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Document, Map, and Photograph Collections
of the Skokie Historical Society

Skokie's Historical Society has collected several thousand photographs that depict the life and times of the people who settled and lived in the village of Niles Center/Skokie. Many of these images have now been scanned and made available online. Watch this page grow as we continue to add the digitized images.

DOCUMENTS date from 1851 through 1968.

MAPS date from 1856 through 1940.

PHOTOGRAPHS are organized into the following major categories:

  Aerial Views
  Business Images:   ca1870 - ca1900 | ca1902-1940 | 1947-1991
  Families and People:  1800's-1910 | 1914-1988
  Fire Department:  Chiefs | Engines | Stations | Firefighters | Fires
                        Ambulances | Incidents | Drills | Documents & Badges
Metropolitan Sanitary District

  Municipal Buildings
  Organizations
  Parks and Recreation
  Police Department
  Religious Buildings
  Residences: ca 1869 - 1915 | 1923 - 1996
  Schools
  Street Scenes: Streets 1880 | Streets 1930

 
8031 Floral Avenue
Skokie, Illinois 60077
Phone: 847.674.1500 x3000   Fax: 847.674.8958
Email: witry@msn.comm

Hours of Operation:
Thursday & Friday:                         
12:00pm to 4:00pm

Saturday & Sunday:

10:00am to 2:00 pm                          
Other hours by appointment

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