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STRATFORD HOTEL - c1910

THE ROOKERY - 1911

POLK STREET STATION - ORIGINAL TOWER TOP - c 1910

NORTH SHORE - AERIAL - NORTH FROM LINCOLN PARK - SHORE LINE -1960s

SKYLINE PORTION - NIGHT - 1960s

LOOKING NORTH FROM DOWNTOWN - AERIAL - 1960s

MARSHALL FIELD - STATE STREET - MASONIC TEMPLE - STREETCARS - WAGONS - EARLY

SIEGEL COOPER DEPARTMENT STORE - WHAT LATER BECAME SEARS - STATE STREET - 1911

ROW OF TWO-FLATS - CENTRAL PARK AVE - SOUTH OF CHICAGO AVE  - BUILT BY HENRY SCHRIK AND COMPANY - c1910

MICHIGAN AVE - ART INSTITUTE - TRAFFIC - PEDESTRIANS - c1940

RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK - THE CREATION - PEOPLE WALKING -1910

RELIANCE BUILDING - STATE STREET - 1911

MICHIGAN BLVD - LOOKING NORTH - TRAFFIC - c1920

PALMOLIVE BUILDING AND DRAKE HOTEL - LOOKING SOUTH - c1960

PALMER HOUSE HOTEL - CORNER VIEW - 1912

MEDINAH TEMPLE - 600 N WABASH - PARKED CARS - c1950

NAVY PIER - WHEN BRANCH OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLOIS - AS I KNEW IT - GYM BUILDING FOREGROUND - c1960

MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY - ON CHICAGO RIVER - STEAMER - c1910

POST OFFICE NEW - DOME - c1910

STATE STREET - MARINA TOWERS BACKGROUND - STATE LAKE AND CHICAGO THEATERS - PEDESTRIANS - 1964

PICASSO SCULPTURE - DIFFERENT VIEW FROM BACK - 1968

NORWEIGIAN-AMERICAN HOSPITAL - c1920s

MADISON STREET EAST - FROM DEARBORN - AERIAL - MCVICKERS THEATRE - 1911

LINCOLN PARK BLVD - NORTH OF INDIANA ST - APARTMENT BUILDINGS - CORNER STORE AND SIGNS - SEPIA - c1910

LINCOLN PARK - ENTRANCE WITH STREETCAR - CAR - PEDESTRIANS - c1910

LINCOLN PARK - BOAT HOUSE - 1911

ILLINOIS CENTRAL STATION - c1910

LAWYERS BUILDING - LASALLE AT WASHINGTON - ETCHING - EARLY

ELEVATED - FIRE WAGON - CROWD - EVENING - 1901

HISTORICAL SOCIETY - ORIGINAL ROMANESQUE BUILDING - HORSE - PEDESTRIANS - CAR -1909

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK - 111 WEST MONROE - INTERIOR - 1913

CHICAGO ARENA - PARKED CARS - c1940

FORT DEARBORN MONUMENT - 1911

CENTRAL PLAZA HOTEL - CARS PARKED - CENTRAL AVE AND LAKE STREET - 1940s

CHICAGO STADIUM - NIGHT - c1950

CHICAGO CLUB - ROMANESQUE BUILDING - 1908

AUDITORIUM HOTEL - LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING - 1911

BLACKSTONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY - c1910

D. B. FISK AND COMPANY - 225 NORTH WABASH AVE - 1917

DOUGLAS PARK - MEN'S SWIMMING POOL - c1910

LASALLE STREET - CABS - CARS - LASALLE HOTEL - c1970

GARFIELD PARK - MAN ON ISLAND AND SWAN - 1908

BORLAND BUILDING - LASALLE AND MONROE - c1910

CHICAGO RIVER - RUSH STREET BRIDGE - STEAMERS - c1910

LAKE SHORE DRIVE - LOOKING NORTH FROM DRAKE HOTEL

JACKSON PARK - REPLICA OF COLUMBUS'S SANTA MARIA - 1911

JACKSON PARK - JAPANESE HOUSE - c1910

ILLINOIS THEATER - 1909

FIRST NATIONAL BANK - 1911

LASALLE STREET - ILLINOIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK - WAGONS - c1910

