Michael F. Williams

Richard Cahan

Presents a collection of black-and-white photographs from the amateur photographer along with essays documenting her life and work.

Out of the Shadows

Vivian Maier

For the past century, a massive collection of glass-plate negatives that document early Chicago and the Illinois Valley have been carefully stored. Stored so well, it has been largely forgotten. These photographs record the reversal of the Chicago River and its consequences, and show how the big city sacrificed the natural world in order to survive and prosper.

When Chicago Changed Its River and the Land Beyond

The Lost Panoramas

Michael Williams

A revealing look at Chicago through iconic newspaper photographs and words from varied and vital voices that bring them alive.

Moments from the Chicago Sun-Times Photo Archive That Define the City

Chicago Exposed

"Selections from the Richard Nickel Archive at the Ryerson and Burnham Archives of The Art Institute of Chicago. Mary K. Woolever, Art and Architecture Archivist; Joe Tallarico, Digital Imaging Photographer. With contributions from the personal collections of Tim Samuelson, Susan Nickel Brunson, Nancy Nickel, Donald and Harriet Nickel, Emily Eads"--Page 264.

What He Saw and What He Wrote

Richard Nickel Dangerous Years

Shares eye-to-eye portrait photographs taken by the amateur photographer in locales ranging from her hometown of Chicago to France, Italy, and Thailand.

Photographs by Vivian Maier

Eye to Eye

Pia Hinckle

Jessica Royer Ocken

This unique history reveals how a century of Federal Court drama and influential rulings shaped the development and culture of Northern California. From the gold rush to the Internet boom, the US District Court for the Northern District of California has played a major role in how business is done and life is lived on the Pacific Coast. When California was first admitted to the Union, pioneers were busy prospecting for new fortunes, building towns and cities—and suing each other. San Francisco became the epicenter of a litigious new world of fortune-seekers and corporate interests. Northern California’s federal court set precedents on issues ranging from shanghaied sailors to Mexican land grants and the civil rights of Chinese immigrants. Through the era of Prohibition and the labor movement to World War II and the tumultuous sixties and seventies, the court's historic rulings have defined the Bay Area's geography, culture, and commerce.

From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom

The Court that Tamed the West

Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks

Like notes in a song, historic houses add to their surroundings. Chicago's houses tell a story about the city and those who have lived here for close to two centuries. Discover the twelve types of city houses, and the ten landmark districts designated by the City of Chicago.

Landmark Neighborhoods in Chicago

In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down 3,000 men and women who had been enslaved before and during the Civil War. The workers asked them probing questions about slave life. What did they think about their slaveholders? What songs did they sing? What games did they play? Did they always think about escaping? The result was a remarkable compilation of interviews known as the Slave Narratives. This book highlights those narratives--condensing tens of thousands of pages into short excerpts from about 100 former slaves and pairs their accounts with their photographs, taken by the workers sent to record their stories. The book documents what slaves saw and remembered, and explains how they lived. It is an eye-opening account that details what it was like to be a slave--from everyday life to the overwhelming fear they harbored for their lives and for the lives of their family and loved ones. Their stories are clear and stirring. For some reason, the 700 photographs taken for the Slave Narrative Collection have been largely overlooked. The negatives are missing and the paperclip impressions used to attach the small prints to the typewritten interviews indicates that the photos were never valued or treated as art. By pairing 100 narratives and photographs, the material takes on a new life. Every word from every former slave comes alive when the reader can see exactly who told these accounts. The photographs--with the stories--are essential in helping us understand the humanity behind these stories. The words take on new meeting paired with the photographs. When you hear Bill Homer explain that he was given as a wedding present at the age of ten in 1860 and look at his photograph as a proud old man, the true meaning of slavery starts to sinks in. This book is designed so that all Americans will better understand this issue that plays such an important role in present day society. The words and the photographs are profound.

American Slavery from the People Who Lived It

River of Blood

Introduces the busiest federal court in the nation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and examines its influence on the careers of such figures as Abraham Lincoln, Al Capone, and Abbie Hoffman.

Chicago's Federal District Court from Abe Lincoln to Abbie Hoffman

A Court That Shaped America

Edgar Miller

Alexander Vertikoff

Features the architecture and designs inside the studios the artist created in Chicago, using color illustrations and a brief biography.

Richard Cahan

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