Archive for May 2010
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – WOMAN SITTING ON COUCH ADJUSTING STOCKING – 1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN WITH FEATHERS – SEPIA – 1927 Leave a comment
WACKER HOTEL – HURON AND CLARK – MULTIPLE IMAGES Leave a comment
WACKER HOTEL – HURON AND CLARK – MULTIPLE IMAGES – BACK WITH RATES Leave a comment
THE FAIR STORE – STATE STREET – 7TH FLOOR – HARDINGS RESTAURANT – SEPIA – 1949 Leave a comment
STREET SCENE NEAR ELEVATED TURN – ACCIDENT – CROWD – ARTWORK – 1905 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – FROM MADISON – AERIAL – CROWDS – STREETCARS – CLOCK ON BOSTON DEPARTMENT STORE – EARLY Leave a comment
SHORE DRIVE MOTEL – DRAWING – c1960 Leave a comment
NEW LAWRENCE HOTEL – LAWRENCE AND KENMORE – DECORATIVE FRAME – 1946 Leave a comment
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION – SWIFT TEAM – 1931 Leave a comment
DEL PRADO HOTEL – FROM MIDWAY – c1910 Leave a comment
DEARBORN STATION – AERIAL – TAXIS – c1940 Leave a comment
CLARK STREET – NORTH FROM LAKE – BRIDGE – TRAFFIC – SIGNS – c1910 Leave a comment
CHINATOWN – THE CHINESE TEMPLE BUILDING – 1960s Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – EVENING – OIL COMPANY SIGNS IN BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
LENARD’S RESTAURANT – 1166 MILWAUKEE AVE – FIVE-CENT TOKEN – TWO SIDES Leave a comment
FORT DEARBORN HOTEL RESTAURANT – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
BEACH VIEW GARDEN – WILSON BY THE LAKE – DINE AND DANCE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
UNION LEAGUE CLUB – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
THE HALIBAR – 1506 MORSE AVE – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
THE HALIBAR – 1506 MORSE AVE – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE LINE – DRAWING OF LINE – TIMETABLE – 1993 Leave a comment
O-CEDAR POLISH – MATCHBOOK INSIDE Leave a comment
O-CEDAR POLISH – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
JAYS POTATO CHIPS – PIP OF A CHIP – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
J. P. SMITH SHOE COMPANY – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
CLUB SILHOUETTE – WHEN NEW – 1555 HOWARD – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
CLUB SILHOUETTE – WHEN NEW – 1555 HOWARD – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
ACE HARDWARE STORES – 4742 BROADWAY – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
ACE HARDWARE STORES – 4742 BROADWAY – MATCHBOOK BACK Leave a comment
OAK STREET BEACH – CROWD – SKYLINE – c1960 Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – COAL MINE – MINERS’ RAILROAD – UNDERGROUND – c1950 Leave a comment
MILLINERY BUILDING – MICHIGAN AVE – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
LAKEFRONT – SKYLINE – TWILIGHT – c1980 Leave a comment
JIMMY WONG’S RESTAURANT – 426 S WABASH – SOME DISHES AND LAUGHING BUDDHA – c1960 Leave a comment
GERMAN CATHOLIC ST. PAUL’S CHURCH – EARLY Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – FLORAL ARCH – EARLY Leave a comment
CITRO’S RESTAURANT – SHORELAND HOTEL – 5454 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – c1960 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – SUN-TIMES BUILDING – WRIGLEY – JOHN HANCOCK – NIGHT – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER – NORTH BRANCH – LOOKING NORTH FROM DIVISION STREET BRIDGE – EARLY Leave a comment
SINGAPORE RESTAURANT – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WENDELL BANK BUILDING – MADISON ASHLAND AND OGDEN – SIGNS – CARS – 1911 Leave a comment
UNION STATION – AERIAL – BEAUTIFUL VERSION – 1940s Leave a comment
T.E. NICHOLAS MACHINE SHOP – CARTOON OF AFRICANS IN POOR TASTE – 1907 Leave a comment
RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – CONCERT GARDEN – CROWD – BEAUTIFUL – 1907 Leave a comment