FIELD MUSEUM - ODD PERSPECTIVE MAKES IT LOOK ON LAKESHORE

ELEVATED - WABASH AVE - 1911

DREXEL BLVD - CARRIAGES - TWO WOMEN WITH A CHILD - YOUNG TREES - 1911

COUNTRY CLUB HOTEL - 6930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE - 1933

CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN STATION - INTERIOR - 1923

COMMERCIAL STREET - LAYFAYETTE HOTEL - BAR - STORES - AWNINGS - 1911

COLONIAL THEATRE - 1911

CHINATOWN - NIGHT - c1970

CHICAGO RIVER - WRIGLEY BUILDING - SHIP PASSING THROUGH NEW BRIDGE - c1920

CHICAGO RIVER - STEAMER - TUGBOAT - c1960

CENTURY OF PROGRESS - AERIAL PANORAMA - 1933-4

ASHLAND BUILDING - 1911

BLACKSTONE THEATRE - c1910

UNKNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING AND CAR PARKED - c1910

ADAMS PLAYGROUND - SEMINARY AND CENTER STREET - CHILDREN HAVING RACES - 1910

SHEDD AQUARIUM - TREE SHADOWS - c1950

WGN STUDIOS - AT TRIBUNE TOWER - PARKED CARS - c1950

WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK - AERIAL - CHUTES - EAST BOARD WALK - RACING COASTER - 1914

MICHIGAN AVE NORTH - AERIAL FROM WRIGLEY - TRAFFIC - PEDESTRIANS - 1933

CHICAGO RIVER - NIGHT - FROM MERCHANDISE MART - NOTE MARINA CITY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON BALCONIES - c1965

RANDOLPH STREET AT NIGHT - RESTAURANTS THEATERS AND SIGNS - c1960

UNION STOCK YARDS - ENTRANCE - 1940s

CHICAGO RIVER - NIGHT - WRIGLEY BUILDING - EQUITABLE INSURANCE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION - 1960s

MEO'S NORWOOD HOUSE RESTAURANT - HARLEM AVE AND LAWRENCE - THREE IMAGES - 1951

GARFIELD PARK - CHILDREN'S PICNIC - 1909

SINGAPORE RESTAURANT - 1011 N RUSH - MATCHBOOK

MR. ADAMS SNACK 'N' DINE - 4570 NORTH BROADWAY - AT WILSON - MATCHBOOK

LA SCALLA RESTAURANT - 1121 N STATE - TOKEN FRONT

LA SCALLA RESTAURANT - 1121 N STATE - TOKEN BACK

LADNER BROTHERS - 207 WEST MADISON - COHASSET PUNCH

CHINATOWN - STORES - RESTAURANT - CARS - PEDESTRIANS - AWNINGS - 1960s

MAXWELL STREET - BIG CROWD AND SELLERS' STANDS - c1940

LANDER'S RESTAURANT - 134 S WABASH - THREE IMAGES - c1950

SINGAPORE JOE'S WATERFRONT TAVERN - SHERATON - MENU COVER - 1977

IVANHOE RESTAURANT PLATE - 1960s

L'AIGLON RESTAURANT - MULTI-IMAGE - FOUR ROOMS PLUS OWNERS

SWIFT'S PREMIUM BACON LINE

BRUNO'S PIZZA - 3021 N CENTRAL AVE - ASHTRAY

THAT STEAK JOYNT RESTAURANT - 1610 N WELLS - MULTI-PHOTO

THE IVANHOE RESTAURANT - 3000 N CLARK - DRAWING - 'SEVENTH WONDER OF CHICAGO' - CARD FRONT

THE IVANHOE RESTAURANT - 3000 N CLARK - 'SEVENTH WONDER OF CHICAGO' - CARD BACK

ARMOUR COMPANY - VERIBEST BEANS AD - SEPIA - EARLY

MORRISON HOTEL - TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT - CHICAGO'S WONDER REATAURANT - PUBLIC DANCING - OFF-REGISTER - 1915

