Archive for October 2009
COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2126 S WABASH – BURLESQUE SHOW – FEATURES EVE ARDEN – THIS WAS A GANGSTER JOINT – 1939 Leave a comment
COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2126 S WABASH – DOLLAR FIFTY DINNER – THIS WAS A GANGSTER JOINT – 1939 Leave a comment
FEURER’S RESTAURANT – 605 DIVERSEY PARKWAY – MENU COVER – 1939 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – EITEL’S OLD HEIDELBERG – MENU COVER – 1933 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – THE GARDEN – MENU COVER – c1960 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – THE GARDEN – MENU INSIDE – c1960 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – THE GARDEN – MENU COVER BACK – c1960 Leave a comment
BLOOM’S RESTAURANT – OGDEN AT NORTH AVE AND LARABEE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
HENRICI’S – RANDOLPH STREET – MENU COVER – 1947 Leave a comment
HENRICI’S – RANDOLPH STREET – MENU INSIDE ONE – 1947 Leave a comment
HENRICI’S – RANDOLPH STREET – MENU INSIDE TWO – 1947 Leave a comment
HOE SAI GAI – 75 WEST RANDOLPH – MENU COVER Leave a comment
SWEDISH CLUB OF CHICAGO – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MAX’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 2405 N CLARK – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM – 1908 Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – FOUNTAIN OF TIME – LORADO TAFT – c1940 Leave a comment
UNKNOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL STREET – PARADE – c1910 Leave a comment
UNION STOCK YARDS – CARTOON FOR HAM AND STEAK – WHIMSICAL – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAINS – CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS MIDLAND R R – STEAM ENGINE – c1950 Leave a comment
SULLIVAN MOTOR OIL – PORTRAIT OF WOMAN IN HAT – 1913 Leave a comment
STRAND THEATRE – WABASH AVE – OPPOSITE THE BLACKSTONE -c1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – ODDITY CARD – CHICAGO IN 50 YEARS – 1908 Leave a comment
SARANAC HOTEL APARTMENTS – 5541 EVERETT AVE – OVERLOOKING JACKSON PARK – CARS PARKED – c1920 Leave a comment
RUSH STREET BRIDGE – CROWD – WAGONS – STUNNING – 1914 Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE – ROOM INTERIOR – TYPICAL TWIN ROOM – 1949 Leave a comment
OUTER DRIVE EAST APARTMENTS – BUILT 1964 – 1966 Leave a comment
NEWBERRY LIBRARY – 1909 Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (CALLED FIELD COLUMBIAN) – LAGOON – SHOWS STRUCTURE THAT NO LONGER EXISTS FOR BOATS – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
MASONIC TEMPLE BUFFET – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
MARYLAND HOTEL – NIGHT – 1950s Leave a comment
LITTONS – STATE STREET AT JACKSON – DRAWING – 1959 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SCENE ON BENCHES – WOMAN TURNED TO CAMERA – LOOKS LIKE POINTILIST PAINTING – 1912 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – WOODED ISLAND – OLD CAHOKA HOUSE – c1910 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – GERMAN BUILDING (RENAMED LIBERTY) – LAGOON – MAN KNEELING Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – NEW REST BUILDING – 1910 Leave a comment
HARRIS THEATRE – EARTHA KITT in MRS PATTERSON – 1954 Leave a comment
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL – 1910 Leave a comment
GRANT PARK – PLAZA – INDIAN CHIEFS NOT YET ON PLINTHS – MUSEUM CAMPUS Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – LOOKING EAST TO WASHINGTON BLVD -1915 Leave a comment
FISHING OFF THE PIER – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
CHICAGO ELEVATED STATION – BUS – MARINA CITY – 1965 Leave a comment
CHICAGO ELEVATED – LAKE STREET PASSING OVER STATE – OLDER EL CARS – c1960 1 comment
EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – 5300 BLOCK SHERIDAN ROAD – BEAUTIFUL COACH – 1924 Leave a comment
EASTLAND DISASTER – RESCUE PULLING UP PERSON – CHICAGO RIVER – 1915 Leave a comment
