Archive for February 2010
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – FIRE AND FLAME SPECTACLE – c1910 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – ELECTRIC TOWER AT NIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
VOLGELSANG’S RESTAURANT – 175 W MADISON – BUILDING FRONT AND SIGN – 1914 Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL – WORLD’S LARGEST ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE – c1920 Leave a comment
STATE AND RANDOLPH – UNITED OF AMERICA BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – 1970 Leave a comment
NAVY PIER – CALLED THEN MUNICIPAL PIER – INTERIOR OF AUDITORIUM – CROWD – c1920 Leave a comment
MONTE CRISTO RESTAURANT – 645 ST. CLAIR – 2 IMAGES INTERIOR – c1950 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN BOULEVARD – FROM GRANT PARK BRIDGE – c1950 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – LOVERS LANE – 1910 Leave a comment
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH – 1906 Leave a comment
FOREST PARK AMUSEMENT PARK – CLOSE-UP ON STEEPLE CHASE – EARLY Leave a comment
CHEZ PAREE – 610 FAIRBANKS COURT – THE ELBOW ROOM Leave a comment
BROOKFIELD ZOO – GIRAFFES – c1940 Leave a comment
BERKLEY AVE – NORTH OF 43RD STREET – SEPIA – 1909 Leave a comment
MERRY GARDEN – SHEFFIELD AT BELMONT – MATCHBOOK 2 comments
GERMAN RESTAURANT – 319 S DEARBORN – INTERIOR – 1915 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – BEACH WITH GROUP OF CHILDREN – EARLY Leave a comment
RUSH STREET BRIDGE – WAGONS – MOUNTED POLICEMAN – SIGNS – 1914 Leave a comment
EDITH’S KOSHER STYLE RESTAURANT – 224 S HALSTED – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – 63RD AND SOUTH PARK – WEST WALK – SCENIC RAILROAD – c1910 Leave a comment
SUBWAY PLATFORM – PEOPLE WAITING – TRAIN – c1940 Leave a comment
ST. CLAIR COCKTAIL CIRCLE Leave a comment
LIPP’S RESTAURANT – LOWER LEVEL – 56 W MADISON – 1941 Leave a comment
GAULT HOTEL – WHEN NEW – MADISON AND MARKET – c1910 Leave a comment
CHICAGO AVE AND 38TH – HOUSES – AFTER TORNADO – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
LITTLE BOHEMIA RESTAURANT – 18TH AND LOOMIS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – MERCHANDISE MART – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – MERCHANDISE MART – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
GUS GOOD FOOD – 420 N DEARBORN – MENU COVER Leave a comment
GUS GOOD FOOD – 420 N DEARBORN – MENU INSIDE Leave a comment
BALLANTINE’S RESTAURANT – 1207 N DEARBORN – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
BALLANTINE’S RESTAURANT – 1207 N DEARBORN – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
JACK SCHWARTZ FINE CIGARS – 120 S DEARBORN – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CLUB ROUGE – 56 W RANDOLPH – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
CLUB ROUGE – 56 W RANDOLPH – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
WRIGLEY FIELD – AERIAL – DRAWING – c1940 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – ENTRANCE BUILDING – EARLY Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – CAMPUS VIEW – TWO MEN WALKING – SEPIA Leave a comment
UNITED STATES LIFE SAVING STATION – LIKE A WINSLOW HOMER – 1908 Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN – DINING CAR INTERIOR – STAFF – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL – CROWD – CARS WAGONS – c1920 Leave a comment
SOVEREIGN HOTEL – ELABORATE FRAME – EARLY Leave a comment
SOUTH CHICAGO – SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH – CHELTENHAM Leave a comment
SHERMAN HOTEL – COLLEGE INN – NIGHT – STREET LEVEL Leave a comment
NORTH CHICAGO – NAVAL TRAINING STATION – BRIDGE MAIN ENTRANCE – EARLY Leave a comment
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – RADIO STATION WMBI – STUDIO INTERIOR – 1939 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SHORELINE – LOOKING DOWNTOWN – MAN WALKING – c1960 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – LINCOLN MONUMENT – WOMAN WALKING – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
KAISERHOF HOTEL – WHEN NEW – LADIES PARLOR – EARLY Leave a comment
HAWTHORNE SCHOOL – CHILDREN ON STREET – 1908 Leave a comment
GREAT NORTHERN BUILDING – AWNINGS – PEDESTRIANS – CARRIAGE – 1904 Leave a comment
GRANT PARK – PLAZA – AERIAL – c1940 Leave a comment