JOE ROS THE PIZZA KING - 145 N CLARK - MATCHBOOK

GRASSFIELD'S INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT - 6666 N RIDGE - MATCHBOOK

DI LEO'S RESTAURANT - 5700 N CENTRAL AVE - MATCHBOOK

CLUB EL BIANCO RESTAURANT - 3747 W 63RD - MATCHBOOK

CHICAGO - RESTAURANT - THOMPSON'S RESTAURANTS - GENERAL OFFICES 350 N CLARK - BUSINESS CARD - FRONT

THOMPSON'S RESTAURANTS - LOCATIONS LIST - BUSINESS CARD - BACK

CENTURY OF PROGRESS - WILSON AND COMPANY - TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT - OVERLOOKING MIDWAY AND LAKE - 1933-4

CENTURY OF PROGRESS - WILSON AND COMPANY - BACON SLICING EXHIBIT -1933-4

REGAN'S RESTAURANT - 6400 W NORTH AVE - TWO IMAGES - c1950

DIANNA'S RESTAURANT - 212 S HALSTED - MENU COVER

LATIN QUARTER RESTAURANT - 5220 N SHERIDAN ROAD - MATCHBOOK FRONT

LATIN QUARTER RESTAURANT - 5220 N SHERIDAN ROAD - MATCHBOOK BACK

ART AND JANE'S GOPHER HOLE RESTAURANT - 1400 S WESTERN AVE - MATCHBOOK

A BIT OF SWEDEN RESTAURANT - 1015 RUSH ST - MATCHBOOK

DIAMOND LOUNGE - 660 N CLARK - MATCHBOOK

BLACK CAT INN - IN THE TIP TOP INN - SEPIA - c1910

TAD'S STEAKS - NIGHT - PEDESTRIANS - c1960

RUSSELL'S SILVER BAR - STATE AND VAN BUREN - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR -1943

RUPCICH'S RESTAURANT - 106TH AND INDIANAPOLIS BLVD - 1960s

PRESTO RESTAURANT - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR - c1960

NORTH AMERICAN RESTAURANT INTERIOR - STATE AND MONROE - c1920

JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT - 900 N MICHIGAN AVE - INTERIOR - c1950

IRELAND'S OYSTER HOUSE - 632 N CLARK - NEAR ONTERIO - MULTIPLE IMAGES INCLUDING OWNER - EARLY

HARMONY CAFETERIA - PINE PALM DINING ROOM - 27 S DEARBORN - c1950

FRITZEL'S RESTAURANT - TWO IMAGES - STATE AT LAKE - 1965

BORDEN'S CONDENSED MILK FACTORY

BISMARCK INN - 128 N LASALLE - CARTOON - 1955

AMBROSIA BREWING COMPANY - 3700 S HALSTED

THE SHERIDAN RESTAURANT - 3944 SHERIDAN ROAD - MATCHBOOK

RICKETTS RESTAURANT - 103 E CHICAGO - JULIAN YOUR HOST - MATCHBOOK

NORMANDY HOUSE RESTAURANT - 800 N MICHIGAN - MATCHBOOK

KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL - BEVERAGE LIST - 1935

JIM CREIGHTON'S TOWER RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - 1961

GOOD EARTH RESTAURANT - 1142 BRYN MAWR AVE - MENU COVER

GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT - TWO LOCATIONS - MATCHBOOK