DOWNTOWN VIEW – AERIAL – TOWARDS LAKE – c1940 Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – CONSERVATORY AND FLOWER BEDS – c1910 Leave a comment
CONGRESS HOTEL – ELIZABETHAN ROOM – STUNNING – 1909 Leave a comment
CLARK STREET FROM JACKSON – 1910 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – MASTED SHIPS – STEAMERS – TUG – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HEIGHTS – BLOOM TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL – 1942 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – NESTOR JOHNSON ICE SKATE AD – FAMOUS SKATERS – 1933-4 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – ADMIRAL BYRD’S POLAR SHIP – 1933-4 Leave a comment
BROOKFIELD ZOO – FRONT ENTRANCE GATE – c1940 Leave a comment
AUBURN PHARMACY – c1910 1 comment
YMCA BUILDING – 1905 Leave a comment
WRIGLEY FIELD – AERIAL – CROWD AND CARS – VIEW TOWARDS LAKE Leave a comment
WRIGLEY AND OTHER BUILDINGS – NIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
WORTHMORE TAILORS – CARTOON – GOOFY – 1913 Leave a comment
WINDMILL – ON AURORA ELGIN AND CHICAGO RR – EARLY Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – AERIAL – 1911 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY – SHOOT THE CHUTES – 1909 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY – BOXING MATCH – SULLIVAN VERSUS KILNAIN – CROWD -1908 Leave a comment
WEST CHICAGO – DEPOT STREET – LOOKING EAST – EARLY Leave a comment
WEDGEWOOD HOTEL – WOODLAWN AND 64TH Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WATER TOWER – CARRIAGE – SNOW SCENE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
WALK-OVER SHOE STORE – STORE FRONT AT MONROE AND ADAMS ON STATE STREET – c1920 Leave a comment
WALK-OVER SHOE STORE – 4700 SHERIDAN – AT LELAND – c1920 Leave a comment
WACKER DRIVE – BUILDINGS WITH NAMES – LAKE – 1933 Leave a comment
WACKER DRIVE – BUILDINGS – RIVER – NIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
WABASH AVE NORTH – FROM GARFIELD BLVD – EARLY Leave a comment
WABASH – ELEVATED – NEAR MARSHALL FIELD – RESTAURANT ON EAST SIDE – c1960 Leave a comment
VIRGINIA HOTEL – c1910 Leave a comment
UPTOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS – c1960 Leave a comment
UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – A FLATIRON BUILDING – 1909 Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY CLUB – MICHIGAN AVE – 1910 Leave a comment
UNITED AIRLINES – PLANE CUTAWAY DIAGRAM – 1933 Leave a comment
TUNNELS AND TRAINS – SERVICE TUNNEL SYSTEM – 3 TUNNELS – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
TRAINS – SOUTH SHORE LINE – BUILT LATE 1920s – EAST TROY ELECTRIC RAILWAY MUSEUM Leave a comment
TRAINS – 20TH CENTURY LIMITED – STYLISH DEPARTURE SCENE – c1940 Leave a comment
TOURIST PROMOTION – DRAWING OF NICELY DRESSED MAN AT RAILWAY – EARLY Leave a comment
THEATRE – SCENE FROM WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE- JOSEPH SANTLEY – GARRICK THEATRE Leave a comment
THEATRE – SCENE FROM THE RED WIDOW – RAYMOND HITCHCOCK Leave a comment
THEATRE – SCENE FROM MADAME X – MALCOLM WILLIAMS – CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE Leave a comment
THEATRE – SCENE FROM AFFAIR OF HONOR – THE THEATRE Leave a comment
TERRACE GARDEN – CHARLOTTE AND HER ICE BALLET – c1920 Leave a comment
STREETCAR – RED WITT CAR – IN FRONT OF RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY – 1949 Leave a comment
STRATFORD HOTEL – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
STRATFORD HOTEL – 4535 SHERIDAN ROAD – CARS – c1920 Leave a comment
STORES COMMERCIAL BUILDING – 1338 DEVON AVE – 1917 Leave a comment
UNION STOCK YARDS – EXPOSITION BUILDING -1910 Leave a comment
STEAMER PASSING LIGHTHOUSE – CROWD ON PIER – EARLY Leave a comment
STEAMER – CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS – ON THE LAKE – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET NOON HOUR – IN FRONT OF KNOX STORE – GREAT CROWD – EARLY COLOR Leave a comment
