Chicago History Archives - Family Tree Video

History of Labor Day in the US

Labor Day is a holiday in September for family cookouts & college football. But what is the history of Labor Day in the US?

Travel back in time. See footage of Chicago in the 1930s. Elevated trains, street cars, the Loop, State Street, Michigan Avenue and more.

The 1940 census provides a snapshot of what life was like in America during the years of the Great Depression and WWII.

Is your family from the Chicago area? See 10 Chicago Genealogy Resources to help you learn more about your family history.

Check out the Chicago Cubs playing at Wrigley Field in this 1938 home movie. What is your earliest Cubs memory?

Travel back in time with this 1930s footage of Chicago. Chicago Skyline, the Museum of Science and Industry, Maxwell Street and more!

Travel back in time to see footage of Chicago in the 1940s. From Wrigley Field to the Stockyards, steel mills to the lake front beaches.

StoryCorps is dedicated to the recording of the stories that shaped us. Learn more about this amazing organization, now in their 10th year.

Everyone has a favorite amusement park they recall from their youth but if you lived in the Chicago area before 1967, Riverview was probably yours.