Archive for February 2011
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – THE 400 PARLOR CAR – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – THE 400 BUFFET-LOUNGE CAR – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET – PEOPLE WALKING BY – STORE’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – FRONT GATES – 1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SEARS ROEBUCK PLANT – SPAULDING HARVARD AND HOMAN AVE – AERIAL – NOTE GARFIELD PARK AT UPPER LEFT – 1952 4 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PORTRAIT – WOMAN PROFILE – MOFFETT STUDIO – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS – WORLD’S FAIR QUEEN AND RUNNERS-UP – QUEEN IS IN TAM AND DOTTED DRESS BACK – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BECKER-RYAN AND COMPANY STORE – BEING ADDED TO SEARS-ROEBUCK – 1929 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE BOWERY – DINE AND DANCE – FLOOR SHOW – 4747 N WESTERN AVE Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – BOWMAN MILK – BABY IN COWBOY OUTFIT – c1960 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DESPLAINES FRUIT MARKET – MAN WITH BANANAS – BASKETS OF VEGETABLES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN – WOMAN IN BATHING SUIT ON A DOCK WAVING TO TRAIN – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – PACKED WITH WAGONS – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROSCOE STREET W – FROM EVANSTON AVE – ROW HOUSES – YOUNG TREES – CARRIAGE – PEDESTRIANS – SEPIA – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – EARLY STREET CARS – SEPIA Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKOWN’S RESTAURANT – 8045 S ASHLAND – 3 IMAGES – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WILSON AVE – FROM BROADWAY ELEVATED STATION – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN SOUTH SIDE STREET – MAYBE ELLIS – JUNK MAN WITH HAND WAGON – I RECALL SEEING THIS AS A KID -1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – KIMBALL BUILDING – JACKSON AND WABASH – PART OF DE PAUL UNIVERSITY – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – KEMPER INSURANCE BUILDING – 20 N WACKER DRIVE – NEW SIGN – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – TUG AND BARGE – WINTER – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 3016 LAKE PARK AVE – KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS – 1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDEBAKER TRUCK – WESTERN FUEL COMPANY – 2627 W ADAMS – SEPIA Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHERN TRUST – SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT WITH WOMAN WALKING OUT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – LOBBY – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – MERRY-GO-ROUND BAR – POMPEIAN ROOM – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – STREAMLINED ENGINE – SEPIA – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE LORAINE HOTEL – NOTE GAS LIGHT IN FOREGROUND – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SUBWAY CAFE – 507 N WABASH AVE -LONGEST BAR IN THE WORLD – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST MARKUS CHURCH – SEPIA – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RICKETTS RESTAURANT – 103 E CHICAGO – 2 IMAGES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NANKIN RESTAURANT – 230 DEARBORN – 2 IMAGES AND LOGO – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKINLEY PARK – COLONNADE AND BOATHOUSE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – GRANT PARK – VIEW THROUGH SHRUBS – SEPIA – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WATER TOWER PLACE BEING TOPPED OFF – 1975 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – AT MIDWAY PLAISANCE – FOUNTAIN OF TIME – DEDICATION OF LORADO TAFT SCULPTURE – 1922 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – PEOPLE ON ROLLERCOASTER – BELIEVE THIS IS THE BOBS – THEN THE MOST DARING ROLLER COASTER – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – MERRY-GO-ROUND – COUPLE – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – PEOPLE WAITING NEAR RIDE ENTRANCE – 1960 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – NEAR CLARK – NOTE SHERMAN HOUSE – GARRICK THEATRE SIGN – OTHER SIGNS – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RAIL CROSSING – 21ST STREET – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO 1959 – WITH RUNNERS-UP – RUNNER-UP ON RIGHT IS AN ALMOST ICONIC LOOK OF THIS TIME Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVENUE – SIDEWALK CAFE – COUPLE WALKING BY – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC – WELDED STEEL RAILS – FROM WORK YARDS AT 85TH – WAITING TO BE INSTALLED – 1949 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLUB DELISA FRAME – TWO MEN HAVING DRINKS – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER SCENE – STEAMERS AND SAIL BOAT – NOTE RAIL YARD – SCHLITZ BEER SIGN ON ELEVATOR BUILDING – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO FIRE – RANDOLPH STREET LOOKING EAST FROM WHAT TODAY IS WACKER DRIVE – COOK COUNTY COURT AND CITY HALL – 1871 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – EXPOSITION BUILDING – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – MANY SIGNS – NOTE PARKED CARS – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOYOLA BEACH CLUB – HAYES AVE VIEW – DRAWING – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE – CALLED LAKE FRONT PARK – AERIAL – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOCKS – NEAR COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB – TRAIN CARS – WAGONS – BOATS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO YACHT CLUB – GRANT PARK – BIG CROWD – BOATS IN BACKGROUND – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOSTON OYSTER HOUSE – MORRISON HOTEL – CLARK AND MADISON – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PURE OIL BUILDING – 35 E WACKER DRIVE – NIGHT – NOTE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION LEFT IS EXECUTIVE HOUSE HOTEL – 1958 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – AERIAL – LAKEFRONT – 1935 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE WAREHOUSE – 211 E NORTH WATER – CADILLAC SIGN ON ROOF – HIBBARD SPENCER BARTLETT HARDWARE SIGN – MANDELS SHARED THEIR WAREHOUSE – 1946 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LIGHTHOUSE 85TH STREET – SOUTH WORKS STEEL IN BACKGROUND – SEPIA – 1936 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – KEHILATH ANSHE MAYRIV TEMPLE – 920 E 50TH – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – STEAMER DOCKED – ELEVATED TRAIN CROSSING ON BRIDGE – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ASHLAND AND 51ST – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RUSH STREET BRIDGE – HUGE CROWD – NOTE STREET SWEEPER – BEAUTIFUL VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – TENNIS PLAYING – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LAKEFRONT – SHELTER HOUSE – MANY LADIES WALKING – 1922 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING – SOMEWHAT SURREALISTIC IMAGE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2126 S WABASH – INTERIOR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BREVOORT HOTEL – LOBBY – CALLED NEW – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STEAMER MARY M – BIG CROWD WAITING ON SHORE – SEPIA – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO – 1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – WEST BOARD WALK – BIG CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE – WOOD AND HARRISON – NOTE WAGON – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON BEACH – BIG CROWD – BATH HOUSE – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – THE HULL GATE – NOTE GAS STREET LIGHT – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER COLUMBUS – WHALEBACK TYPE – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – N FROM JACKSON – PART OF I WILL SEREIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – PACKED WITH WAGONS – AWNINGS – MANY SIGNS – BEAUTIFUL VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY BANK – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEWBERRY LIBRARY – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – N E CORNER SHERIDAN AND EDGECOMB PLACE – SHERCOMBE HOTEL – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRIS SQUARE SPIRITUAL CHURCH – 3924 S PARKWAY – INSET OF PASTOR – 1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – UNDERPASS – MAN AND GIRL RESTING – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – TREE-LINED PATH – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IRVING-ELSTON SAVINGS AND LOAN – 3555IRVING PARK ROAD – WINDOW AND DOOR – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL DALTON – 1234 S WABASH – MULT-VIEW – 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GREEN STREET – N FROM 66TH – APARTMENT BUILDINGS – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – BATHERS – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL – ORIGINAL – FRONT ON VIEW – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL – CALLED NEW – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DAILY NEWS SANITARIUM – BOATS ON WATER – BELIEVE THIS BECAME LA RABIDA SANITARIUM – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO TRAINING SCHOOL – 4949 INDIANA AVE – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – EDMUND BURKE SCHOOL – DESKS AND PHOTO – WE HAD EXACTLY THESE DESKS AT KOZMYNSKI AND SIMILAR AT BRADWELL Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HEIGHTS – SHELDON-FOSTER BOTTLE WORKS – SEPIA – 1907 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 70TH AND CONSTANCE AVE – SOUTH SHORE – HOMES ON TREE-LINED STREET – 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CLUB EL BIANCO RESTAURANT – BAR AND SOME TABLES – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CTA – JEFFERSON PARK RAPID TRANSIT ON HIGHWAY – 1981 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – BURLINGTON – PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVING CITY – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – PCC TYPE – CLARK-HOWARD LINE – ON TURNAROUND Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MANZO’S RESTAURANT – 3156 W IRVING PARK ROAD – LOVED THIS INTIMATE LITTLE PLACE WITH GOOD FOOD – BELIEVE THIS IS A LATER VERSION THAN ONE I’VE PREVIOUSLY POSTED – FRONT Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MANZO’S RESTAURANT – 3156 W IRVING PARK ROAD – LOVED THIS INTIMATE LITTLE PLACE WITH GOOD FOOD – BELIEVE THIS IS A LATER VERSION THAN ONE I’VE PREVIOUSLY POSTED – BACK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – RED STAR INN RESTAURANT – 4179 W IRVING PARK – TRADITION SINCE 1899 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – NIELSEN’S RESTAURANT – 79TH AND WESTERN – VIKING SHIP Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LOG CABIN RESTAURANT – 5074 ARCHER AVE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CHATFIELD LOUNGE AND LIQUORS – 7859 COTTAGE GROVE – PIN-UP Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN – DIESEL AND TRAIN GOING THROUGH WASH – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN CHASE MOTOR HOTEL – 7300 N SHERIDAN ROAD – EVENING – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN RESTAURANT – MARIGOLD ROOM – 1917 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – SKOKIE SWIFT – BEGINNING OF SERVICE – 1964 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCARS – PCC TYPE ON TURNAROUND – MADISON-AUSTIN LINE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SALLY RAND OF FAN DANCE FAME BEING ARRESTED – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – WHEN NEW – EARLY BUILDINGS – SEPIA – 1890s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK STREET – MANY SIGNS – ATLANTIC HOTEL – PARKED CARS – 1926 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO-MILWAUKEE TROLLEY – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – SUN-TIMES AND TWO LAKERS DOCKED – MARINA CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION – SNOW – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS – AIRPLANE RIDES FOR THE FAIR – FUEL PUMP – SEPIA – 1934 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE DAVIS STORE – STATE JACKSON VAN BUREN – THIS BECAME GOLDBLATTS STORE – BACK Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – TIP TOP INN RESTAURANT – PULLMAN BUILDING – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW BISMARCK HOTEL – DANCE FLOOR AND MAIN DINING ROOM – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GERMANIA CLUB – ENTRANCE – 108 W GERMANIA PLACE – 1953 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – VIEW DOWN CENTRAL GARDEN – PARKED CARS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TULEY HIGH SCHOOL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD – NEAR PINEGROVE AVE – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENTS – WOMAN WALKING – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAVENSWOOD – SUNNYSIDE HOME – AWNINGS – FIRE HYDRANT – SEPIA – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN DEACONESS HOME AND HOSPITAL – SURGICAL WARD – INTERIOR – SEPIA – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN – PALAIS DE DANSE – DRAWING – EARLY 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERNARR MACFADDEN HEALTHATORIUM – 4200 GRAND BLVD – SITTING ROOM – CROWD – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERNARR MACFADDEN HEALTHATORIUM – 4200 GRAND BLVD – 8 IMAGES – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 6235-49 KENWOOD AVE – APARTMENT BUILDINGS – WAGONS – WESTERN UNION SIGN – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 