Archive for August 2011
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SCHWABEN STUBE RESTAURANT – 3500 LINCOLN – 2 IMAGES – OUTSIDE AND INSIDE – NOTE SIGN FOR MCHENRY BEER – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – R.M. JONES RESTAURANT – 7847 HALSTED – INTERIOR – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROCK ISLAND LINES STATION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW BISMARCK HOTEL – DUTCH ROOM RESTAURANT INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – TRANSFER OF MOMENTEM EXHIBIT – DEMONSTRATOR’S JACKET MUCH LIKE WHAT I WORE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – MICHIGAN AVE – RESTAURANT INTERIOR – TABLES SET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK HOTEL – WHEN NEW – DANCE FLOOR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOLIET RAILWAY SUPPLY – CALENDAR – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY – INTERIOR VIEW – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE DAVIS STORE – DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET – BETWEEN JACKSON AND VAN BUREN – RESTAURANT – THE DAVIS STORE BECAME GOLDBLATT’S IN ABOUT 1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SUN-TIMES BUILDING – AND DAILY NEWS – NIGHT – REFLECTIONS IN ICY RIVER – TWO BIG LAKER BOATS – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – THE MILWAUKEE ROAD – DOOR OPENING ON NEW COMMUTER COACHES – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RICE HOTEL – 755 N DEARBORN – CLOSED – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – UNION PACIFIC – NEW HIGH-SPEED STREAMLINER – SINGLE THREE-CAR UNIT – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – B AND O – STREAMLINED ENGINE 5306 – RAIL FAIR – 1949 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N LASALLE STREET – AREA SAVED FROM CLEARANCE FOR SANDBURG CENTER – GOLDCOAST THEATER – GARY’S DRUG STORE – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH AVE BEACH – WITH SNOW FENCE UP A VERY HOT AUTUMN DAY BRINGS PEOPLE TO BEACH – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT – A WOMAN NAMED ADA MEADE – HANDSOME PORTRAIT BY MOFFETT STUDIO – 1918 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – NEW DISCIPLES OF DIVINITY CHAPEL INTERIOR Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL – S CENTRAL PARK – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N E CORNER LUNT AND CLARK – ROGERS PARK – POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER AFTER A SHOOTING – NOTE WOOLWORTH’S TYPICAL NEIGHBORHOOD STORE IN BACKGROUND – 1945 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MID AMERICA CLUB – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – 39TH FLOOR – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – THE GOLD ROOM – 1942 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – PRESIDENTIAL SUITE PARLOR – WINDOWS VIEW BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – FORMER PRESIDENTIAL SUITE – 1942 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 63RD AND HALSTED – NEW AMBER FURNITURE STORE – 1955 2 comments
AD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2128 WABASH AVE – SPANISH SERENADE QUARTET PLAYS AND MISS DALE WINTER SINGS AT DINNER – 1911 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2128 WABASH AVE – MISS DALE WINTER SINGS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SPANISH SERENADE QUARTET AT DINNER – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YANKEE DOODLE DOO RESTAURANT – INTERIOR OF PINE ROOM – 4731 BROADWAY – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER THEODORE ROOSEVELT – EXCURSION BOAT – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD – BETWEEN CRESCENT AND AIRDRIE PLACE – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROGERS PARK METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH – GREENLEAF AND ASHLAND BLVD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW AUDITORIUM – INTERIOR – EVANSTON AVE – BETWEEN MONTROSE AND WILSON – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS UNDERGROUND TUNNEL – 3 BRANCHES – TRAIN AND CREW – THE UNDERGROUND SERVICE TUNNELS FOR DOWNTOWN – TINTED – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ATLANTIC – 316 S CLARK – CALLED HOTEL KAISERHOF UNTIL 1917 – DRAWING – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAEMERE HOTEL – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – WASHINGTON BLVD AND HOMAN AVE – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WINNETKA – NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL – TOWER TO BE TORN DOWN – 1964 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN SNOWY STREET – ROW HOUSES AND TWO-FLATS – PARKED CARS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN ALLEY IN WINTER SNOW – REMINDS ME OF DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET FREIGHT DEPOT – TRAINS – ILLINOIS CENTRAL – PABST BLUE RIBBON SIGN – 1943 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CYRUS MCCORMICK MANSION – 675 RUSH STREET – SIGN FOR NEW APARTMENT BUILDING – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – NORTH BRANCH – HOUSE BOATS – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BELL