Archive for April 2010
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – VIEW OF PORTION FROM TOWER – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
TRIBUNE BUILDING – ORIGINAL WHEN NEW – SEEN THREE-QUARTERS – PORTION OF ANOTHER BUILDING – EARLY Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – 400 DINING CAR Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – 400 DINING CAR – BACK – INTERESTING INFORMATION Leave a comment
THEODORE THOMAS ORCHESTRA HALL – 1906 Leave a comment
STAGE ACTRESS SUSY VINING – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
SOLDIERS’ FIELD – SKYLINE – LAKE – AERIAL – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – WITH FRONT PARKING LOT – SCHOOLBUSES – AERIAL – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVENUE – SOUTH FROM BRIDGE – SHIP IN RIVER – BUILDING NAME LABELS – c1930 Leave a comment
JACKSON PARK – LAGOON FROM BOATHOUSE – PLEASURE BOAT – CROWD – SEPIA – 1908 Leave a comment
ATLANTIC HOTEL – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – LOBBY – EARLY Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING FILING NAILS – LIKE A PAINTING – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN JEWELLED TWO-PIECE SUIT – CALLED CATSEYE – PURPLE – 1929 Leave a comment
SHARKO’S WEST – 6301 W. 63RD – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
TRANSIT HOUSE – UNION STOCK YARDS – AFTER FIRE – 1912 Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – STEAM ENGINE – CREW – IN YARD Leave a comment
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH – JACKSON AND LINCOLN – 1910 Leave a comment
REGENCY RESTAURANT – INTERIOR – 20 S. STATE – c1960 Leave a comment
OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT – RANDOLPH W OF STATE – INTERIOR 1 comment
NEW GAULT HOTEL – MADISON AND MARKET – 1913 Leave a comment
LOUIS XIV CANDY SHOP – BOWES-ALLEGRETTI COMPANY – 163 STATE – AT MONROE – 1908 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE – ROWS OF BOATS – 1909 Leave a comment
KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL – LIME HOUSE – c1960 Leave a comment
EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – AERIAL FROM LAKE – DRAWING – 1930 Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – SPRINGTIME BY THE WATER – 1910 Leave a comment
BROMANN BROTHERS BUTCHER SHOP – c1910 Leave a comment
PURE FOOD AND LIQUOR STORE – 8250 S. RACINE – FREDERICK’S 4 CROWN BEER – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WOMEN ARRESTED FOR IMPROPER BEACH ATTIRE – UNKNOWN CHICAGO BEACH – 1922 Leave a comment
WOMEN’S TEMPERANCE TEMPLE – 1913 Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – SCENE WITH ADMINISTRATION AND PERGOLA – FLOWERS – EARLY Leave a comment
UN SALUTO DAL RISTORANTE ROMA – 146 STATE STREET – INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH – MONROE AND SPAULDING AVE – 1910 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH – CROWDS – PART OF MOVIE MARQUEE – 1942 Leave a comment
RAILROAD BASCULE BRIDGE – NORTHWESTERN – ALL PASSENGER TRAINS ENTERING CITY – EARLY Leave a comment
PLAZA HOTEL – NORTH CLARK STREET – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
MARTINIQUE RESTAURANT – AND DRURY LANE THEATER – EVERGREEN PARK – NIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANN’S MILLION DOLLAR RAINBO GARDENS – CLARK AT LAWRENCE – MERMAID FOUNTAIN – DINE AND DANCE – EARLY Leave a comment
LOMBARD HOTEL – FIFTH AVE AND QUINCY STREET – OPPOSITE CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK – EARLY Leave a comment
LASALLE STREET STATION – ELEVATED – 1940s Leave a comment
FRANCES WILLARD NATIONAL TEMPERENCE HOSPITAL – S. LINCOLN – c1910 Leave a comment
ELEVATED WABASH – UNION LOOP – TRAINS – SIGNS – c1910 Leave a comment
DRAKE HOTEL – STREET VIEW – c1980 Leave a comment
CRANE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL – EARLY Leave a comment
CORMAINE RESTAURANT – MCCORMICK BLVD AND MAIN STREET – EARLY Leave a comment
BOMB SHELTER RESTAURANT – CHICAGO AND RUSH – 1944 Leave a comment
VENICE CAFE RESTAURANT – 539 S WABASH – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
STOUFFER’S TOP OF THE ROCK RESTAURANT – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
PAULSON’S COFFEE HOUSE – 735 W. 63RD – 115 N. WABASH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
DRAKE’S MAYORS ROW RESTAURANT – MATCHBOOK 1 comment
MARYLAND HOTEL – CLOISTER INN TAVERN – RUSH AND DELAWARE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
EATON LUMBER COMPANY – 1225 E. 53RD – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
DUNES MOTEL – STONY ISLAND AT 94TH – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
DUNES MOTEL – STONY ISLAND AT 94TH – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