FIRST NATIONAL BANK – LOBBY – CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
ELGIN – AURORA ELGIN AND CHICAGO STATION – CROWD – 1913 Leave a comment
DOWNTOWN – AERIAL – STYLISH DRAWING – 1951 Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – GARDEN – EARLY Leave a comment
CONGRESS HOTEL – JOSEPH URBAN DINING ROOM – 1934 2 comments
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY – RESIDENCE HALL – c1930 Leave a comment
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY – MAIN BUILDING AND TOWER – c1930 Leave a comment
CHICAGO HEIGHTS – ST AGNES CHURCH Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – INTERIOR ROOM – GRECO-ROMAN STATUES – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – INTERIOR ROOM – ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY – EARLY Leave a comment
STANLEY SAUSAGE STORE – POLISH SIGN – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – PARKED CARS – c1970 1 comment
CHICAGO ELEVATED – ON TURN – AERIAL – MANY SIGNS AND BUILDINGS – SEPIA – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – 3 WOMEN – 2 MEN – SNACK STAND – SIGNS ON UNKNOWN STREET – c1950 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
THE BATH – SARAH SIDDONS WALK – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
ROLLING PIN – BAKER’S SPECIALTIES – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
ROLLING PIN – BAKER’S SPECIALTIES – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MAYFAIR – 104 S WABASH – 31 E MONROE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MASONITE CORPORATION – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
FLORSHEIM SHOES – 7 STORES – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY CHICAGO – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING IN SLIP – c1920 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY CHICAGO – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN SCARF WITH PUPPET – c1920 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY CHICAGO – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN RED ADJUSTING SHOE – c1920 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY CHICAGO – PIN-UP – WOMAN BY TABLE WITH WOMAN PUPPET – c1920 Leave a comment
EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY CHICAGO – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN SLIP – c1920 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – SUGGESTIVE CARTOON – SUN AND WOMEN’S DRESSES – 1933 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – SUGGESTIVE CARTOON – DOG AND WOMAN’S LEGS – 1933 Leave a comment
DREXEL SQUARE – MONUMENT – DOUBLE-DECK BUS – 1925 Leave a comment
COLISEUM – INTERIOR – FLOWER SHOW – 1906 Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE VIEW HOTEL – KEY TAG Leave a comment
PICADILLY THEATRE – INTERIOR – HYDE PARK BLVD – 1927 Leave a comment
YMCA BUILDING – AWNINGS – EARLY 3 comments
WINDERMERE HOTELS – AT JACKSON PARK – PASTEL DRAWING – 1942 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – AERIAL – 63RD AND SOUTH PARK AVE – c1910 Leave a comment
WASHJINGTON STREET BRIDGE – SHIP AND TUG GOING THROUGH – 1914 Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – FOUNTAIN OF TIME – c1940 Leave a comment
WASHINGTON MONUMENT – WASHINGTON PARK – CORNY BAROQUE PATRIOTIC CARD – 1911 Leave a comment
TRAIN – DEADWOOD CENTRAL NARROW-GUAGE – CHICAGO RAIL FAIR – 1949 Leave a comment
TARG AND DINNER MUSIC STORE – 425 S WABASH – UKULELES – 1946 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CORNER MADISON LOOKING NORTH – GREENISH B AND W – 1907 Leave a comment
SOLDIERS FIELD – MUSEUMS – LAKE – AERIAL – c1940 Leave a comment
SEARS TOWER – BACKGROUND PANORAMA OF CITY – c1980 1 comment
RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – BANDSHELL – FEW PEOPLE DRAWN IN – 1910 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – COKE SIGN – CAB – c1960 Leave a comment
MERCHANDISE MART – RIVER BRIDGE – SHIPS – c1940 Leave a comment
JENNIE’S RESTAURANT – STONY ISLAND – INTERIOR – 1968 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – BEACH – SMALL CROWD – UMBRELLAS – 1908 Leave a comment
ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT – RAILYARDS – MUSEUM CAMPUS – AERIAL – c1940 Leave a comment
HUB ROLLER SKATING – 3 IMAGES – 1958 Leave a comment