SAVINGS – WEATHER SIGN – MICHIGAN AND LAKE – 1988 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 1000 N MICHIGAN AVE – NEW WTTW ANTENNA BEING INSTALLED – LOOKING SOUTH – 1965 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE CLOUD ROOM RESTAURANT – MARSHALL FIELD’S – OPENING – MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – 1948 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – STEVENS HOTEL – BOULEVARD ROOM – COVER – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – SANDWICH BAG MENU – ROCK ISLAND RAIL ROAD Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LINCOLN TURNER HALL BUILDING RESTAURANT – 1005 DIVERSEY PARKWAY – COVER – 1929 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HOTEL BELMONT – THE COVE RESTAURANT – COVER – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT ON RANDOLPH – FOR THOSE WHO DINE LATE – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – THOSE WHO DINE LATE – INSIDE TWO – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – FOR THOSE WHO DINE LATE – INSIDE ONE – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EITEL RESTAURANT – IN THE FIELD BUILDING – PAGE TWO LUNCHES – 1945 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EITEL RESTAURANT – IN THE FIELD BUILDING – PAGE ONE – 1945 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EITEL RESTAURANT – IN THE FIELD BUILDING – COVER – 1945 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EITEL RESTAURANT – IN THE FIELD BUILDING – BEVERAGES – 1945 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – THE YACHT CLUB – BAR MENU – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STTING IN BLACK LACE WITH ONE KNEE UP – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING WITH ONE KNEE UP WITH WRAP ON HER HEAD – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING IN NIGHTIE WITH SILK BANDS ON HER LEGS – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING FEEDING LARGE BIRD – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN STANDING BACK TO CAMERA IN LIGHT BLUE LACE – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING ON STOOL WITH GUITAR – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING ON ARM OF CHAIR IN NIGHTIE WITH BIG RIBBON AND HEADBAND – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN SITTING IN WICKER CHAIR WITH BLUE HEADBAND – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN PROFILE SITTING IN WICKER CHAIR DOING HER LIPSTICK – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN PROFILE KNEEELING ON FLOOR WITH HUGE HOOP EARRINGS – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN PROFILE HOLDING SMALL HEAD IN DANCE MOVEMENT – CARD MADE FROM PICTURE IN COLLECTION – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN ON STOOL WITH SIKY DRAPE AND FEATHER IN HER HAIR – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY – ARCADE CARD – PIN-UP – WOMAN ON STOOL WITH BLUE NIGHTIE AND HAND ON HIP HEADBAND WITH TASSELS – TINTED SERIES – 1920s Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE YORKSHIORE ROOM RESTAURANT – 2842 SHERIDAN ROAD Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – TALLY HO INN – NORTH AVE – RAY ROBERTS – HWY 59 S OF ROOSEVELT ROAD – WEST CHICAGO Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LIDO RESTAURANT – 82 W WASHINGTON – 105 N CLARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GUS GOOD FOOD – 420 N DEARBORN – STEER FOR GUS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GATE GUARD BURGLAR BARS – 4309 W ARMITAGE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – DINOU’S RESTAURANT – 11 E ADAMS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – GLASS HAT RESTAURANT Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CLUB WAIKIKI – 804 WILSON Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MEIGS FIELD – LOOKING N W – SKYLINE BACKGROUND – HARBOR FULL OF BOATS – DRAMATIC IMAGE – 1974 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SUBWAY CAFE – 507 N WABASH AVE – INTERIOR – LONGEST BAR IN THE WORLD Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH CHICAGO – PHIL SHERIDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – P SCHMIDT AND COMPANY – GLASSWARE ANTIQUES – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW PRINCESS THEATRE – PEOPLE WALKING BY – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NORTH – TRIBUNE BUILDING ON RIGHT – NOTE PABST SIGN NEAR OLD RAIL YARDS – BUS – CARS – ALLERTON HOTEL IN DISTANCE – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKINLEY PARK SWIMMING POOL – 37TH STREET ARCHER AVE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – THORNE MINIATURE ROOMS – AMERICAN ROOMS – NEW ENGLAND BEDROOM – 18TH CENTURY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE RAU STORE – CHICAGO HEIGHTS – BOUGHT BY CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – INTERNATIONAL STYLE ARCHITECTURE – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SUBWAY TUNNEL CLEANING MACHINE – STATE STREET – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDEBAKER THEATER – INTERIOR – NBC EXECUTIVES VIEW DECORATION – NBC TOOK OVER AS STUDIO IN 