Archive for November 2010
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – C AND E I – CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS RR – CAFE-LOUNGE CAR INTERIOR – c1950 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – FLOWER BEDS – GREENHOUSE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BROOKFIELD ZOO – POLAR BEAR ENCLOSURE – BIG CROWD AT FENCE – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ASHLAND AND FARWELL – ROGERS PARK – THE ASHLAND APARTMENT BUILDING – SEPIA Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LAUER SISTERS RESTAURANT – 63RD AT NORMAL 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CHODASH BROTHERS RESTAURANT – 312 W RANDOLPH 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BARTEL’S RESTAURANT – 6935 SHERIDAN Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION WORLD’S FAIR – AERIAL – 1893 Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – BUSINESS DISTRICT – AERIAL – EARLY 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCVICKERS THEATER – GENTLEMEN’S SMOKING ROOM – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – AS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – VIEW NEAR FRONT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH FROM JACKSON – STREETCARS- CROWDS – STORE FRONTS – SIGNS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROSS HOTEL – ROOT AND HALSTED – UNION STOCK YARDS – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW BISMARCK HOTEL – COFFEEE SHOP – SEPIA – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – WHEN CALLED FIELD MUSEUM – WOMAN WALKING IN GRASS AT FRONT – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – BOSTON OYSTER HOUSE – INTERIOR – RESEMBLES VAN GOGH – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LAKESHORE – GERMAN BUILDING – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – CARS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND MICHIGAN AVE – FROM NORTH END LOOKING SOUTH – PLANE DRAWN IN – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FOREST PARK AMUSEMENT PARK – GIANT SAFETY COASTER – LARGEST IN U S – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM ELECTRICAL SHOW – SOUVENIR – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FINE ARTS BUILDING – MICHIGAN AVE – INCLUDING STUDEBAKER THEATER – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – MARSHALL FIELD’S – SOUTH END LOOKING NORTH – BIG CROWD – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – W WELLINGTON – 300 BLOCK – FORMER HOMES OF PRESTIGIOUS FAMILIES – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA TRAIN ON DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY MEDIAN – 1969 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 3254 S MICHIGAN AVE – HISTORIC STONE MANSION – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHARLES A STEVENS STORE – WOMEN WALKING BY – 1949 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OUTER DRVE AND OHIO – NOTE JIM CREIGHTON RESTAURANT ON RIGHT – HOT DOG STAND ON LEFT – 1959 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ORCHESTRA HALL – NOTE THREE-WHEELER POLICE MOTORCYCLE – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N RUSH STREET – A PORTION IN 800 BLOCK – AERIAL – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LASALLE-JACKSON BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION – OLD FEDERAL BUILDING BEING TORN DOWN – AERIAL – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKESHORE APARTMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION – 860 LAKE SHORE DRIVE – MIES VAN DER ROHE – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN STREET – SNOW BANKS FROM PLOWING – NOTE RICHARDSON’S FLOOR COVERING SIGN – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – LILY POND AND PERGOLA – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – TUGBOAT AND BARGE IN ICE – NEAR MICHIGAN AVE – 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCLAVE – STATE STREET – NORTH OF VAN BUREN – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL KAISERHOF – 3 IMAGES – STREET – LADIES DINING ROOM – CARVED SETEE IN GENTLEMEN’S CAFE – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS MIDLAND – STEAM ENGINE – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALBANY PARK DANCING ACADEMY – 4823 N KEDZIE – NEAR LAWRENCE – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – CALLED MUNICIPAL PIER – EAST TOWERS – BIG CROWD – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – STREETCARS – CROWDS – STORE SIGNS – SEPIA – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ROCK ISLAND SUBURBAN – PASSENGER CAR INTERIOR – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BLACK FOREST RESTAURANT – 2636 N CLARK – INTERIOR – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON AND DEARBORN – SEPIA – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – GM’S TRAIN OF TOMORROW – WITH DOME CARS – ON DISPLAY RUN – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND ALTON – THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN – 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA – 1804 W CONGRESS – WEST SIDE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS – BARBER SHOP Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ILLINOIS CENTRAL – STEAM ENGINE – 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING NORTH – STILL OLD STREET LIGHTS – STREETCARS – BUS – SIGNS – WONDERFUL IMAGE – 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – OLD LIGHTS ON STATE STREET – c 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOYOLA UNIVERSITY – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LABORATORY BUILDINGS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKESHORE DRIVE – CARS – OLD LIGHTS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – 5300 SHERIDAN ROAD – PASSAGGIO Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM – CARS IN FRONT – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM – B AND W – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – STEVENS AND BLACKSTONE HOTELS BACKGROUND – SEPIA Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – COBBLESTONES AND TRACKS IN FRONT – NOTE LIONS’ POSITION – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH COURTYARD – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – THE 400 DINING CAR – PEOPLE EATING – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NEW STREET LIGHTS – ROTHSCHILD SIGN – 1958 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – STREETCAR TURNING – HUGE CROWD – 1924 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – FROM 77TH – LOOKING NORTH – BEACH OPEN SIGN – OVERCAST DAY – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL – SOUTH CENTRAL PARK – STREET VIEW Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LASALLE STREET STATION – SAVARIN RESTAURANT – WHEN NEW – INTERIOR – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKESHORE NEAR 55TH – AERIAL – LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ATHLETIC CLUB BUILDING – UNDER CONSTRUCTION – 1906 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – IRELAND’S RESTAURANT – INTERIOR – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GERMAN BEER STUBE – INTERIOR – DURING WWII – PEOPLE DRINKING AT TABLES Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – FULL OF PASSENGERS – NOTE CONDUCTOR ON BACK – I BELIEVE THIS IS STATE STREET – SEPIA – 1924 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHARLES A STEVENS DEPARTMENT STORE – WOMAN TRYING ON HAT – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON’S RESTAURANT – 6162 N BROADWAY – INTERIOR – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CAFE DE PARIS – 1260 N DEARBORN – STREET FRONT – 1956 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – SUBWAY CAFE – 84 W MADISON – AT CLARK – INSIDE 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – SUBWAY CAFE – 84 W MADISON – AT CLARK – COVER 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – SHERWIN ON THE LAKE – 1205 SHERWIN AVE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – FISH AND CHIPS RESTAURANT – 72 E RANDOLPH Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – FROM NEAR OLD BOSTON STORE LOOKING NORTH – STREETCARS – SPORTSCAR – CROWDS – AWNINGS – NOTE SHOESHINE STAND LOWER LEFT – SEPIA Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELECTRICAL SHOW – THIRD ANNUAL – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHELI RESTAURANT – CORNER VIEW – AWNINGS – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW ROMA RESTAURANT – 117 N CLARK – INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDARIN INN – 414 SOUTH WABASH – INTERIOR – IS THAT AN ASIAN MOTIF SPITTOON LOWER LEFT – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – LOADING PASSENGERS FROM ISLAND – NOTE TRIANON IN BACKGROUND – STORE SIGNS – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – AERIAL – LINCOLN AVE – 1949 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON AND CLINTON – STREECARS IN TWO DIRECTIONS – 1906 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO THEATER – NIGHT – PEOPLE UNDER MARQUEE – NOTE USHERS WITH PATROL-BOY BELTS – 1938 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO THEATER – UNDER MARQUEE – CROWD BUYING AND SELLING WAR BONDS – 1944 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BINYON’S RESTAURANT – FRONT – 327 S PLYMOUTH COURT – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FOUNTAIN OF TIME – LORADO TAFT – CLOSE-UP – END OF MIDWAY PARK – 1953 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TEMPLE BUILDING – SEEN FROM NEAR SHERMAN HOUSE HOTEL – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE NORTH – NEAR WATER TOWER – BUS – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHEZ PAREE RESTAURANT – INTERIOR – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – BURLINGTON – WAY OF THE ZEPHYRS AND VISTA-DOMES – 100TH ANNIVERSARY – 1949 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – POLK STREET DEPOT – CARRIAGES – STREETCAR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDSON KEITH HATS – 24 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – WACKER DRIVE – LOOKING EAST – NIGHT – FROM MARINA CITY – 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – AERIAL – B AND W – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK AND DIVERSEY – STREETCARS – STORES – SIGNS – PEOPLE LEAVING STREETCAR – PARKWAY THEATER IN BACKGROUND – JAYS POTATO CHIP SIGN – 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – KNOX STORE – FRIEND’S CLOAKS – REPUBLIC DRUGS – CROWD – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CASTLE THEATER – STATE AND MADISON – SEPIA – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ROCK ISLAND – STEAM ENGINE – SEPIA – 1937 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK PARK – 7 ELMS – APARTMENT BUILDING – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – LINCOLN STATUE – CLOSE-UP – MICHIGAN AVE BACKGROUND – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GENERAL STORE – ST LOUIS AVE – FAMILY IN FRONT – SEPIA – 1907 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRAND AND CLARK – AERIAL – MANY STORE SIGNS – NOTE STOP LIGHT – NOTE STREETCAR TRACKS AND WIRE – PARKED CARS – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SUN-TIMES TRUCK – WAR BONDS STAND – 1942 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHICAGO THEATER – STATE-LAKE THEATER – NOTE ORPHEUM CIRCUIT – NOTE ARCADE – LIGHTS ON CHICAGO THEATER BUILDING – STREETCAR TRACKS – NIGHT – 1932 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL FREIGHT YARD – WRIGLEY AND TRIBUNE BACKGROUND – 1943 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HARTFORD BUILDING – WACKER AND MONROE – UNDER CONSTRUCTION – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CAR SHOW – INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATER – CAR SHOW – WOMAN IN BATHING SUIT LEANING ON NEW CAR – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – ONE OF THE WONDERFUL INDIAN CHIEF STATUES Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – FIRST OF THE NEW STREETCARS BUILT BY PULLMAN – c1950 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – GERMAN WWW II U-505 SUBMARINE – I USED TO GUIDE TOURS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL RIENZI – 600 DIVERSEY PARKWAY – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT – 3 IMAGES PLUS LOGO – STAFF AND DINING ROOMS – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TOPPER’S RESTAURANT – 333 N AUSTIN BLVD – INTERIOR – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – ASHLAND AVE – PEOPLE LOADING – WALGREEN SIGN LEFT BACKGROUND – GOLDBLATT’S DEPARTMENT STORE SIGN RIGHT SIDE – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WEST MADISON STREET – SMALL WOOLWORTH STORE – PARKED CARS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET – BUNGALOW MODEL ON 5TH FLOOR – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STEEL MILL WORKERS ON BRIDGE OVER RAILS – 1939 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WATERFRONT AT 43RD STREET IN AUTUMN – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHINATOWN – DRAGON COSTUME – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH SHORE BATHING BEACH – BIG CROWD – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHAEL KENNA BUFFET – RESTAURANT INTERIOR – NOTE SPITOONS – 307 S CLARK – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHAEL KENNA BUFFET – FRONT ON STREET – 307 S CLARK – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHAEL KENNA BUFFET – CIGAR STAND AT ENTRANCE – NOTE SPITOON – 307 S CLARK – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND CROSSING – 75TH AND JACKSON – NEW POLICE STATION – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDISON PARK STATION – STEAM TRAIN APPROACHING – GROUP WAITING – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY BUILDING AND MICHIGAN AVE PLAZA DISPLAY OF MISSILE – WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS IMAGE IS MARINA CITY CORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WEST MADISON – NATIONAL TEA – ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA – NOTE OLD SCALE IN FOREGROUND – 1930s 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SUN-TIMES BUILDING – UNDER CONSTRUCTION – NIGHT – SNOW – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – COUPLE SKIING IN SNOW – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SEYMOUR PAISIN DRESS SHOP – 2629 W DEVON – CARS PARKED – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SAKS FIFTH AVE DEPARTMENT STORE – INTERIOR – LADY RECEIVING HER PARCEL – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – FROM NEAR 77TH – LOOKING SOUTH – BIG CROWD – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – DENSE CROWD ON HOT DAY – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS LOADING PASSENGERS – AERIAL – SEPIA – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKEFRONT – STORMY SKY AND ROUGH WATER – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONGRESS AND MICHIGAN – NIGHT – ONE OF CHICAGO’S HUGE CHRISTMAS TREES – NOTE SHELL SIGN – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CIGAR SHOP – 141 N CLARK – INTERIOR – POLICEMAN ON PHONE – NOTE AD FOR WINSTON CIGARETTES WITH BOB CUMMINGS LOWER RIGHT JUST RECOGNIZABLE – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BETSY ROSS SCHOOL – 6059 S WABASH – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WARREN BOULEVARD – 1956 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 