GOODRICH DOCKS – CROWD – SHIPS FOR MILWAUKEE – c1910 Leave a comment
DREXEL BLVD – 1908 Leave a comment
DRAKES RESTAURANT – 131 N DEARBORN – NIGHT – c1950 Leave a comment
DOWNTOWN AND NEW MCCORMICK PLACE – AERIAL PANORAMA – CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY – 1961 Leave a comment
DAILY NEWS BUILDING – FROM RIVER SURFACE – EARLY Leave a comment
CURT TEICH COMPANY – 1733 IRVING PARK BLVD – CARSD PARKED – FROM GROUND LEVEL – c1940 Leave a comment
CURT TEICH COMPANY – 1733 IRVING PARK BLVD – AERIAL Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – LUMBER DISTRICT – SAILING SHIP AT DOCK – c1910 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – FORD BUILDING – NIGHT – ATMOSPHERIC – 1933-4 Leave a comment
WAIKIKI RESTAURANT AND BAR – 4541 BROADWAY – INTERIOR Leave a comment
WILSON AVE BEACH – CROWD – BOATS – CLOSE-UPS – EARLY Leave a comment
BEACH SCENE – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – CROWD – SUN SEATS – EARLY Leave a comment
VALENTINE’S RESTAURANT – 142 W VAN BUREN – OPPOSITE LA SALLE STATION – INTERIOR – 1941 Leave a comment
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET – BIPLANE FLYING AND OTHERS LINED UP ON FIELD 2 – 1911 Leave a comment
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET – BIPLANE FLYING AND OTHERS LINED UP ON FIELD – 1911 Leave a comment
SALLY’S RESTAURANT – 4650 SHERIDAN ROAD – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
ISBELL’S MAGIC BAR RESTAURANT – 590 DIVERSEY – 25 CENT TOKEN – TWO SIDES Leave a comment
BLUE ANGEL RESTAURANT – 801 N RUSH – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
BLUE ANGEL RESTAURANT – 801 N RUSH – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH – 85TH STREET AND STONY ISLAND Leave a comment
YMCA LAWSON – 30 W CHICAGO – AERIAL – c1970 Leave a comment
YMCA HOTEL – 822 S WABASH AVE – WHEN NEW Leave a comment
YMCA ENGLEWOOD – PARKED CARS – c1920 Leave a comment
WINTHROP TERRACE HOTEL – 5734 WINTHROP AVE Leave a comment
WINDERMERE HOTEL – c1910 Leave a comment
WEDGEWOOD HOTEL – 64TH AND WOODLAWN – EARLY Leave a comment
WATER TOWER AND NORTH MICHIGAN – AERIAL – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WALTER LARSON REAL ESTATE – ENTRANCE Leave a comment
WACKER DRIVE – AERIAL – NIGHT – GENERAL VIEW WITH RIVER – c1940 Leave a comment
W 12TH STREET – CHURCH – STORES – STREETCAR – WAGON – c1910 1 comment
VENDOME HOTEL – CARS – MENTIONS RED FOUNTAIN ROOM – EARLY Leave a comment
TRAINS – NORTH SHORE ELECTROLINER – c1940 Leave a comment
TRAINS – CHICAGO BURLINGTON AND QUINCY – STEAM ENGINE – THREE-QUARTER VIEW Leave a comment
TRAINS – CHICAGO BURLINGTON AND QUINCY – STEAM ENGINE AND ENGINEER Leave a comment
SUTHERLAND HOTEL – 47TH AND DREXEL BLVD – c1930 Leave a comment
STRAUS BUILDING – MICHIGAN AVE – OBSERVATION CORRIDOR – EARLY Leave a comment
STOUFFER’S GIBRALTAR ROOM – NIGHT – LOGO – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – c1960 Leave a comment
STATE STREET AND MONROE – PALMER HOUSE – CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUS – c1920 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – NORTH FROM WOOLWORTH’S – FLAGS – 1964 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – NORTH FROM WASHINGTON IN 1965 – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY LATER Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CROWD – STREETCARS – FROM BOSTON STORE – 1911 Leave a comment
SOUTHMOOR HOTEL AND JACKSON PARK – AERIAL VIEW Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE VIEW HOTEL – 7100 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – MAP Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE ARMS HOTEL – 1454 HYDE PARK BLVD – c1930 Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE – WINDSOR PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH – 2619 E 76TH – INTERIOR – c1960 Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE – ST BRIDE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH – CALLED WINDSOR PARK – EARLY Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE – COUNTRY CLUB HOTEL – GALLERY RESTAURANT – 6930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE – COUNTRY CLUB HOTEL – 6930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – CARS – PEDESTRIANS – c1930 Leave a comment
SAVOY BALLROOM – 47TH AND SOUTH PARKWAY – EARLY Leave a comment