PALMOLIVE BUILDING – NIGHT – STREETLIGHTS – BEAUTIFUL – 1940 Leave a comment
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – 6200 S. CICERO AVE – PLANES AND BUILDING – PLANE TOWARDS CAMERA – SEPIA – 1930 Leave a comment
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – 6200 S CICERO AVE – PLANES AND BUILDING – SEPIA – 1930 Leave a comment
MANN’S RAINBOW RESTAURANT – 73 E. LAKE – BAKED SHRIMP Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – SEAL GROTTO – CROWD – EARLY Leave a comment
HOME – 5139 WASHINGTON – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
GRANT PARK – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – YOUNG TREES – 1910 Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – REFECTORY – VIEW FROM DECK – EARLY Leave a comment
FREIGHT CAR – WARP’S PLASTICS – TWO MEN IN COATS IN FRONT OF CAR – c1960 Leave a comment
FIELD MUSEUM – FROM STAIRS OF SHEDD AQUARIUM – CARS – 1940s Leave a comment
DRAKE HOTEL – FROM LAKE – NIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
DEL PRADO HOTEL – ENTRANCE WITH CAR – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
DEARBORN STREET – NORTH OF VAN BUREN – NIGHT – STREETCARS – PEDESTRIANS – CHARMING – c1910 Leave a comment
CLUB EL BIANCO – 2747 W. 63RD – INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
CHICAGO TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE – BOY SCOUT AND GIRL SITTING – 1920 Leave a comment
CHICAGO RIVER MOUTH – SHIPS – 1909 Leave a comment
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – FORT DEARBORN MODEL – SEPIA Leave a comment
CHAMPLAIN SCHOOL – ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD – B AND W – 1906 Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – UNUSUAL PERSPECTIVE OVER TOP OF WATER – BEAUTIFUL – 1944 Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – PANORAMA PERSPECTIVE FROM PARK – SKYLINE – c1960 Leave a comment
BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING – DIFFERENT VIEW WITH NEIGHBORING BUILDING – 1911 Leave a comment
AUDITORIUM HOTEL – SUMMER RESTAURANT – CARS PARKED ON MICHIGAN – BEAUTIFUL – 1915 Leave a comment
ATLANTIC HOTEL – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – DRAWING – CARS – STREETCARS – 1930 Leave a comment
A. W. JOHNSON – JEWELRY STORE – INTERIOR – BEAUTIFUL – 1913 1 comment
SCHULIEN BROTHERS RESTAURANT – 1800 N. HALSTEAD – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
GK LUNCHEONETTE – 534 S. CLARK – FOUNTAIN SPECIALS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
POSTER – SOUTH SHORE LINE – CHRISTMAS SEASON GREETINGS Leave a comment
CHICAGO SUN NEWSPAPER – WHEN NEW – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – MAYBE CHRISTMAS SEASON – MATCHBOOK INSIDE Leave a comment
CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – MAYBE CHRISTMAS SEASON – MATCHBOOK FRONT Leave a comment
SOUTH SHORE VIEW HOTEL – IN ROOFING AD – 1920s Leave a comment
RAINBOW BEACH – CALLED MANHATTAN – HUGE CROWD – 75TH STREET PIER – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – STREET LEVEL – HUGE CROWD – CALLED NOON HOUR – 1913 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – CABS – BUSES – MOVIE MARQEE – FIELD’S – TRAFFIC COP – MID 1950s Leave a comment
STATE STREET – BOSTON STORE LEFT CORNER – AWNINGS – HUGE CROWDS – CARRIAGES – STREETCARS – 1911 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NORTH – AERIAL – BLACKSTONE HOTEL – DRAKE HOTEL IN DISTANCE – GRANT PARK LAYOUT – EARLY Leave a comment
BOB ORLANDO BUFFET AND WINE CELLAR – 241 S WELLS AT JACKSON – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
APARTMENTS – 4335 GREENWOOD AVE – SEPIA – 1909 Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – LORADO TAFT’S FOUNTAIN OF THE GREAT LAKES – 1915 Leave a comment
BEACH SCENE – BIG CROWD ON UNKNOWN BEACH – DRESSED-UP – CHILDREN PLAYING – 1909 Leave a comment
