POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PUBLIC LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON – DRAWN-IN CARS – TINTED – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BOULEVARD (CALLED THAT) – STAGE COACH AND BUGGY GOING AROUND CORNER – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH LAKE SHORE DRIVE DRAKE HOTEL – AERIAL – PLANE DRAWN-IN – TINTED – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE ROAD – BIG HOMES – TREES – I WILL SERIES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN – CAR – PEOPLE WALKING UNDER TREES – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – N FROM BANKS – DOUBLE-DECK TOURIST BUSES – POTTER PALMER MANSION – TINTED – 1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – LINCOLN PARK – AERIAL – GARDENS – CARS – BUGGY – OLD MASTED SHIP – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLD COAST – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – AERIAL LOOKING N – ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL PERIOD – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA – NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE – GOLD COAST BUILDINGS ARE CENTER BACKGROUND – 1980s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N AERIAL FROM NEAR EQUITABLE – 1982 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – UNITED AIRLINES – BASED ON MIES VAN DER ROHE APARTMENTS AT 860-880 N LAKESHORE DRIVE – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY -YESTERDAY’S MAIN STREET – WINDOW SHOPPING – NAMES OF LOCAL BUSINESSES – CHARLES A. STEVENS DEPARTMENT STORE – BOWMAN DAIRY – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOSTON STORE DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND MADISON N W CORNER – EXTENDS BACK TO DEARBORN ALONG MADISON – STRICTLY FIREPROOF – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND ADAMS – CORNER VIEW – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL FROM MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE DOORWAY – SHOPPERS – TRAFFIC – JUST VIVIDLY RECALLS THE DAYS – FEEL LIKE I AM STANDING THERE – 1960 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – VERY BUSY – MARINA CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH CRANE – TWIN COACH BUSES – 1962 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR ADAMS – IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING A SHIMMERING IMAGE – 1962 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING DOWN LIKELY FROM ELEVATED TOWARDS S – RANDOLPH IS NEXT INTERSECTION – BUSY WITH PEOPLE CARS STREETCARS – STATE LAKE THEATER – PART OF CHICAGO THEATER – 1953 – EDITED FROM CHICAGO NOW AND THEN SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – NIGHT – FROM STATE – PEDESTRIANS CARS SIGNS – 1950 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – 128 S STATE – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS – 1961 – RE-POSTED FROM EARLIER TO GO WITH DEPARTMENT STORES Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND MADISON – CORNER VIEW AERIAL – IN ITS HEYDAY WITH CROWDS – NOTE THIS LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING WE ALL ASSOCIATE WITH CARSON’S WAS ACTUALLY BUILT IN 1899 FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT STORE CALLED SCHLESINGER AND MAYER – THEY SOLD IT TO CARSON’S IN 1904 – 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS – THEY WERE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – OFTEN SURPRISINGLY THEY WERE MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THOSE AT FIELD’S – AERIAL – NIGHT – NOTE BY THIS DATE STATE STREET ALREADY HAS LOST A GOOD DEAL OF ITS OLD BUSTLE – 1972 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MENTOR BUILDING – STATE AND MONROE – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT STORE ON THE BOTTOM – DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THIS STORE LOCATION – NOTE THAT THE LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING AT STATE AND MADISON WE ALL ASSOCIATE WITH CARSON’S WAS ACTUALLY BUILT FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT STORE CALLED SCHLESINGER AND MAYER – THEY SOLD IT TO CARSON’S IN 1904 – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE DELPHI THEATER – AUDITORIUM – ONE OF A SMALL CHAIN OF BLACK THEATERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE – IN THE EARLY PART OF THE GREAT BLACK MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH BLACKS WERE OFTEN UNWELCOME IN EXISTING THEATERS – DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – NOTE BUS ON LEFT – OLD ENTRANCE OR EXIT FOR GARAGE CENTER – ON RIGHT PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION – COMPLETED 1955 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – JOHN HANCOCK ON RIGHT – PEDESTRIANS – BUS – 1972 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – INTERIOR N END STATE STREET SIDE AERIAL PANORAMA – NOTE THE SAME GLASS AND WOOD DISPLAY CABINETS SEEN ON GROUND FLOOR WERE STILL IN SERVICE IN THE 1960s – TIFFANY MOSAIC DOME – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – STATE AND WASHINGTON – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW GROUND LEVEL – AFTER STONE CLEANING – MID 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL THREE-QUARTER VIEW – TINTED – NOTE ON RIGHT BIT OF COLUMBUS BUILDING TORN DOWN IN 1959 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SIEGEL COOPER AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND VAN BUREN – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW ELEVATED – LATER BECAME SEARS – PART OF SERIES I WILL – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE MADISON AND WABASH – 16 STORIES – 2 FLOORS BELOW GROUND – AERIAL THREE-QUARTERS VIEW – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROTHSCHILD DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND VAN BUREN – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW ELEVATED – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DAILY NEWS BUILDING – AERIAL – RIVER – STREETCARS – PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD ‘S FAIR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN – GROUND LEVEL – CARRIAGE – GREEN STREETCAR – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON – CARRIAGE – CABLE CAR – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – STREETCAR TURNING – NEIGHBORHOOD PHARMACY AT CORNER APARTMENT BUILDING – EARLY 1950s – SEE READER COMMENT ON LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – STREETCAR – PASSING APARTMENT BUILDING – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – DIVISION LINE STREETCAR – APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND STORES BEHIND – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – CTA LAKE STREET LINE STREETCAR TURNING – DIAL SHAMPOO PAINTED WALL AD – EARLY 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE IMPRESSIVE READER COMMENTS 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BURLINGTON DINER – 4183 S HALSTED – OPPOSITE UNION STOCK YARDS – OPEN DAY AND NIGHT SINCE 1939 – NICE VERSION – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE – LONG LAKE STEAMER PASSING UNDER – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM JACKSON – MONADNOCK BUILDING – POST OFFICE – GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – EDDY FOY’S SHOW LOUNGE – NIGHT – 754 S WABASH – c1950 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NEW CITY CREAMERY – CHICAGO’S OLDEST BUTTER STORE – 4741 S HALSTED – STAFF OR FAMILY IN FRONT IN APRONS – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FAMILY ON SCENIC BOAT RIDE WITH SKYLINE BEHIND – EITHER WENDELLA OR MERCURY – SNAPSHOT – 1964 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PART OF SKYLINE TAKEN FROM AERIAL POSITION – SPIRED BUILDING IS CHICAGO METHODIST TEMPLE SKYSCRAPER CHURCH – 1940s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE BUILDING – FROM OTHER SIDE OF RIVER – LOOKING NE – NOTE AWNINGS – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – LOOKING S W GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS LOUIS SULLIVAN’S AUDITORIUM THEATER – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – GERMAN BUILDING – PARK STATS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL LOOKING NW – CALLED NEW MICHIGAN AVE – TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE – LOOKING E AERIAL FROM KEMPER BUILDING – EARLY 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PITTSFIELD BUILDING – WASHINGTON AND WABASH – ANOTHER OF THE FIELD FAMILY’S FINE BUILDINGS – MERCHANDISE MART FIELD APARTMENTS FIELD BUILDING MARSHALL FIELD STORE LONG-GONE WHOLESALE STORE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – MERCURY TOURIST BOAT RIDES – LOOKING W ELEVATED – 1963 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BOULEVARD RESTAURANT – WABASH AND VAN BUREN – DINING ROOM – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – VICTORIAN ROOM RESTAURANT INTERIOR – TINTED – 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BLACKSTONE HOTEL – CLUB GRILL RESTAURANT – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – THE BUFFET – NOTICE THE SPITTOONS ALONG BAR – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – INTERIOR JACQUES BAR – 900 N MICHIGAN – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PEOPLES TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK AND TOWER BUILDINGS – MICHIGAN AVE – TINTED – 1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – LA SALLE STREET – CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE AT TOP – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO- SHERMAN PARK – CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND – CROWD OF KIDS ON BIG CLIMBING STRUCTURE – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK CHILDREN’S ZOO – I BELIEVE THIS IS TOTALLY CHANGED NOW – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – PEOPLE BOATING IN LAGOON – TINTED – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LINNE MONUMENT – CROWD RIDING TOUR TRAIN – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – WOODED ISLAND AND BRIDGE – TINTED – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – SHELTER HOUSE – GOLF DRIVING – GROUPS SITTING – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – MAN SITTING NEAR LAGOON LOOKING OVER AT GERMAN BUILDING (LEFT FROM 1893 WORLD FAIR) – TINTED – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LAGOON – PEOPLE IN ROWBOAT – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – GERMAN BUILDING (FROM 1893 FAIR) – PEOPLE ON BOARDWALK AND BEACH – CARTOONISH DRAWING – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – FROM BOAT HOUSE – PEOPLE ON DOCK – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – LOOKING TOWARDS PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING N – NOTE BANDSTAND AREA – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – FOUNTAIN OF TWO CHILDREN WITH UMBRELLA – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – CABLE BRIDGE – PEOPLE IN ROWBOATS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE DRAKE HOTEL – BOULEVARD LINK AT LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN – LOOKING S E AERIAL – TINTED – 1953 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HYDE PARK HOTEL – HYDE PARK BLVD (E 51ST) AT LAKE PARK AVE – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – EARLIER BUILDING – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO- CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – BANQUET HALL Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL BALLROOM – CLARK AND MADISON – TINTED – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MIDLAND HOTEL – 172 W ADAMS – TINTED – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOUIS XVI DINING ROOM – LA SALLE HOTEL – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOSTON OYSTER HOUSE RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM – MORRISON HOTEL – c1920 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – EMPIRE ROOM RESTAURANT – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – IMAGE OF BUSY DINING ROOM – 1953 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S ENGLISH ROOM – COVER – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – MARSHALL FIELD STORE – LOOKING NE GROUND LEVEL – CABS – LOTS OF SHOPPERS – AN IMAGE I QUITE LOVE WITH ITS NICE SENSE OF SHOPPER BUSTLE – c1960 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W FROM DEARBORN GROUND LEVEL – MAN CROSSING STREET WITH SHOPPING BAGS – 1963 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT 2 comments
AD – CHICAGO – WAITRESS AND LARGE HOTPLATE LOADED WITH POTS – CORY COFFEE CORPORATION WAS A LOCAL COMPANY – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N FROM JACKSON – CARS – BUS – PEDESTRIANS – A VIVID PERIOD IMAGE – THE WAY I LIKE TO REMEMBER IT – MID-1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE AND BUILDINGS ON S SHORE OF RIVER – AERIAL FROM TRIBUNE TOWER – 1952 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX 04 – DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – 1960s Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX 03 – DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – 1960s 1 comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX 02 – DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – 1960s Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX 01 – DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE -LOOKING N EARLY MORNING FROM NEAR THE CONRAD HILTON – 1964 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – SHRINERS PARADE – BIG CROWDS – ELEVATED LOOKING N – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – NIGHT – LOOKING E FROM NEAR GREYHOUND BUS STATION – MANY FAMOUS BUSINESS SIGNS – NICE VERSION – 1954 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER AT NIGHT – NOTE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON MARINA CITY – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LOOKING E FROM NEAR MERCHANDISE MART – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LOOKING E FROM JUST W OF SUN-TIMES BUILDING – NIGHT – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS LONDON GUARANTEE BUILDING AND WRIGLEY BUILDING – PARKED CARS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN VAUDEVILLE PERFORMERS IN COSTUME – THEATRICAL STUDIO CHICAGO – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK WITH CRAB APPLE TREES IN BLOSSOM -LOOKING NW TOWARDS MICHIGAN AVE – c 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM ART INSTITUTE – CARS PARKED – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PARADE FLOAT FOR PUERTO RICO CONGRESS QUEEN – TAD’S STEAKS (167 N STATE) IN BACKGROUND – CHICAGO THEATER ON LEFT (175 N STATE) – RIGHT EDGE BIT MIGHT BE LOOP THEATER MARQUEE (165 N STATE) – 1966 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AMD MADISON – LOOKING W ON MADISON – MCVICKERS THEATER – WALGREEN’S – PEOPLE CROSSING STREET – NICE VERSION – 1952 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – CTA TWIN COACH BUS TURNING CORNER – STORES IN BACKGROUND – 1963 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT FOR LOCATION 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMEN DANCE PERFORMERS ON STAGE WITH GYPSY COSTUMES AND TAMBOURINES – CHICAGO OPERA BALLET – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMER IN THE CHICAGO GRAND OPERA BALLET IN A COSTUME -DAGURRE STUDIO CHICAGO – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – WHEN IT HAD FOR A WHILE TWO LOCATIONS – ORIGINAL AT 17 W ADAMS – NEWER AT 123 N WABASH – 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BALLANTINE’S RESTAURANT – 1207 N DEARBORN – 3 INTERIOR IMAGES – c1950 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S RESTAURANTS – RENDEZVOUS – 1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – CHILDREN AROUND A FOUNTAIN CALLED THE BUBBLING CUP – REFRESHMENT STAND BEHIND – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – INDEPENDENT WALL PAPER COMPANY – MAN READING BY FIRE IN A BASEMENT ROOM – POINSETTIA CUT-OUTS AND OATMEAL DUPLEX PATTERN – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – ZENITH RADIO – NEW 1942 MODELS – WOMEN IN GOWNS BY LARGE CONSOLE RECORD PLAYERS – PORTABLE RADIOS – 1942 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION – SILO THE RADIO ROBOT AND THE ZENITH FACTORY – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – VIEW DOWN MADISON – CORNER VIEW OF MANDEL BROTHERS – CROWDS HORSES CARRIAGES CARS – TINTED – NOTE HOW MANDEL STORE BUILDING HAS CHANGED COMPARED TO CARD BELOW – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT ENTRANCE AND CROWDS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BATHING BEACH AND PIER – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – 1660 E HYDE PARK BLVD – NOTE WOMEN SITTING ON PIER UNDER UMBRELLAS – GROUP OF CHILDREN ON BEACH – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – THEN CALLED MANHATTAN – WINDSOR PARK – PAVILION WITH MANY BATHERS – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH AVE BEACH – UNKNOWN COUPLE SUNBATHING – 1989 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – THE CASINO – PEOPLE WALKING – CAR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 78TH STREET E OF HALSTED – UNKNOWN SIDE STREET IN AUBURN PARK – DRUGSTORE – TAILOR CLEANER DYER – WAGONS – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE FROM THE LAKE – RAILROAD 1865 – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE MERCY HOSPITAL – 26TH AND CALUMET – GROUND CORNER VIEW – GAS LIGHTS ON STREET – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – BELMONT HARBOR YACHT BASIN – APARTMENTS AND HOTELS IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – 1941 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – O W RICHARDSON AND COMPANY – WABASH AND CONGRESS – FINEST LINE OF RUGS IN CHICAGO – FIRST FLOOR SHOWROOM – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BABALAN AND KATZ TIVOLI THEATRE – MAIN FOYER – JUST S OF 63RD AND COTTAGE GROVE – 4500 SEATS – TINTED WITH OFF-REGISTER REDS – WHEN IT OPENED IN 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 6040-50 DORCHESTER AV – COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR ADAMS – ART INSTITUTE – PEOPLE WALKING – CHECKER CAB – MID 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – 5301-5355 N SHERIDAN – FIRST PORTION BUILT 1916 – SECOND BUILDING 1924 – BEACH WALK – OUTDOOR DANCING – TINTED – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – THE GOLF LINKS – PEOPLE GOLFING – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – VIEW LOOKING N – MICHIGAN AV ON LEFT – JOHN M SMYTH – COCA COLA – PRUDENTIAL – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LILY POND – RENIOR-LIKE SCENE WITH TWO WOMEN ON BENCH – TINTED – 1911 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA – GET RIGHT WITH GOD SIGN – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEBRASKA S OF DICKENS – TREE-LINED STREET OF LARGE FRAME HOMES – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SWEDISH ROCOCO HOUSE RESTAURANT – 161 E OHIO – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – THERE WERE MANY SWEDISH RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – TRANSIT HOUSE AND GATE – WAGON – HORSE RIDER – PEDESTRIANS – THE STOCK YARDS WERE ALMOST A CITY WITHIN THE CITY – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – LAGOON WITH CANOE SITTING AT SHORE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – DOUGLAS PARK – FOUNTAIN AND PAVILION – PEOPLE WALKING – SOMEWHAT SURREALISTIC – TINTED – 1921 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MERCHANDISE MART – OPENED IN 1930 – MARSHALL FIELD TRUCK AND TRAFFIC COP – NICE VERSION – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT – FIREMEN POSING INSIDE NEW PUMPER UNIT – 1938 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – PEDESTRIANS STREETCAR WAGONS CARRIAGE – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM NEAR JACKSON GROUND LEVEL – CHECKER CAB – NICE VERSION – ANOTHER CARD WHICH VIVIDLY RECALLS WHAT IT FELT LIKE THEN – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS DECORATION AND STATE LAKE THEATER – 1962 – EDITED FROM A DAVID ZORNING IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STATES RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – STATE AND ADAMS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STAGE SHOW DANCERS – STATE-LAKE THEATER – 190 N STATE STREET – SNAPSHOT – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MONROE GROUND LEVEL – LATE 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – HUGE CROWD – GROUND LEVEL – LOOKING TOWARDS GOLD COAST – BEFORE AIR-CONDITIONING WAS WIDESPREAD PEOPLE WENT TO THE BEACHES IN VERY LARGE NUMBERS – NICE VERSION – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – FLAGS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR AT NAVY PIER – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO MASONIC TEMPLE – LATER THE CAPITOL BUILDING – NE CORNER OF STATE AND RANDOLPH – LIGHT WELL AT CENTER OF BUILDING – WORLD’S TALLEST AT 23 FLOORS IN 1892 – TORN DOWN BECAUSE FOUNDATION WOULDN’T WORK WITH NEW SUBWAY – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STREET STREET AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING NE – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS STORE – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING NE – NOTE CARSON’S (ON RIGHT) HAS BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED FROM IMAGE – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE AND BOATERS – 1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VICTORIA HOTEL – MICHIGAN AND VAN BUREN – LOOKING W ON VAN BUREN – c1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHICAGO THEATER – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL – WOOLWORTHS – TWA – CHICAGO FEDERAL SAVINGS – CROWDS – IT SEEMS CLEAR FROM THIS VERSION OF THE CARD THAT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WAS “MONTAGED” INTO AN EARLIER PHOTO – AN ENDURING IMAGE OF STATE STREET SHOPPING FROM THE TIME – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMANDO’S RESTAURANT – 735 N RUSH – THE UPSTAIRS – c1960 Leave a comment
PLATE – CHICAGO – PETER PAN SNACK SHOPS – DINNER PLATE – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – SOUTH BRANCH – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE – LARGE SAILING SHIP DOCKED – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERMAN PARK – 52ND AND CENTER AVE – CHILDREN WATCHING BOATERS – PEOPLE WATCHING FROM BRIDGE TOO – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – GRANT PARK – NOTE MOBILGAS SIGN – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – 900 N MICHIGAN AVE – COUPLE AT TABLE IN THE GARDEN – ONE OF THOSE IMAGES THAT TRULY CAPTURES A SENSE OF ITS ERA – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE – HALSTED AND 42ND – UNION STOCK YARDS – AERIAL – DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION – 1968 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO- MIDWAY PLAISANCE – NEAR UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – GIRL ON ICE SKATES – FAMILY SNAPSHOT – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – BIG CROWDS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – ONE OF THE CARDS BEST CAPTURING THE “FLAVOR” OF THE TIME AND PLACE – STREET LEVEL – THE FAIR – BASKIN – TRAFFIC COP – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MONROE – AERIAL – CROWD – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – WHAT WAS CALLED PALMER HOUSE CORNER – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REPUBLIC BUILDING – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AT MADISON – AERIAL – TRAFFIC JAM – CROWDS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – GROUND LEVEL – STRIPED TENT PAVILION IN FRONT – ALTHOUGH THE CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 1905 THE VERSION OF ITS BUILDING WHICH STANDS TODAY WAS BUILT AROUND 1916 – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL FROM VAN BUREN LOOKING N – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NOON HOUR CROWD – IN FRONT OF KNOX FIVE AND TEN – TINTED – ANOTHER VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING SE AERIAL – WOOLWORTHS GOLDBLATTS SEARS ROTHSCHILD – I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SOUTH END OF STATE A MUCH LESS INTERESTING PLACE – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON ELEVATED – BUSIEST CORNER IN THE WORLD – CROWDS – WAGONS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING S FROM LAKE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL – WAGONS – STREETCARS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – N FROM ADAMS – MOUNTED COP – CROWDS – FAIR STORE SIGN – OG SHOES SIGN – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – GROUP OF PEOPLE NEAR A NEWS STAND AND A DRUG STORE – COULD BE HYDE PARK – THIS TYPE OF APARTMENT BUILDING IS SO CHARACTERISTIC AND ALSO A STORE BUILT INTO A CORNER – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FIGURE SKATER JOANNE SCOTVOLD – APPEARING (WITH HER TWIN SISTER) IN AN ICE SHOW IN CHICAGO – ALL THROUGH AND AROUND THE 1950s ICE SHOWS WERE VERY POPULAR IN CHICAGO – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – DAILY NEWS BUILDING – NEWSPRINT LAKE BOAT – COTEAUDOC FROM FORT WILLIAM – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AT MADISON – LOOKING N ELEVATED – CROWDS – WAGONS – STREETCARS – BOSTON STORE WINDOWS ON LOWER LEFT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CALLED NOON HOUR – STREETCARS JAMMED – HUGE CROWDS – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET NEAR MADISON LOOKING NW – CHICAGO FEDERAL SAVINGS – ROOSEVELT THEATER – COUPLE WALKING – NICE VERSION – 1971 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N – RED STREETCARS – BIG CROWDS – WORLD’S BUSIEST SHOPPING CENTER – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – FAIR STORE – NOTE ROOF SIGN – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – TINTED – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – IN FRONT OF PALMER HOUSE LOOKING N STREET LEVEL – 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO- STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CABLE CARS – CROWDS – BLUE TINT OFF-REGISTER – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CORNER OF WASHINGTON – LOOKING N – FIELD’S – ROOSEVELT THEATER – UNITED OF AMERICA BUILDING – NICE VERSION – 1966 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – S FROM ADAMS GROUND LEVEL – C D PEACOCK SIGN – CROWDS WAGONS – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – CHICAGO AND LOOP AND STATE-LAKE THEATERS – NIGHT – NICE VERSION – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM MADISON – EARLY EVENING – TWO COPS IN SHORT SLEEVES – MANY SIGNS – NICE VERSION – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAY LINE BUS TOURS – GROUP AND BUS AT FOUNTAIN OF TIME – WASHINGTON PARK AT MIDWAY PLAISANCE – NICE VERSION – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING AROUND – 1972 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO- CHICAGO – ELEVATED TRAIN PASSING OVER BUSY STREET IN SNOW – LOCATION UNCERTAIN – JUST AN UTTERLY CHARMING IMAGE – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE BY EDSON SOARES 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING NE GROUND LEVEL – UNITED OF AMERICA – PURE OIL – FIELD’S – LOOP AND STATE THEATERS – MOVING NEWS SIGN ABOVE WALGREEN’S – 1970 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD STATION – AKA WELLS STREET STATION – HORSE-DRAWN BUS-LIKE WAGONS – TINTED – 1898 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BREVOORT – 120 W MADISON – BETWEEN CLARK AND LA SALLE – THE GRILL ROOM RESTAURANT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 