RED STAR INN – NEW LOCATION – KEELER AND IRVING PARK ROAD – 3 IMAGES – 1970 Leave a comment
RANDOLPH STREET – NIGHT – FROM WEST END – MANY SIGNS – SWEET ITALY – BANCROFT HOTEL – HENRICI’S – HOE SAI GAI – c1960 Leave a comment
RAIL FREIGHT YARDS – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE BACKGROUND – WAGONS – BOX CAR – c1910 Leave a comment
QUADRANGLE CLUB – LEXINGTON AND 58TH – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – FROM GRANT PARK – OLD WALKWAY – 1969 Leave a comment
POLISH WOMEN’S ALLIANCE – 1309 N ASHLAND – 1921 Leave a comment
PLAISANCE HOTEL – 1545 E 60TH – OPPOSITE JACKSON PARK – c1930 Leave a comment
PICADILLY HOTEL – HYDE PARK BLVD AND BLACKSTONE AVE – CARS IN STREET – PICADILLY THEATRE ENTRANCE LEFT SIDE – 1930s Leave a comment
PARKWAY HOTEL – CAFE – LINCOLN PARK WEST AND GARFIELD – 1923 Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – 2 IMAGES – LOBBY – SHOPPING CONCOURSE -c1960 Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE – VICTORIAN GARDEN – EARLY Leave a comment
PALMER HOUSE – BALLROOM – EARLY Leave a comment
PALAIS BROMPTON HOTEL – 3 IMAGES – DINING ROOM – FRONT – LOUNGE – EARLY Leave a comment
NORMANDY RESTAURANT – 800 N MICHIGAN – AT CHICAGO – INTERIOR Leave a comment
NEWBERRY HOTEL – 817 DEARBORN AVE – AWNINGS – EARLY Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE NORTH – AERIAL – c1940 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – SOUTH OF 113TH PLACE – ROSELAND – EARLY Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – NORTH FROM LAKE – TRAFFIC – 1931 Leave a comment
MICHAEL TODD’S THEATRE CAFE – CROWD – STAGE SHOW Leave a comment
MANN’S MILLION DOLLAR RAINBO GARDENS – THEN CALLED MANN AND JACKSON’S – CLARK AND LAWRENCE – OUTDOORS – NIGHT Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANN’S MILLION DOLLAR RAINBO GARDENS – MAIN LOBBY – CLARK AND LAWRENCE – EARLY Leave a comment
MANN’S MILLION DOLLAR RAINBO GARDENS – EXTERIOR – CLARK AND LAWRENCE – EARLY Leave a comment
MANN’S MILLION DOLLAR GARDEN – ENTRANCE – EARLY Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SEALS AT ZOO – GROUP OF PEOPLE – c1950 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – FLOWER BEDS Leave a comment
LAWRENCE HOTEL – 4725 MALDEN AVE – EXTERIOR – MAP – NOTE CLARENDON BEACH ON MAP Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE – STONE HOUSES – YOUNG TREES – c1910 Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE – STONE HOUSES – OLD LAMP POSTS – CARS – c1910 Leave a comment
LAFAYETTE HOTEL – 4606 N RACINE Leave a comment
LADNER BROTHERS – 207 W MADISON – HOME OF COHASST PUNCH – 3 IMAGES – BAR – FRONT INSET – PUNCH DRAWING Leave a comment
KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL – MODERNE DINING ROOM Leave a comment
KIMBARK HOTEL – 6324 S KIMBARK AVE – FRONT WITH AWNING Leave a comment
KENROSE HOTEL – 6417 KENWOOD AVE – 2 IMAGES – FRONT – LOUNGE – EARLY Leave a comment
KENMORE BEACH HOTEL – 2 IMAGES – FRONT – LOBBY – EARLY Leave a comment
KAISER GAERTEN RESTAURANT – HALSTED AND ADDISON – c1910 Leave a comment
JULIEN HOTEL – 63RD AND STEWART AVE c1910 Leave a comment
JOHN P. HARDING HOTEL – THE TAVERN – 11 N CLARK – INTERIOR – EARLY Leave a comment
JOHN M. WEILAND FLORIST – STORE AND GREENHOUSE Leave a comment
INMAN HOTEL – SEPIA DRAWING – c1950 Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – SUPPLY HOUSE AND OFFICE – 1910 Leave a comment
HUMBOLDT PARK – SUNKEN GARDEN – FROM PERGOLA – c1940 Leave a comment
HILLMAN’S – STATE AND WASHINGTON – CONFECTIONARY DEPARTMENT INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – PEOPLE SITTING ON PATIO OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BY LAGOON – WOMAN ON WALL – SEPIA – 1913 Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – GEESE – SUMMER DAYS – EARLY Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – ADMINISTRATION BUILDING – c1950 Leave a comment
GARFIELD ARMS HOTEL – 3 IMAGES – EXTERIOR – LOBBY – DINING ROOM – LOGO – c1930 Leave a comment
FINE ARTS BUILDING – I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELMS HOTEL – CORNELL AVE AND 53RD – SEPIA – c1930 Leave a comment
EL MAR CAFETERIA – 14 W RANDOLPH – ENTRANCE AREA – c1910 Leave a comment
EAST END PARK HOTEL – CARS – c1930 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 