Archive for January 2010
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – WOMAN’S BUILDING AND WOMAN PORTRAIT- DRAWING – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – PUCK CHARACTER – DRAWING – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – NAVAL EXHIBIT – BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS – SAILOR PORTRAIT – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – MINES BUILDING – GODDESS PORTRAIT – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – HORTICULTURAL BUILDING – STATUE IMAGE – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – GOVERNMENT BUILDING – GROVER CLEVELAND PORTRAIT – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – FISHERIES BUILDING – COLUMBUS PORTRAIT – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – ELECTRICAL BUILDING – ELECTRICAL GRACE – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – AGRICULTURAL BUILDING – GRACES CREST – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – AERIAL PANORAMA – DRAWING – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – 3 MAJOR BUILDINGS – MACHINERY – WOMAN’S – MINES – DRAWING – OFFICIAL CARD – 1893 Leave a comment
WHIMSY – FEELING QUITE CONTENTED IN CHICAGO – MAN AND WOMAN KISSING – 1915 Leave a comment
STRAUS BUILDING – WHEN NEW – WITH ART INSTITUTE LIONS – TRAFFIC Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWDS – BUNTING ON STORES – STREETCARS – 1917 Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD – OLD CORNER AND NEW – CARRIAGES PARKED – c1910 Leave a comment
MADER’S GERMAN RESTAURANT IN MILWAUKEE – POPULAR PLACE FOR CHICAGOANS TO VISIT – 1935 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SEAL POND – COLORFUL CROWD – 1909 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – CROWD AND CARRIAGES – 1905 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – LAGOON – ROWING TEAM – 1910 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – HIGH BLUFF VIEW TOWARDS LAKE – c1910 Leave a comment
FISHING PIER – LARGE CROWD FISHING – TWO WOMEN – CALLED VACATION DAYS – 1912 Leave a comment
EVANGELINE RESIDENCE – FOR BUSINESS WOMEN – 51 W DELAWARE – DRAWING – EARLY Leave a comment
COLLEGE INN DINING ROOM – SHERMAN HOUSE – CROWD AND WAITERS – BAROQUE FRAME – EARLY Leave a comment
BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING – I WILL SERIES – BEAUTIFUL – 1911 Leave a comment
BISMARCK GARDEN – WOMEN WALKING IN – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – ENTRANCE HALL – STATUES – SEPIA – 1906 Leave a comment
TRAINS – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN – STEAM ENGINE AND CREW – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
TRAINS – CHICAGO MILWAUKEE AND ST PAUL – THE HIAWATHA – c1940s Leave a comment
E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS – BOSTON BAKED BEANS – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS – BOSTON BAKED BEANS – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
B AND G SANDWICH SHOPS – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
B AND G SANDWICH SHOPS – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
DREAMLAND – 4000 S HARLEM – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
DREAMLAND – 4000 S HARLEM – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
CARL ADAMS FUNERAL DIRECTOR – 7350 COTTAGE GROVE – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
CARL ADAMS FUNERAL DIRECTOR – 7350 COTTAGE GROVE – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
BACK STAGE BURLESK – 935 WILSON – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH – HASTINGS AND ASHLAND – SIGN FOR WINE – 1910 Leave a comment
WORLD’S SMALLEST CIGAR STORE – ELSTON AND BELMONT – 1926 Leave a comment
WHITE SOX – WHIMSY – PICTURES ON CARTOON SOCKS – COMISKEY PICTURE – 1907 Leave a comment
WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL – 39TH AND PRAIRIE AVE – 1905 Leave a comment
UNION STATION – PART OF SERIES – TWO MEN WALKING FROM ARCADE Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – RYERSON PHYSICAL LABORATORIES – 1911 Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – PANORAMA OF CAMPUS TOWARDS LAKE – AERIAL – 1915 Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – LOOKING WEST FROM WOODLAWN – PRESIDENT’S HOUSE – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
UNION STATION – PART OF SERIES – TRAIN GATES – AERIAL INTERIOR Leave a comment