BORDEN’S CONDENSED MILK – DELIVERY WAGON – HORSE – DRIVER – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
CENTURY OF PROGRESS – EDELWEISS BEER STAND – B AND W – CROWD – 1933 Leave a comment
CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND AND LAKE SHORE DEPOT (LASALLE STATION) – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – 1908 Leave a comment
GIANT CHICAGO BALLOON – CROWD – SEPIA – 1908 Leave a comment
LA SALLE STREET STATION – TRAIN SHED – TRAINS – BEAUTIFUL – c1910 1 comment
LIBBY MCNEILL AND LIBBY – UNION STOCK YARDS – 2 AERIAL IMAGES – EARLY Leave a comment
LINCOLN PARK – GRANT MONUMENT Leave a comment
MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – GIFT COURT – B AND W – c1940 Leave a comment
MUSEUM CAMPUS – AERIAL – BLIMP – SKYLINE BACKGROUND – SEPIA – 1933 Leave a comment
RIVER AND WHOLESALE DISTRICT – LINCOLN MEMORIAL – EARLY Leave a comment
STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH – HUGE CROWD – VEHICLES BLOCKED – AWNINGS – SEPIA – 1907 Leave a comment
WABASH ELEVATED – NEAR AUDITORIUM – WINTER SCENE – PAINTING – 1907 Leave a comment
WACKER DRIVE – AERIAL – FROM MERCHANDISE MART – BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS ALONG RIVER – c1940 Leave a comment
WANGO HAND SOAP – 327 RIVER STREET – DELIVERY WAGON – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
WATER TOWER – SURROUNDING AREA – VERY EARLY Leave a comment
WOMAN ON BEACH – DRAWING – 1906 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING WITH LEG UP IN SHEER GARMENT – SEPIA TONES – 1935 Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING WITH RED DRESS ON BEACH – c1920s Leave a comment
CHICAGO EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN IN BATHING SUIT WITH UMBRELLA – c1920s Leave a comment
TRIBUNE TOWER – ARCHITECT’S DRAWING – HUGH FERRISS – 1927 Leave a comment
STATE STREET – SOUTH OF VAN BUREN – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCLAVE – STREETCARS – DECORATIONS – BLUISH – 1910 Leave a comment
SKYLINE – AERIAL – ALONG WACKER DRIVE TOWARDS LAKE – c1970 Leave a comment
GARFIELD PARK – LAGOON – FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN – SWANS – 1916 Leave a comment
DREXEL BLVD – c1910 Leave a comment
CITY HALL AND COURTHOUSE – OLD – EARLY Leave a comment
ART INSTITUTE – INTERIOR – UPPER CORRIDOR – c1910 Leave a comment
ARMORY – FIRST REGIMENT – EARLY Leave a comment
COLLEGE INN – THE PANTHER ROOM – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WINDERMERE HOTELS – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WACKER HOTEL – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
PARKLAND HOTEL – 63RD AND STONY ISLAND AVE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
PARKWAY HOTEL – COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 2100 LINCOLN PARK WEST – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
JORDAN-EDWARDS INSURANCE AGENCY – 111 W. JACKSON – DRAWING OF SOAPBOX CAR – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
FORT DEARBORN HOTEL – VAN BUREN AND LAS SALLE – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
BRADSHAW-PRAEGER CERTIFIED SHELLAC – MATCHBOOK Leave a comment
WESLEY HOSPITAL – DRAWING – c1910 Leave a comment
STEVENS HOTEL AND PANORAMA OVER GRANT PARK – SEPIA – 1942 Leave a comment
PICADILLY HOTEL AND THEATER – 51ST AND BLACKSTONE – HYDE PARK – c1930 Leave a comment
LAKE SHORE DRIVE – OAK STREET BEACH – AERIAL FROM DRAKE HOTEL – 1920s Leave a comment
WATERTOWER – HANCOCK – WATERTOWER BUILDING – EVENING – CHRISTMAS SEASON Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – BUILDING GROUP ALONG STREET AT GATE – EARLY Leave a comment
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – HUTCHINSON COURT – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS TIME – B AND W Leave a comment