BEBE’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 1510 HYDE PARK BLVD – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
BEBE’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 1510 HYDE PARK BLVD – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
YMCA HOTEL – LOBBY – 1950s Leave a comment
YMCA CENTRAL – BUSY STREET – c1920 Leave a comment
WACKER DRIVE – BUILDINGS – AERIAL TOWARDS LAKE – c1950s Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – PENNSYLVANIA DIESEL ENGINE AND FREIGHT TRAIN – c1960 Leave a comment
SOUTH CHICAGO – SOUTH WORKS STEEL MILLS – SHIPS – POOR QUALITY – 1913 Leave a comment
RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION – PANORAMA FROM CHUTES – c1910 Leave a comment
OAK STREET BEACH – CROWD – c1960 Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – FOUCAULT PENDULUM – SEPIA – c1940 Leave a comment
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – INSTITUTE PLANE – 1950s Leave a comment
KOHLSAAT WHOLESALE BAKERY – c1910 Leave a comment
JACKSON BLVD – EAST FROM PLYMOUTH COURT – BIG CROWD – NOTE SIGN ON BUILDING TOP – c1910 Leave a comment
HAYMARKET SQUARE – MARKET – WAGONS – AWNINGS – CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
FRANKLIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL – DRAWING – 1962 Leave a comment
FISHER BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
EAST CHICAGO – SHELL REFINERY – AERIAL Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – PERGOLA AND LILY POND – 1933 Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – INTERESTING VIEW – c1960 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING WITH SHAWL AND HEAVY EYES – REDDISH – 1927 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING ON STOOL BY WATER – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING BY WALL IN RED SILKY BATHING SUIT AND HEAD DRESS – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING IN ELABORATE DRAPE – BLUISH GREY – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN CHRISTMAS COSTUME WITH MIRROR – B AND W – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN BRIEF COSTUME BETWEEN TWO LAMPS – BLUISH – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING IN BLUISH DRAPE AGAINST WALL – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING BY WATER CURLED UP – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN WITH JEWEL BOX – B AND W – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING WITH PRINT DRESS AND BEADS – B AND W – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING WITH GRAPES – RED – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN RECLINING WITH ONLY THIN VEIL – PURPLE – 1929 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN SHEER COSTUME BY LAMP – BLUISH – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN ODD FLORAL COSTUME WITH HOOP – REDDISH – 1927 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN CHRISTMAS COSTUME ON STUMP BY WATER – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – THREE WOMEN ON BEACH ROCKS – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN ON BEACH WITH NEWSPAPER – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – FIVE WOMEN ON BEACH WITH CAMERA – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – RANDOLPH STREET – LAST DAYS BEFORE CLOSING – 1962 7 comments
MILLER’S PUB – 23 E. ADAMS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
JULE’S RESTAURANT – 814 W. 71ST – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – TEA ROOMS – MATCHBOOK 1 comment
SOLWAY COKE – CLEAN – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – ROGERS PARK HOTEL Leave a comment
RIO CABANA – 400 N. WABASH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
AJAX AUTO – OLDSMOBILE – 7800 STONY ISLAND – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN IN ELABORITE TIGHTS BY WALL – BLUE – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN IN BALLET POSE AND LARGE VEIL – BLUE – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN BY WALL MIRROR – BLUE – 1920s Leave a comment
STATE STREET AND MADISON – CROWD – WAGONS – ELEVATED STATION – 1909 Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – PART OLD AND PART NEW BUILDINGS – SEPIA – 1905 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – GRANT MONUMENT FROM LAGOON – TWO WOMEN ROWING – LIKE AN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING – c1910 Leave a comment
KAISERHOF HOTEL – 270 CLARK – EXTERIOR – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BEACH – THREE PEOPLE WALKING – HIGH WAVES – BEAUTIFUL VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL – 62ND STONY ISLAND AND JEFFERSON – 1913 Leave a comment
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK – 111 W. MONROE – INTERIOR – BEAUTIFUL – 1915 Leave a comment