UNION STATION – PART OF SERIES – PANORAMA OUTSIDE – AERIAL Leave a comment
UNION DEPOT – SHOWS PART OF BRIDGE – c1910 Leave a comment
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING – FEATURES WIRELESS TELEGRAPH – c1910 Leave a comment
STUDIO PORTRAIT – YOUNG WOMAN IN GYPSY-LIKE COSTUME – HEAVY OLD CHAIR – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – NIGHT – SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON – AERIAL – c1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR – FLEET OF STREETCARS – TEMPLAR LOGOS – 1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWD ON SIDEWALK – TWO WOMEN AND LITTLE GIRL – B AND W – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – AERIAL – SEPIA – 1936 Leave a comment
ROOSEVELT AND JEFFERSON – LABOR PARADE – c1930 Leave a comment
ROGERS PARK – LAKESHORE – 1911 Leave a comment
NEW SOUTHERN HOTEL – ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF – 1910 Leave a comment
NEW BREVOORT HOTEL – 143 MADISON – 1908 Leave a comment
MILWAUKEE AVE – NORTH OF GRESHAM – STORES – SIGNS – STREETCAR – c1910 Leave a comment
MILWAUKEE AVE – N OF ASHLAND AVE – WONDERFUL – 1914 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – N FROM BLACKSTONE HOTEL – 1911 Leave a comment
MARTINIQUE RESTAURANT AND DRURY LANE THEATER – DINING ROOM – EVERGREEN PARK – c1960 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – GRANT MONUMENT – 1907 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – CONCERT DAY – BIG CROWD – RESEMBLES SEURAT – 1918 Leave a comment
LASALLE STREET – 1910 Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE – LINCOLN PARK – PEDESTRIANS – CARRIAGES – PEOPLE SITTING – c1910 Leave a comment
KAISERHOF HOTEL – STREET – LADIES’ CAFE – BUUERNSTUBE – LOBSTER THEME – c1910 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – BOULEVARD DRIVE – EARLY Leave a comment
GRANT HOTEL – MADISON STREET – AWNINGS – 1916 Leave a comment
GIANT ELECTRIC SIGN – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR – 31 ST CONCLAVE – 1910 Leave a comment
GANGSTER JACK MCGURN WITH DETECTIVE JOHN STEGE WAITING FOR QUESTIONS ON ST VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE – 1929 Leave a comment
EITEL’S OLD HEIDELBERG – CARTOONS WITH SINGING WAITERS Leave a comment
BLACKSTONE HOTEL – STANDING ALONE – 1914 Leave a comment
BEVERLY WOODS RESTAURANT – LINCOLN HEIGHTS RESTAURANT – 1958 Leave a comment
ASHLAND AVE – MAN ON BICYCLE – CARRIAGES – 1909 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – CARS – PEDESTRIANS – PANORAMIC VIEW – EARLY Leave a comment
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES – WINTER SCENE – BLUE – 1908 Leave a comment
TYPEWRITER SPECIALISTS – 651 MARQUETTE BUILDING – 140 S DEARBORN – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
TYPEWRITER SPECIALISTS – 651 MARQUETTE BUILDING – 140 S DEARBORN – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
SHERIDAN PLAZA HOTEL – SHERIDAN ROAD AT WILSON AVE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE DRUG STORE – CAPPELS GALE AND BLOCKI – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MEDINAH CLUB – 505 N MICHIGAN – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
MEDINAH CLUB – 505 N MICHIGAN – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
L AND L CAFE – 1316 W MADISON – MATCHBOOK OUTSIDE Leave a comment
L AND L CAFE – 1316 W MADISON – MATCHBOOK INSIDE Leave a comment
ACADIA LIQUORS – 2810 W 55TH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CHICAGO STREETMARKET – EARLY Leave a comment
RANDOLPH PLACE CONDO – CHICAGO RIVER – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
MARTINIQUE RESTAURANT AND DRURY LANE THEATER – ENTRANCE HALL – c1960 Leave a comment
DRAKE HOTEL – CAMELLIA HOUSE RESTAURANT – DANCING NIGHTLY – c1960 Leave a comment
BUSH TEMPLE OF MUSIC – STREETCAR – AWNINGS – 1906 Leave a comment
AERIAL MAP – YMCA AND DISTANCE TO ATTRACTIONS – BLUE – c1930 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – VIEW FROM BOSTON STORE – CROWDS – STREETCARS – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – VIEW FROM BOSTON STORE – CROWDS – STREETCARS – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWD CROSSING STREET – STREETCARS – CARS – c1910 Leave a comment
SHEDD AQUARIUM – YOUNG TREES – PASTEL COLORS Leave a comment
NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – DEARBORN STREET – 1909 Leave a comment