STATE STREET – WOOLWORTH’S – OTHER STORES – FLAGS – BUSY LOOKING NORTH – c1960 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – STEREO – FRANCE – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH FROM ADAMS – 1911 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH – STREETCARS – CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWDS – STREETCARS – MANDEL BROTHERS – 1910 Leave a comment
SOUTH WATER STREET – WAGONS AND MEN SELLING – c1910 Leave a comment
SOUTH PARK BLVD FROM 31ST – FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH – EARLY 1 comment
STATE STREET – NORTH FROM VAN BUREN – STORES – STREETCARS – c1910 Leave a comment
SKYLINE FROM LAKE – ORANGE SKY – c1960 Leave a comment
SHOREDRIVE MOTEL – 56TH AT THE LAKE – c1960 Leave a comment
SOUTH CHICAGO – SHIP YARDS – 1909 Leave a comment
CHICAGO – SOUTH CLARK STREET – AERIAL – EARLY Leave a comment
SOUTH CHICAGO – MOUTH OF DESPLAINES RIVER – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – AT ITS HEIGHT AS SHOPPING STREET – CROWDS – BUS – CARS – AERIAL – c1960 Leave a comment
STATE AND MADISON STREETS – CROWDS – WAGONS – ELEVATED STATION – 1907 Leave a comment
SPIEGEL CATALOGUE – CUSTER REPLY CARD – BACK Leave a comment
SPIEGEL CATALOGUE – CUSTOMER REPLY CARD Leave a comment
SOVEREIGN HOTEL – KENMORE AND GRANVILLE Leave a comment
SHERIDAN PLAZA HOTEL – UPTOWN – 1950s Leave a comment
SHERIDAN MONUMENT – SHERIDAN ROAD AND BELMONT – NEAR BELMONT HOTEL Leave a comment
SHERIDAN ROAD SOUTH NEAR LELAND AVE – EARLY Leave a comment
SHEDD AQUARIUM – MERMAID JOKE CARD Leave a comment
SENN HIGH SCHOOL – EARLY Leave a comment
SEARS – BUNGALOW BUILT BY SEARS KIT – SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR Leave a comment
SANS SOUCI AMUSEMENT PARK – BAND STAND – 60TH AND COTTAGE GROVE – c1910 Leave a comment
SANS SOUCI AMUSEMENT PARK – 60TH AND COTTAGE GROVE – AERIAL VIEW – EARLY Leave a comment
RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION – MARINE CAUSEWAY – 1909 Leave a comment
RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – HELL’S GATE – 1908 1 comment
RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – MIDWAY – 1909 Leave a comment
REGAL THEATRE – c 1920 Leave a comment
RANDOLPH STREET – STORES AND SIGNS – c1960 Leave a comment
RAINBOW BEACH – CALLED MANHATTAN – BIG CROWD – PAVILION – EARLY Leave a comment
POST OFFICE – WHEN NEW – 1945 Leave a comment
POST OFFICE – NEW – c1910 Leave a comment
PLAZA HOTEL – NORTH CLARK AND NORTH – EARLY Leave a comment
PICK-CONGRESS HOTEL – PEDESTRIANS – LADY WITH DOG – DRAWING – 1950s Leave a comment
PEARSON HOTEL – LOBBY – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKWAY WEBSTER BELDON HOTELS – LINCOLN PARK WEST – LINE DRAWING Leave a comment
OLD PEOPLES HOME – EARLY Leave a comment
NORTHWESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE – ROBEY MILWAUKEE AND NORTH STREETS Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – TRAFFIC JAM – c1930 Leave a comment
PARADE – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – STORES – 1910 Leave a comment
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC – EARLY Leave a comment
OUTER DRIVE LINK BRIDGE – AERIAL – c1940 Leave a comment
NORTOWN FORD DEALERS – 6454 NORTH WESTERN – CUSTOMER REMINDER CARD Leave a comment
NATIONAL AVIATION MEET – COLLISION – 1911 Leave a comment
NORTH CHICAGO – NAVAL TRAINING STATION – DRILL HALL – EARLY Leave a comment
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING – MONROE AND LASALLE – 1910 Leave a comment
NAVY PIER (CALLED MUNICIPAL) – VIEW FROM EAST END PLEASURE BOAT LANDING Leave a comment
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – UNITED PLANE BEING FUELED FROM SHELL TRUCK – 1950 Leave a comment
LIGHTHOUSE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD – MAIN FLOOR STATE STREET – 1934 Leave a comment
MONTGOMERY WARD HEAD OFFICE – MICHIGAN AVE – GRANT PARK – 1907 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE AND GRANT PARK – PEDESTRIANS – COLONNADE – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LIBERTY TRUCKING COMPANY – 1401 WEST FULTON – 1944 1 comment
