Gallery 1
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The Beatles arrive at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City (1964).
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A girl reads a newspaper reporting that man has landed on the Moon (1969).
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Some attendees of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, in Bethel, New York (1969)
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President-elect Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, wave to the crowd during the Inaugural Parade (1981).
Gallery 2
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A table of contents with leaders highlighted in green
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The table of contents of the scientific journal Annalen der Physik (Annals of Physics) from June 1905. Albert Einstein's groundbreaking paper on the photoelectric effect is sixth on this list.
Gallery 3
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Depiction of the lovers Acis and Galatea at the Medici Fountain, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France, by Auguste Ottin (1866). This Galatea is a sea-nymph and should not be confused with another Galatea, who was sculpted by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite.
Gallery 4
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A steam train on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, 1893
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A preserved Northwestern Elevated Railroad car dating from 1907
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A Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad "L" train passing over the Chicago River in 1918
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Map of the "L" in 1921
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1922 vintage Chicago Rapid Transit Company 'L' cars. This car had a trolley pole in addition to contact shoes on the trucks. A preserved 1924 Chicago Transit Authority steel 'L' car at the Fox River Trolley Museum.
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A preserved 1924 Chicago Transit Authority steel "L" car at the Fox River Trolley Museum.
Gallery 5
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Eastern entrance of the WPL, facing the Westmount Park
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Interior on the second floor
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Some single-seat sofas on the second floor
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One of the main reading rooms on the second floor
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View from the third floor
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Westmount Conservatory viewed from entrance from Victoria Hall showing door leading to the WPL