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1890s Footage of Cities Around the World

Travel back in time with this 1890s footage of places around the world. France, England, Japan, New York & more!

Travel back in time with thie momvie of 1920s Chicago. Michigan Avenue. The Chicago River. Grant Park.

Travel back in time and watch immigrants disembarking onto Ellis Island in this 1903 film by Thomas A. Edison, inc..

Grandparents Day began in the US in 1978 thanks to the efforts of a very determined woman, Marian McQuad.

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

Remember when the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles, the mail carrier brought handwritten letters and gas station attendants pumped gas?

See the most popular 1930s radio shows. Do you recognize any? Do you know which ones were your parents or grandparents favorite?

Nearly 40% of all Americans can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. Did your family come through Ellis Island?

Did you know that T.V.s, cell phones and personal computers weren’t around in the 1930’s? What did our grandparents do for fun as children?

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