Skokie Historical Society

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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.

Photographs are organized into the following major categories:

  Aerial Views
  Businesses:1870 - ca1900 | ca1902 - 1940 | 1947 - 1991
  Families & Individuals:  The 1800s - 1910 | 1914 - 1988
  Fire & Police Departments
  Metropolitan Sanitary District
  Organizations
  Park District
  Residences:  1869 - 1915 | 1923 - 1966
  Schools
  Street Scenes  ca 1880 - 1926 | 1930s - 1991

 

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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