Children playing "Ring around a Rosie" in Chicago in 1941

via: americaslibrary

Egyptian Dancer

"Egyptian Dancer" from the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 

Source: loc.gov | Library of Congress via pingnews | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

SS Eastland

Passengers being rescued from the hull of the Eastland by the tugboat Kenosha in the Chicago River

The SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915 the ship rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was to become the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

Following the disaster, the Eastland was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications the Eastland was designated as a gunboat and renamed the USS Wilmette. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes and was scrapped following World War II.

Source: wikipedia

Women wearing bathing suits and sashes standing on railroad tracks in front of a train caboose c. 1926 in Chicago, Illinois.

chicagohistorymuseum | Photo from the Chicago Daily News.

Vintage Photo

Boy flying in midair at Clarendon Beach in the Uptown community area of Chicago, Illinois, 1929. Photograph from Chicago Daily News.

Source: chicagohistorymuseum | Photographs from the Chicago History Museum Collection

Vintage Photo

This picture was taken in 1911, and shows an early biplane flying over the city of Chicago. 

Source: old-photos

Swimsuit

“Women being arrested in Chicago for defying a ban on wearing brief swimsuits in public. Women were meant to cover-up when not in the water”

Source: retronaut | Australian National Maritime Museum

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Girl - Chicago Follies - Photo by Hartwell

Source: thetranscendentalmodernist