Old Chicago Photographs for Sale

Friedman Fine Art offers an exhaustive collection of Old Chicago Photographs compared to any art dealer or gallery.

The collection consists of old and historic black and white Chicago photographs showing Chicago’s street scenes and iconic architecture.

View a sampling of our old Chicago photos for sale.

The David R. Phillips collection of old Chicago photographs has over 5,000 rare beautiful and unique Chicago pictures from the 1860s to the 1970s. Unlike other sources, these images are printed from the original glass or film negatives.

The collection includes:

• The Chicago Theater
• The LaSalle Opera House
• The Field Museum
• The Museum of Science and Industry
• The Chicago River
• Al Capone
• The Chicago Board of Trade
• Maxwell Street Market
• South Water Street Market
• The University of Chicago
• The Ferris wheel
• Tesla spotlight
• The 1893 Columbian Exposition
• The Chicago Elevated “L” Train
• The Chicago Stockyards
• Chicago Cubs
• Chicago “Black Sox” (Chicago White Sox baseball players banned for throwing the 1919 World Series)
• 1933 World’s Fair
• The Palmolive Building
• The Tribune Tower
• Grant Park
• Lincoln Park
• Navy Pier
• Riverview amusement park
• The Chicago lakefront
• Lake Michigan beaches
• and more!