CHICAGO LIBRARIES – 5 IMAGES – 1949 Leave a comment
GRANDEUR HOTEL – 1055 GRANVILLE AVE – 1940 Leave a comment
SOUTH EAST NATIONAL BANK – 63RD AND WOODLAWN – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – WEST FROM CONSERVATORY – EARLY Leave a comment
TRIANON BALLROOM INTERIOR – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – DECORATED IN DIFFERENT COLORS Leave a comment
STRAND THEATRE – WABASH AVE – OPPOSITE BLACKSTONE HOTEL – INTERIOR STAGE – EARLY Leave a comment
MOODY MEMORIAL CHURCH – MAIN ROUND BUILDING – BETWEEN CLARK AND LASALLE AT NORTH AVE – 1943 Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – GRILL ROOM Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE – I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – RUSTIC BRIDGE TO WOODED ISLAND – 1918 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – BOAT HARBOR – SIDE VIEW OF BUILDINGS – BOATS – BRIDGE – 1922 Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – WOMAN AND BOY BY LAGOON – ELEANOR ROOSEVELT-STYLE HAT – SEPIA – 1919 Leave a comment
HARVARD SCHOOL – 75TH AND AUBURN PARK – c1910 Leave a comment
CHICAGO TOURIST CARD IN DUTCH – DUTCH GIRL CARTOON – EARLY Leave a comment
PEACH TREE RESTAURANT – 79TH AND SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
BARNEY’S MARKET CLUB – 741 W RANDOLPH – MATCHBOOK INSIDE Leave a comment
BARNEY’S MARKET CLUB RESTAURANT – 741 W RANDOLPH – MATCHBOOK FRONT AND BACK Leave a comment
ATLANTIC HOTEL – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
7000 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE HOTEL – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
7000 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE HOTEL – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
WURZ’N SEPP RESTAURANT – 242 E NORTH AVE – FOLDING CARD – OPEN – 1907 Leave a comment
WURZ’N SEPP RESTAURANT – 242 E NORTH AVE – FOLDING CARD – FRONT – 1907 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH – AERIAL – RELIANCE BUILDING SIGN – CROWDS – AWNINGS – STREETCARS – c1910 Leave a comment
ST CLAIR HOTEL – SKY TAVERN ROOF GARDEN Leave a comment
SOUTH CHICAGO – FACTORY DISTRICT – 1905 Leave a comment
SHERMAN PARK – REFECTORY AND CLUB HOUSE – DRAWING – c1910 Leave a comment
RUSH STREET – NIGHT – MANY SIGNS – CARS PARKED – 1948 Leave a comment
MIDWAY AIRPORT – BUILDING – PLANE – CARS – 1959 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – MAGNIFICENT ROW – PEOPLES GAS – LAKE VIEW – ILLINOIS ATHLETIC CLUB – MONROE BUILDING – UNIVERSITY CLUB – EARLY Leave a comment
MANDEL BROTHERS BUILDING – STATE AND MADISON – BIG CROWDS – STREETCARS – AWNINGS – 1908 1 comment
MADISON AND DEARBORN SE CORNER – TRIBUNE BUILDING – MCVICKERS THEATRE – c1910 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK ARMS HOTEL – 2738 PINE GROVE AVE – 1940 Leave a comment
LASALLE STREET STATION – WAGONS – TRAIN – EARLY Leave a comment
LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL – INTERESTING VIEW – 1911 Leave a comment
GERMANIA CLUB – 1905 Leave a comment
FRANCO-AMERICAN HYGIENIC CO – INTERIOR – LADIES WORKING – BOTTLING AND LABELING – 1912 Leave a comment
COYNE ELECTRICAL SCHOOL – c 1920 2 comments
CHICAGOAN HOTEL – 3 IMAGES – FRONT – ROOM – LOUNGE – 1950s Leave a comment
CHICAGO MUNICIPAL FLAG AND EXPLANATION – WHEN NEW Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – AERIAL VIEW OF GROUNDS – 1933-4 Leave a comment
C.O.D. CIGAR CO – MORTON BUILDING – 356 DEARBORN – BUSINESS REPLY CARD – FRONT Leave a comment
C.O.D. CIGAR CO – MORTON BUILDING – 356 DEARBORN – BUSINESS REPLY CARD – BACK Leave a comment
BURNHAM HARBOR – VINTAGE BOATS AND CARS – OLD MCCORMICK PLACE – c1960 Leave a comment
BLACKSTONE HOTEL – CLUB GRILL – GRANDPA CHAIRS – c1910 Leave a comment
BIT OF SWEDEN RESTAURANT – SMORGASBORD SET OUT – LONGER VIEW – FANCY TABLECLOTHS – B AND W Leave a comment
BIT OF SWEDEN RESTAURANT – SMORGASBORD SET OUT – B AND W Leave a comment
BISMARCK HOTEL LOUNGE – PEOPLE AT TABLES – BOOTH – B AND W – c1940 Leave a comment
BISMARCK HOTEL LOUNGE – PEOPLE AT TABLES – B AND W – c1940 Leave a comment
BISMARCK HOTEL – MAIN DINING ROOM – PEOPLE AT TABLES – 1905 Leave a comment
BELMONT HARBOR YACHT HARBOR – BOATS – SKYLINE – 1944 Leave a comment
BAPTIST MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL – GROUP OF WOMEN GRADUATES – 1910 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – LION FEATURED – GROUP OF PEOPLE – LION GREEN TARNISH – 1950s Leave a comment
