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WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON JOHN CHUCKMAN’S CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA: URBAN ARTIFACTS, HISTORY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE, PARKS OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS, CHICAGO NOTABLE BUSINESSES OF THE PAST, CHICAGO STREETSCAPES, CHICAGO ODDITIES, CHICAGO MAPS, VINTAGE CHICAGO ADVERTISING, CHICAGO THEATERS, CHICAGO WEATHER IMAGES, LAKE MICHIGAN, CHICAGO RIVER AND BRIDGES, CHANGING CHICAGO SKYLINE, AND MORE – SEEN THROUGH MANY THOUSANDS OF POSTCARDS, PHOTOS, ENGRAVINGS, MENUS, MATCHBOOKS, AND ASSORTED SOUVENIRS 7 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH AT STATE STREET – LOOKING NE FROM ELEVATION – CROWDS – CARS – STREETCARS – ONE STREETCAR TURNING S INTO STATE – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE CLOCK UPPER RIGHT – NOTE THE LINE OF CARS PARKED NEAR MARSHALL FIELD’S MARQUEE – “EL” (ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT) STATION ON WABASH IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – LOOKING W FROM STATE STREET GROUND LEVEL – RAIN-SLICK PAVEMENT – PART OF “THE CITY BEAUTIFUL” SERIES – NICE VERSION – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN – ONE EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY – WALKING PAST A SHOP ON AN UNKNOWN STREET – A “CAMERAMAN ON THE STREET” CANDID PHOTO – COMPANY IDENTIFIED AS METRO-FLASH – 20 W JACKSON BLVD – REORDER PRICES GIVEN AS 7 SETS FOR ONE DOLLAR OR 15 SETS FOR TWO DOLLARS – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A BIT OF MOSCOW RESTAURANT – 18 N CLARK – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – “DINE AND DANCE” “NO COVER CHARGE” – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DRIVER AND NEDLOG BEVERAGE TRUCK – UNKNOWN LOCATION – SNAPSHOT – NEDLOG WAS A LOCAL BOTTLER OF NON-CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS – LATE 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – “AMERICAN INDIAN EQUESTRIAN STATUE” – SCULPTOR IVAN MESTROVIC – ERECTED IN GRANT PARK – THERE ARE TWO OF THESE HUGE AND STRIKING STATUES – A BOWMAN AND A SPEARMAN FACING EACH OTHER AT A DISTANCE IN CONGRESS PLAZA IN GRANT PARK ON MICHIGAN AVE – PART OF A SERIES ON ARTWORKS BY THE ART INSTITUTE – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR (ITS SECOND FAIR) – A CENTURY OF PROGRESS – NORTHERLY ISLAND AREA – CHRYSLER MOTORS BUILDING – NIGHT UNDER LIGHTS – 1933-34 Leave a comment
