Illinois. A pillow girl waiting to board a bus at the Greyhound bus terminal

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Chicago, Illinois. A pillow girl waiting to board a bus at the Greyhound bus terminal

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Locomotive in a railroad yard, Chicago and Northwestern RR (?), near Chicago, Ill.(?)

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The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.