11 Historic Photos That Show Us What It Was Like Living In Illinois In The Early 1900s
By Melissa Mahoney|Published August 04, 2021
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Melissa Mahoney
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I'm an east coast girl living in a west coast world. I grew up in New England before moving to SoCal for several years. I then lived in NYC or a year before moving to AZ in 2009. I worked in the entertainment industry for many years of my adult life and have a deep love for photography, writing, and traveling around the U.S. as well as to far-flung locations around the world. Travel is my life and writing about it is a dream!
Old photos have a way of transporting us to the past, allowing us to look at what life was like way back when. If you’ve ever been curious to see what life was like in Illinois a century ago, here are 11 historic photos just to give you a small glimpse.
Photographs are one of the best ways of preserving the past and we are lucky to see what life was like so long ago in the Prairie State. Do you enjoy looking at historic photos of Illinois? Step even further back in time by looking at some of the very first photos taken of Illinois.
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