MICHIGAN AVE – SHRINERS PARADE – VIEW NEAR ART INSTITUTE – 1968 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – KNIGHT TEMPLAR PARADE – EARLY Leave a comment
MEDINAH TEMPLE – PEOPLE WALKING – 1920 Leave a comment
MADISON STREET – LOOKING EAST FROM FIFTH AVE – CROWD – WAGONS – STORE SIGNS Leave a comment
LESSING COURT BUILDING – 1908 Leave a comment
KENWOOD CLUB – 1911 Leave a comment
LAKE VIEW HOSPITAL – 4420 CLARENDON AVE -1910 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SEAL POND – CROWD – 1911 Leave a comment
LA SALLE AVE – SOUTH OF OAK – ROW HOUSES – EARLY Leave a comment
KIRBY-CHAPPELL IMPERIAL- CHRYSLER DEALER – 6201 SOUTH WESTERN AVE – NIGHT Leave a comment
JAPANESE SUB CAPTURED DISPLAY – STATE AND MADISON – 1941 Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – BRIDGE AND BOATS – LIKE IMPRESSIONIST – 1928 Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – NEW PAVILION – c1910 Leave a comment
BEACH NEAR EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – SUNBATHERS – c1960 Leave a comment
HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL – CAR PARKED – c1960 Leave a comment
HINSDALE – ELM AND FIRST STREETS – 1907 Leave a comment
HAMILTON HOTEL – LOBBY – 20 SOUTH DEARBORN – 1945 Leave a comment
FOREMAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING – LASALLE AND WASHINGTON Leave a comment
H. W. GOSSARD BUILDING – CARS – AWNINGS – c1940 Leave a comment
EVENING POST NEWSPAPER – CALENDAR – PHOTO WOMAN WITH FLOWERS -1907 Leave a comment
DEARBORN STREET – WAGONS – STREETCAR – HANDSOME BUILDINGS – EARLY Leave a comment
CHICAGO ELEVATED – CHRISTMAS SEASON 2 comments
DOWNTOWN – VIEW FROM CIVIC OPERA TOWARDS LAKE – 1928 Leave a comment
DEAGAN MUSICAL BELL FACTORY – EARLY Leave a comment
CRICKET SUITS – SALE – CUSTOMER RESPONSE CAR – 1925 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – VIEW EAST FROM NEAR MERCHANDISE MART – c1960 Leave a comment
BUSES DOUBLE-DECK – EARLY Leave a comment
CITY HALL – STREETCARS – PEOPLE – SEPIA – 1905 Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – NIGHT – SKYLINE BEHIND – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
CURTEICH POSTCARD COMPANY CHICAGO – PIN-UP CARD – c 1940 Leave a comment
COLONIAL HOTEL – 1908 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – SKYLINE – SHIPS – c1970 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – BRIDGES OF THE RIVER – RAISED – WATER LEVEL – c1960 Leave a comment
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 1940 Leave a comment
CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – HYDE PARK – WAGON – CAR – PEDESTRIANS – c1910 Leave a comment
KEEFE CASTLE – 69TH STREET AND VERNON AVE – PEOPLE ON CORNER – EARLY 1 comment
WINDY DAY IN CHICAGO – CARTOON MAN AND WOMAN -1905 Leave a comment
CARTER HARRISON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL – 1925 Leave a comment
BASCULE BRIDGE – TAYLOR STREET – CHICAGO RIVER – 1910 Leave a comment
BOWEN HIGH SCHOOL – 1911 Leave a comment
BOSTON STORE – STATE MADISON AND DEARBORN – CROWDED STREET BELOW Leave a comment
BAGGAGEMAN WHIMISICAL CARD – 1907 Leave a comment
AUSTIN – SOUTH BLVD WEST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL – 1910 Leave a comment
TRAINS – AURORA COMMUTER TRAIN – ON STREET WITH CONDUCTOR – EARLY Leave a comment
AUDITORIUM HOTEL – SUMMER RESTAURANT – CROWD – CARS – c1910 Leave a comment
AUDITORIUM ANNEX HOTEL – POMPEIIAN ROOM – 1907 Leave a comment
ASHLAND BLVD – 1906 Leave a comment
ADLER PLANETARIUM – CARTOON CARD – WOMAN WALKING AWAY FROM HITTING MAN – c1950s Leave a comment
93RD AND SOUTH PARK – 1907 Leave a comment
22ND STREET CLEANERS AND DYERS – STOREFRONT AND TWO WORKERS – EARLY 1 comment
WASHINGTON PARK – TULIP BED – EARLY Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – BOATERS AND WOMAN STANDING – IDEALIZED – 1910 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 