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    • The Wigwam Building

    • The Wigwam Building

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Politics & government

    • A picture of the Wigwam Building. The word "wigwam" means Indian tent or council house. The Republican Convention met here May 16, 1860 and nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. He was nominated on the third ballot and his opponents were Seward...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Dearborn Street Bridge

    • Dearborn Street Bridge

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Bridges

    • A picture of the first drawbridge to cross the Chicago River. [It] was built in 1824 [and] was located at what is now Dearborn St. On Nov. 16, 1833, Nelson R. Norton, a shipwright, came to Chicago and started cutting timber for this bridge. The...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Stephen Forbes

    • Stephen Forbes

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Forts & fortifications

    • This is a picture of Stephen Forbes, born in VT July 26, 1797. He married Elvira Bates of Neburgh, OH. He came to Chicago in 1829 and in the spring of 1830 taught school. That summer, he went to OH and brought his wife to Chicago and that fall they...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Father St. Cyr

    • Father St. Cyr

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago

    • A picture of Father St. Cyr. Born Nov. 2, 1803 at Lyon, France. He left France in June 1831 and first went to St. Louis. He studied the English language and then went on to Chicago, arriving May 1, 1833. On May 5, he celebrated his first Mass in...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Old St. Mary's Church Chicago

    • Old St. Mary's Church Chicago

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Architecture

    • This is a picture of St. Mary's Church. It was about 25 feet by 30 feet. The lumber was brought from St. Joseph, MI by scow and hauled to the corner of Lake and State Sts. by Augustine Taylor, who was also architect and builder. The cost was about...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • John Baptiste Beaubien

    • John Baptiste Beaubien

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Indigenous peoples

    • This is a picture of John Baptiste Beaubien. The Beaubien family is closely connected with the early history of Chicago. John Beaubien was born about the year 1778 at Detroit, MI, and was the son of Joseph Beaubien whose ancestors came from France....
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Elijah Wentworth Sr.

    • Elijah Wentworth Sr.

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago

    • A picture of Elijah Wentworth Sr. He was born Sept. 25, 1776 in Stoughton, MA. He came to Chicago in 1829. He was married in 1798 or 99 to Lucy Walker of Hamden, ME. In 1830, he opened the Wolf Point Hotel. Later, he moved to a claim near Jefferson...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Dr Daniel Brainard

    • Dr Daniel Brainard

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago

    • This is a picture of Dr. Daniel Brainard, who was born May 15, 1812 in Oneida Co. NY. He graduated from Jefferson College in Philadelphia in 1834 and came to Chicago the following year. Judge J.D. Caton knew Mr. Brainard when he was a student in NY...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Samuel Lisle Smith

    • Samuel Lisle Smith

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Politics & government

    • This is a picture of Samuel Lisle Smith. He was born is Philadelphia, PA in 1817. His parents were wealthy, and he studied Law at Yale. He came to IL in 1836 to look after his father's interests in his extensive land purchases. In 1838, he he...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Justin Butterfield

    • Justin Butterfield

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago

    • This is a picture of Justin Butterfield. He was born in 1790 at Keene, NH. He had a common school education and entered Williams College in 1807. He studied Law under Egbert T. Eyck. He taught school for his support, and was admitted to the bar in...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Horseless Carriage at Hoffman Residence

    • Horseless Carriage at Hoffman Residence

    • Carriages & coaches--Illinois--Plainfield; Manufacturing--Illinois--Plainfield; Vehicles

    • This is one of 6 larger negative image slides that were included among the original 265 piece positive-image collection. This picture was taken at the residence of Dr. Edward C. Hoffman D.D.S. His house was located at 'the point' where Division...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • North side of Lockport St. Looking NW- 1890

    • North side of Lockport St. Looking NW- 1890

    • Businesses--Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Drugstores--Illinois--Plainfield; Hardware stores--Illinois--Plainfield; Restaurants--Illinois--Plainfield; Organizations

    • This is a view of Lockport St. in about 1890 and is looking NW. The first building on the corner was A.T. Corbin's store, next may have been Nate Waltz's Harness shop and next either the Clippinger or Owen's Drug Store. The outstanding historic...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • South side Lockport St Fire of 1898

    • South side Lockport St Fire of 1898

    • Fires--Illinois--Plainfield; Post offices--Illinois--Plainfield; Banks--Illinois--Plainfield; Hardware stores--Illinois--Plainfield; Businesses--Illinois--Will County--Plainfield

    • This is another picture showing burned area after the fire of 1898, looking SE. The iron work you see standing was the front of the Post Office, John Sennitt was then Post Master. This fire started in the basement of Hays and McCreery's General...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • South side Lockport St Fire of 1899

    • South side Lockport St Fire of 1899

    • Fires--Illinois--Plainfield; Businesses--Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Barbershop--Illinois--Plainfield; Stables--Illinois--Plainfield; Saloons--Illinois--Plainfield

    • This is a picture of the south side of Lodkport St. in Plainfield, after the fire of 1899 and shows all that was left of the Sonntag Bros. Harness Shop. Also burned at this time was a tool shed, livery stable and Al Worst Barber Shop. These...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Universalist Church 1888

    • Universalist Church 1888

    • Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Churches--Illinois--Will County--Plainfield

    • Lockport Street in 1888. The building to the right in this picture was the Universalist Church and was built in 1868 by the Universalist Association and is now (1934) the Catholic Church of Plainfield, Ill.The church, when built, cost $6,000 and...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • North part of Wight Home

    • North part of Wight Home

    • Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Saloons--Illinois--Plainfield; Stables--Illinois--Plainfield; Postal service--Illinois--Plainfield

    • Looking east. This is picture of the oldest building in north Plainfield and is the north part of the Wight home and is in good condition. Built by Squire Arnold in 1834. the horse barns were just west of the building and had a capacity of 100...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Juliette A Kinzie

    • Juliette A Kinzie

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Frontier & pioneer life; Socialites

    • This is a picture of Juliette A. Kinzie, wife of John H. Kinzie and author of the book "Wabun." Wabun is an Indian word meaning "dawn, or beautiful dawn." Her maiden name was Juliette A. Magill, and she was the daughter of Arthur Magill of...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Black Hawk

    • Black Hawk

    • Indigenous peoples; Blackhawk War--Illinois

    • This is a picture of Black Hawk the Sauk Chieftain. He was born near the junction of the Rock River and the Mississippi in the year 1767. Early in life, he was recognized as a brave chieftain. His first warring party was against their old enemy,...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Pontiac

    • Pontiac

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of Pontiac the Ottawa chief. At what date he was born it is hard to say, but we find in 1760 he was a prominent chieftain. He was a friend of the French, but had no use for the English because of their treacherous practices....
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Big Eagle

    • Big Eagle

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of Big Eagle, a Sioux Chieftain. In 1862, the Sioux Indians in IA and MN fell upon the settlers and massacred some 1200 persons. Military authorities at once took action and killed and captured a large number of them. 30 Indians...
    • Plainfield Public Library District

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