APARTMENT BUILDING – 64TH AND KENWOOD – SEPIA – 1910 Leave a comment
ANTIQUE STORE – WORLD’S LARGEST – INTERIOR – S MICHIGAN – 1953 Leave a comment
SILVER PALACE HAMBURGERS – 3348 DIVERSEY – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CONRAD HILTON – PARK ROW – MENU COVER – 1955 Leave a comment
AMBASSADOR HOTEL – SARAH SIDDONS PLATE Leave a comment
BAND BOX – DANCING – 56 W RANDOLPH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
STREET SCENE – APARTMENTS – CHILDREN – SEPIA – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER FLORIDA – TWO DANCE DECKS – DAY AND NIGHT – JACKSON PARK – MUNICIPAL PIER – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – BASKIN – LYTTON’S GOLDBLATT’S – SEARS – WOOLWORTH – c1960 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – AERIAL – CARS – BUS – CROWDS – OLD LIGHTS – 1950s Leave a comment
NANTUCKET RESTAURANT EXTERIOR – 10437 S WESTERN – c1960 Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – AERIAL TOWARDS LAKE – SEPIA – 1949 Leave a comment
MARTINIQUE RESTAURANT BAR INTERIOR – EVERGREEN PARK – c1960 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – ELEPHANT BATHING POOL ZOO – CROWD – 1911 Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE NORTH – OAK STREET BEACH – FROM DRAKE – c1920 Leave a comment
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT – 2 WAGONS – FIREHALL – EARLY Leave a comment
MUNSON’S RESTAURANT – 57 E ADAMS – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
MUNSON’S RESTAURANT – 57 E ADAMS – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
MARINA CITY RESTAURANT – 300 N STATE – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
MARINA CITY RESTAURANT – 300 N STATE – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
CHAMPLAIN RESTAURANT – 54 E MONROE – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
CHAMPLAIN RESTAURANT – 54 E MONROE – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – 23 W ADAMS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
J. H. WATSON – 1200 E 55TH STREET – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
J. H. WATSON – 1200 E 55TH STREET – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
ELLIS PARK – 37TH AND LANGLEY – GIRLS ON BENCH – FOUNTAIN – 1915 Leave a comment
EASTLAND DISASTER – CHICAGO RIVER – PANORAMIC VIEW – 1915 Leave a comment
CHINATOWN – CHINESE TEMPLE – CERMACK ROAD AND WENTWORTH AVE – c1940 Leave a comment
RED LION INN – 61 E ADAMS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
GRASSFIELD’S RESTAURANT – 6666 N RIDGE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
DELAZON’S RESTAURANT – 127 N DEARBORN – 559 DIVERSEY PARKWAY – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MARDI GRAS – 939 N RUSH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
POST OFFICE – 1898 Leave a comment
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – WOMEN’S BUILDING – INTERIOR RECEPTION HALL Leave a comment
MILLMAN AND STERN – 1900 N ELSTON AVE – DINETTE SET – 1950s Leave a comment
MILLMAN AND STERN – 1900 N ELSTON AVE – DINETTE SET – BACK -1950s Leave a comment
LAKE MICHIGAN – 12TH STREET CRIB – EARLY Leave a comment
GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL – WHEN NEW – CARS PARKED – 1953 Leave a comment
GREETINGS – STREET SCENE – WOMAN’S HEAD – ELABORITE FRAME – 1907 Leave a comment
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL – READING ROOM Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – RE-CREATION OF CHESHIRE CHEESE IN LONDON WHERE BOTH DR JOHNSON AND CHUCKY ATE – EXTERIOR – 1933-4 Leave a comment
STEVENS HOTEL – ROOM SERVICE MENU INSIDE – 1933 Leave a comment
STEVENS HOTEL – ROOM SERVICE MENU COVER – 1933 Leave a comment
WOMAN AND GIRL – IN PARK SETTING – 1910 Leave a comment
WGN STUDIO INTERIOR – AUDIENCE AND SHOW ON STAGE Leave a comment
SUHLING COMPANY POST CARDS – ELABORITE SKETCH OF WOMAN – c1910 Leave a comment
SUHLING COMPANY POST CARDS – ELABORITE SKETCH OF WOMAN – BACK – c1910 Leave a comment
STEAMER SOO CITY – CHICAGO RIVER – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE UP – 1907 Leave a comment
STEAM SHOVEL – GROUP OF MEN -1909 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWD AND STOPPED BUS – STORE SIGNS – c1960 Leave a comment
SKYLINE PANORAMA – RIVER BUILDINGS LOOKING NORTH – 1960s Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 