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDEBAKER THEATER – INTERIOR – CLEANING AND PAINTING – WORKER VIEWS MASK DISCOVERED IN CLEANING – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL – LOOKING S W – PART OF GRANT PARK – PART OF SKYLINE – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – CROWD OF CHILDREN BY ELEPHANT COMPOUND – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN AND GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH – 1121 N LEAVITT – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – 71 W RANDOLPH – STREET VIEW – BEFORE CLOSING – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – 71 W RANDOLPH – CELEBRATIONS AROUND CLOSING ONE OF THE CITY’S OLDEST AND BEST LOVED RESTAURANTS – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HAMPTON HOUSE CONDOS – SISSON HOTEL CONVERSION – 5300 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – HYDE PARK – AERIAL – 1979 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STATION – MORSE ROGERS PARK – PAINTING – NOTE MOGEN DAVID WINE SIGN – PART OF CITY CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – HOUSE BOAT COLONY – OFF IRVING PARK ROAD – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N E – 1958 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET ENTRANCE – SHOPPERS ON STREET – A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – FIRST FLOOR – STATE STREET – NEW RAMP FOR DAILY FASHION DISPLAYS BY COLLEGE GIRLS – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMALGAMATED TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING – THOM MCAN SHOE STORE – CORONET MEN’S SHOP – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 6401 S KIMBARK AVE – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 2400 LAKEVIEW – APARTMENT BUILDINGS – 1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 3236 S MICHIGAN – MANSION – DEMOLISHED – 1958 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – TRIANGLE RESTAURANTS – FORERUNNER OF TOFFENETTI’S – HAM AND SWEETS – 57 W RANDOLPH AND 6 OTHER LOOP LOCATIONS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMOUR AND COMPANY – CANNED FOODS DEPARTMENT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ITALIAN VILLAGE RESTAURANT – 4 IMAGES – FRONT AT NIGHT – 71 W MONROE – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHJICAGO – COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES – 72 E 11TH – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GEORGE F HARDING MUSEUM – 4853 LAKE PARK AVE – CASTLE-LIKE ADDITION TO ORIGINAL HARDING HOME – AS A BOY I LOVED THIS PLACE – SINCE DEMOLISHED – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TEATRO DEL LAGO – IN UNINCORPORATED AREA CALLED NO MAN’S LAND – NOW WILMETTE – SINCE DEMOLISHED – 1939 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WINTER – A RECORD COLD DAY – PARKED CAR AS ICE-SCULPTURE – 1982 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – COLUMBUS DAY PARADE – COLUMBUS DAY QUEEN – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – COLUMBUS DAY PARADE – KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS – BECK SHOES – PEACOCK’S – ANDY’S CANDIES – OTHER SIGNS – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RUSH AND ERIE STREETS – AERIAL – ANITA MCCORMICK BLAINE MANSION – TO BE TORN DOWN BY KIWANIS FOR OFFICE – 1965 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CYRUS MCCORMICK MANSION – RUSH AND HURON – IT HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS SINCE IT WAS BUILT IN 1874 -1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – COLUMBUS DAY PARADE – GALILEO’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY – NOTE CHICAGO BRAGGADOCIO ON FLOAT BOTTOM – 1964 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 7855 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – ENTRANCE AREA – WHAT BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS OUR VILLAGE HAD – EDITED REAL ESTATE IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 79TH STREET – BETWEEN KINGSTON AND COLFAX – BOYS WITH SLED IN BIG SNOW – EDITED FROM DIM BEAUTY OF CHICAGO SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 78TH STREET – EAST OF YATES – BOY WITH SLED IN BIG SNOW – EDITED FROM DIM BEAUTY OF CHICAGO SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 71ST STREET AND BENNETT – BEAUTIFUL OLD TERRA COTTA BUILDING SAW BETTER DAYS – EDITED FROM LEE BEY PHOTOGRAPHY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – NO 1746 – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – GAROD RADIOS PAINTED WALL SIGN – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AURORA AND ELGIN – ON CURVED STRUCTURE – SACRAMENTO AVE – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE BUILDING – THE ORIGINAL – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SCARLETT’S RESTAURANT – SKOKIE BLVD Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 558 DEKOVEN STREET – WHERE CHICAGO FIRE IS SAID TO HAVE STARTED 1871 – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – BETWEEN BERWYN AND BRYN MAWR – TRACK CREW – NEW TRACKS HAD RUBBER PADS BETWEEN TRACK AND TIES – 1966 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 