THE BOULEVARD RESTAURANT – NOT THE SAME AS BOULEVARD ROOM IN STEVENS HOTEL – WABASH AND VAN BUREN – c1910 Leave a comment
TAMMANY SOCIETY MEETING NOTICE – 1897 Leave a comment
SHEDD AQUARIUM – INTERESTING VIEW – PEOPLE – TREES – c1970 Leave a comment
OUTER DRIVE LINK BRIDGE – AERIAL – NICE VERSION – c1940 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN BLVD – NIGHT – LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS ILLINOIS CENTRAL STATION – CARRIAGES – CROWD – ATMOSPHERIC – BEAUTIFUL – 1911 Leave a comment
MARIO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT – MULTI-IMAGE – 1940s Leave a comment
ILLINOIS THEATRE – NIGHT – BEAUTIFUL – 1910 Leave a comment
DIVERSEY HARBOR – SAILBOATS – RESEMBLES IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING – 1940s Leave a comment
BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – CONRAD HILTON BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
BEVERLY GLASS – 10430 S WESTERN AVE – 1940s Leave a comment
ATLANTIC HOTEL – WINTER GARDEN RESTAURANT – BEAUTIFUL – EARLY Leave a comment
WARSAW RESTAURANT – 820 N. ASHLAND AVE – BUTTER DISH Leave a comment
WASHINGTON PARK – LOOKING WEST FROM CONSERVATORY – FLOWER BEDS – c1910 Leave a comment
U.S. ARMS TRADING COMPANY – BIG GUN SALE – 1575 OGDEN AVE – BUSINESS REPLY CARD Leave a comment
STATE STREET AND MADISON – HUGE CROWD – STREETCARS – CAR – ENTRANCE TO CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – BEAUTIFUL – c1910 Leave a comment
SKYLINE FROM LAKE – TWILIGHT – BEAUTIFUL – c1960 Leave a comment
MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON STREET WITH MANY SIGNS – FANNIE MAY CANDIES – PARKED CARS – 1950s Leave a comment
MICHIGAN BLVD NORTH – FROM 14 TH STREET – CARS – SIGNS – c1910 Leave a comment
MICHIGAN AVE – FROM ART INSTITUTE – NIGHT – CARS – CARRIAGES – ATMOSPHERIC – RESEMBLES POINTILIST PAINTING – 1914 Leave a comment
IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL – c1930 Leave a comment
HARBOR – BOATS – EARLY Leave a comment
FISHER BUILDING – STREETCARS – ELEVATED STATION – c1910 Leave a comment
ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL – SEPIA – 1913 Leave a comment
CHICAGO TUNNEL COMPANY – ELECTRIC TRAIN – CREW – EARLY Leave a comment
JIM MORAN’S COURTESY MOTORS – CARS ON LOT – NEWSPAPER AD – 1950s 1 comment
HUDSON-ESSEX CAR DEALER – 6054 COTTAGE GROVE – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
HUDSON MOTOR COMPANY – 2230 MICHIGAN AVE – 1928 Leave a comment
TRAIN – STREETCAR – ON COMMERCIAL STREET IN DISTANCE – BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL BUILDING – PARKED CARS – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2003 1 comment
TRAIN – STREETCAR – ON COMMERCIAL STREET – SIGN FOR BERGHOFF – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2004 1 comment
STREETCAR – ON COMMERCIAL STREET – AERIAL – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2000 Leave a comment
TRAIN – SKOKIE SWIFT – IN SNOW – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 1988 Leave a comment
TRAIN – ILLINOIS CENTRAL – STREETCAR – RUNNING PARALLEL ON STREET – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2000 1 comment
TRAIN – ELEVATED LOGAN SQUARE TRAIN – ON STRUCTURE LEAVING DOWNTOWN – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2002 Leave a comment
TRAIN – ELEVATED – DOUGLAS OHARE – ON ELEVATED STRUCTURE DOWNTOWN – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 2000 Leave a comment
TRAIN – EARLY ELEVATED – TURNING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURE DOWNTOWN – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 1998 Leave a comment
TRAIN – EARLY ELEVATED – ON ELEVATED STRUCTURE – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 1998 Leave a comment
TRAIN – CHICAGO AURORA AND ELGIN – ON ELEVATED STRUCTURE – COVER OF FIRST AND FASTEST MAGAZINE – 1994 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 