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – AERIAL – 1948 Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – EVENING – LIGHTS ON – MOBIL AND SHELL SIGNS IN BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
BERNARR MACFADEN HEALTHATORIUM – 42ND AND GRAND BLVD – FORMERLY THE LAKESIDE CLUB – 1909 Leave a comment
BELMONT HARBOR – BOATS – c1940 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN SITTING IN SILKY CLOTH – MAGENTA – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN PATTERNED GOWN WITH BALL – PURPLE – 1920s Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – STREETS OF PARIS BUILDING – CROWD – BEAUTIFUL – 1933-4 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – FOUNTAIN – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – LAGOON – BOATS – WOODEN BOAT – EARLY Leave a comment
LUTHERN YOUTH BUILDING OF THE WALTHER LEAGUE Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE FROM EMBANKMENT – WHEN NEW – CHICAGO RIVER – CROWD – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – AT RANDOLPH – SIGNS – STREETCAR TURNING – CROWDS – ELEVATED STATION – STUNNING – 1914 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – NORTH FROM ADAMS – MOUNTED POLICEMAN – CARS – CROWDS – THE FAIR SIGN – CLOCKS – 1916 Leave a comment
WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – 63RD AND SOUTH PARK – GOOD VIEW OF MINIATURE TRAIN – EAST BOARDWALK – 1909 Leave a comment
STRATFORD HOTEL – PINE ROOM – NICE VERSION – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – COLLONADE ROOM RESTAURANT – NICE VERSION – 1943 Leave a comment
GREENWOOD RESTAURANT – 1039 E. 43RD – BUSINESS CARD BACK – 1933 Leave a comment
GREENWOOD RESTAURANT – 1039 E. 43RD – BUSINESS CARD – 1933 Leave a comment
THE SURREY RESTAURANT – c1950 3 comments
STATES RESTAURANT – BIG-FOUR QUARTETTE – EARLY Leave a comment
GARRICK THEATRE – SCENE FROM PLAY – SEPIA – 1914 Leave a comment
EDELWEISS RESTAURANT – 104 MADISON – INTERIOR – 1910 Leave a comment
DOUGLASS NATIONAL BANK – PARKED CARS – 1928 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – MISS CHICAGO – c1950 Leave a comment
THE IVANHOE RESTAURANT – MENU COVER – 1961 Leave a comment
SYRENA BUFFET AND RESTAURANT – 1825 W. 47TH – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
HELSING’S RESTAURANT – 166 N. STATE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CLUB EL BIANCA RESTAURANT – 2747 W. 63RD – ASHTRAY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE LINE – NEW COMMUTER CARS Leave a comment
CHAR-LITE RESTAURANT – 63 E. ADAMS – STREET SCENE – 1960s Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – PRESIDENT’S HOUSE – EARLY Leave a comment
STEAMER ROOSEVELT – ST. JOE HARBOR MICHIGAN Leave a comment
SOUTH WATER STREET – WAGON FULL OF WATERMELONS – c1910 Leave a comment
REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH – c1910 Leave a comment
NAVAL TRAINING STATION – INSTRUCTION BUILDING – SEPIA Leave a comment
MOUTH OF CHICAGO RIVER – EARLY Leave a comment
MONTGOMERY WARD – MADE TO MEASURE – BUSINESS REPLY – 1932 Leave a comment
LASALLE STREET – STREETCAR TUNNEL – STREETCARS – SIGNS – WAGONS – 1908 Leave a comment
LASALLE HOTEL – PRESIDENTIAL SUITE – EARLY Leave a comment
ILLINOIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK – CROWDS ON STREET – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION – SAILORS BY TENTS – EARLY Leave a comment
EAST CHICAGO – STANDARD OIL REFINERY – AERIAL Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – BOAT HOUSE – SEVERAL BOATS IN WATER – EARLY Leave a comment
BETHANY BIBLICAL SEMINARY – 1963 Leave a comment
ARMANDO’S RESTAURANT – INTERIOR – 1960s Leave a comment
THE WONDER BAR RESTAURANT – 226 S. WABASH – BETWEEN ADAMS AND JACKSON – MATCHBOOK FRONT 2 comments
OHIO INN RESTAURANT – 600 N. KEDZIE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
LE BORDEAUX RESTAURANT – 3 W. MADISON – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CONRAD HILTON – BOULEVARD ROOM – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
CONRAD HILTON – BOULEVARD ROOM – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
BURGANDY INN – 2335 N. CLARK – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN UP – WOMAN WITH HAT IN FRONT OF MIRROR – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN UP – WOMAN IN DRAPES – B AND W – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN UP – WOMAN IN CHAIR WITH GRAPES – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN UP – WOMAN DANCING WITH DRAPE – B AND W – 1927 Leave a comment
DOUGLAS PARK – NEW PAVILION – 1912 Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET SIDE WITH TIFFANY CEILING – 1937 Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – HULL GATE AND BOTONY POND Leave a comment
WENDELLA BOAT RIDE – BOAT AND DOCK – WRIGLEY BUILDING – CHICAGO RIVER – c1960 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 