CIRCLE RESTAURANT - CHARLES STEVENS - MATCHBOOK

BOB ELFMAN SANDWICH SHOPS - 173 N STATE STREET - MENU COVER

BLACK FOREST RESTAURANT - 2636 N CLARK - MATCHBOOK

ARMSTRONG'S BY LYNN RESTAURANT - 740 N MICHIGAN AVE - MENU COVER

AMBASSADOR HOTEL - DINNER MENU COVER - 1940

YE OLDE ENGLISH INN - 6457 SHERIDAN ROAD - MATCHBOOK

MIDWAY GARDENS - EARLY

MOXLEY BUTTERINE FACTORY

JOHNSTONE'S RESTAURANT - 4747 W PETERSON - 1950s

BEVERLY WOODS RESTAURANT - OUTSIDE - c1950s

HARDINGS RESTAURANTS - BASEBALL SCHEDULE - 1939

GUS' RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

CHICAGOAN HOTEL - THE TROPICS - BAR MENU COVER

CHICAGOAN HOTEL - THE TROPICS - BAR MENU BACK - CANADIAN ACE BEER AD

ISLAND TAP - 6312 S STONY ISLAND - MATCHBOOK

SOUTH SHORE LIQUORS - CHRISTMAS ADVERTISEMENT

CHICAGO PRESS CLUB - MENU

NATALBY'S GERMAN RESTAURANT - 23 RANDOLPH - INTERIOR - 1911

BEEF AND BOURBON RESTAURANT - EXTERIOR - OLD TOWN - 1967

SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB - LADIES TEA ROOM - 1921

MANGAM'S CHATEAU - 7850 OGDEN AV - 1950s

I.C. LOUNGE - 3104 EAST 91ST - MATCHBOOK

STOUFFER'S GIBRALTER ROOM - PRUDENTIAL BUILDING -GROUND FLOOR - 1950s

STOUFFER'S TOP OF THE ROCK - PRUDENTIAL BUILDING - 1950s

DUTCH ROOM - STRATFORD HOTEL - EARLY

VOGELSANG'S RESTAURANT - DINING ROOM IMAGE - EARLY

THE HOME RESTAURANT - 1452 WABASH AVE - FULL MEAL 15 CENTS - EARLY

NORWOOD HOUSE RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK INSIDE

IRELAND'S RESTAURANT - 500 NORTH LASALLE - MATCHBOX

ADOLPH'S RESTAURANT - 1045 NORTH RUSH - MATCHBBOK COVER

SNOW DROP COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 111 GRANVILLE - ROGERS PARK - MATCHBOOK INSIDE

SNOW DROP COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 111 GRANVILLE - ROGERS PARK - MATCHBOOK FRONT

SNOW DROP COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 111 GRANVILLE - ROGERS PARK - MATCHBOOK BACK

SHANGHAI RESTAURANT - 1908

CHICAGO HEIGHTS - TIVOLI RESTAURANT - 196TH AND GLENWOOD - THREE IMAGES - c1970

AMERICAN LICORICE COMPANY FACTORY

SCHULER'S RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - c1960

LA MARGARITA RESTAURANT - 868 NORTH WABASH - MENU COVER - 1960s

LA MARGARITA RESTAURANT - 868 NORTH WABASH - MENU PART OF INSIDE - 1960s

GOLDEN PHEASANT RESTAURANT - CLARK AND MADISON - MENU COVER

JAMES RESTAURANT - 753 NORTH CLARK AND 69 WEST CHICAGO - MATCHBOOK

CHIAM RESTAURANT - 2323 SOUTH WENTWORTH - MATCHBOOK

ALBERT SCHWILL MALT - PLANT IMAGE - MATCHBOOK INSIDE

O'HARE AIRPORT RESTAURANT ROTUNDA - 1972

ATHENS RESTAURANT - HARRISON AND HALSTED - TWO IMAGES - c1940

BLUE DANUBE CAFE - 500 WEST NORTH AVE - TWO IMAGES - c1940

MARTINI'S RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - c1960

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