Archive for October 2011
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WEST PULLMAN SCHOOL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO STATE STREET – NIGHT – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE – TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – A CHILDREN’S PARTY AT STREAM – NICELY TINTED – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – W S DARLEY AND COMPANY – CHAMPION FIRE APPARATUS – 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ROCK ISLAND LINE – THE PEORIA ROCKET – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC – BEST DINING CAR SERVICE IN THE WORLD – 1893 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND SOUTH SHORE LINE – TRAIN 320 AT LAKEFRONT STATION MICHIGAN CITY – 1969 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND SOUTH SHORE LINE – BOXCAB ELECTRIC ENGINES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU – 1536 MONADNOCK BUILDING – CUSTOMER REPLY CARD Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL – NIGHT – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – COLLEEN MOORE DOLL CASTLE – VIEW OF A NUMBER OF ROOMS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – RESIDENTIAL SECTION – STONE HOMES – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – TIFFANY DOME – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – CORNER VIEW – PARTIAL NEW BUILDING WITH OLD – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – 3 IMAGES – TOYS – FRENCH ROOM – INFANTS – 1904 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – 3 IMAGES – TEA ROOM – LINEN – BRIC-A-BRAC – 1904 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – COMPLETED NEW BUILDING – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – 3 VIEWS IN ELABORATE FRAME – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AUSTIN – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – BEACH AND PIER – CROWDS – NICELY TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – THE CHAGALL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – LIONS AT CHRISTMAS SEASON – NICEST IMAGE I’VE SEEN OF THIS – FROM BEN TAGG PICASSA GALLERY – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLD CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY – NOW CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTRE – TIFFANNY DOME – WORLD’S LARGEST Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YOSEMITE FIRE BOAT – CHICAGO RIVER – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – MIDWAY – AERIAL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO BURLINGTON AND QUINCY – CREWS STANDING ON TRAIN – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEWART LOUNGE AND LIQUORS – 353 W 63RD – INTERIOR – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH FROM MADISON – HUGE CROWDS – WAGONS – STREETCAR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAKLIOS RESTAURANT – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – MAIN PARLOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – LOBBY – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – GENTLEMEN’S GRILL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALM GROVE INN RESTAURANT – 3 IMAGES – 56TH AND OUTER DRIVE – c1950 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING NORTH – HUGE CROWD – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW BISMARCK HOTEL – MAIN DINING ROOM – DANCE FLOOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL – 29TH AND ELLIS – 1952 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARIGOLD GARDEN – BROADWAY AND GRACE – LARGEST OUT DOOR DANCE FLOOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL – AERIAL – 96TH STREET EVERGREEN PARK – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS UNDERGROUND TUNNEL – THE DOWNTOWN SERVICE TUNNEL SYSTEM – TRAIN OF BARRELS – TINTED – PRE1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GREEN MILL SUMMER GARDENS – BROADWAY AT LAWRENCE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GREEN MILL GARDENS – STREET VIEW OF ENTRANCE – BROADWAY AT LAWRENCE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FLEURNOY STREET – E OF KEDZIE – APARTMENTS AND TWO-FLATS – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – AERIAL – AD FOR CLARK’S SPOOL COTTON – 1893 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – BOATS – NORTHWESTERN RAIL DEPOT IN BACKGROUND – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BORDEN’S MILK HOME DELIVERY – WAGON AND DELIVERY MAN – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BALTIMORE INN – QUINCY STREET – INTERIOR – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – FAIR RIDER – BIG CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON AND KEDZIE – THE CHUTES AT AMUSEMENT PARK – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AMUSEMENT PARK – MAYBE RIVERVIEW – RIDE ON MINIATURE TRAIN – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONGRESS STREET PLAZA – ONE OF THE PAIR OF INDIAN HORSEMAN UNDERGOING REPAIRS – 1958 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DIVISION STREET – TRAFFIC COP WITH WHISTLE AND LONG DOUBLE-BREASTED COAT – NOTE 4-LIGHT TRAFFIC LIGHT – DECORATIVE STREET LIGHT WITH NAME – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – VIEW OF LAKE ON STORMY DAY – FREIGHTER ON HORIZON – 1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS TALL CHICAGO – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO NORTH SHORE AND MILWAUKEE COMMUTER TROLLEY – NOTE BLATZ BEER AD ON RIGHT – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CLEVELAND CINCINNATI CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS – STEAM ENGINE – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – NEW YORK CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS – STEAM ENGINE – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – NICKEL PLATE ROAD – STEAM ENGINE – 1939 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ALGMINOVICZ BAKERY TRUCK WITH DRIVER – 8651 BALTIMORE AVE – SEPIA – EARLY Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LOU MITCHELL’S RESTAURANT – SERVING WORLD’S FINEST COFFEE – COVER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – HILL TOP RESTAURANT – 79 E 103RD Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHEZ PARREE RESTAURANT AND NIGHT CLUB – 610 FAIRBANKS COURT – ART DECO LOBBY AND FOYER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE HOTEL – THE ENGLISH ROOM RESTAURANT – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLUMBIAN YACHT CLUB – FROM LAKE – WOMEN ON BALCONY – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HIGHLAND PARK – HOTEL MORAINE – PRIVATE BEACH – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY – WHOLESALE STORE – AN H H RICHARDSON BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKY CHAPEL – CHICAGO TEMPLE – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SVOBODA’S NICKLEODEON TAVERN RESTAURANT – 24TH AND BUTLER – CHICAGO HEIGHTS – SEVERAL MACHINES DISPLAYED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PANTRY – 718 GARDEN – PARK RIDGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA – HOWARD STREET YARDS – NEW AUTOMATIC SUBWAY CAR WASHER – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA – NOTE OLD STREET LIGHT – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – GROUP OF WOMEN AND ONE CHILD – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SKYLINE PORTION – AERIAL – LOOKING EAST – WRIGLEY – OLD MEDINAH CLUB (NOW SHERATON) – PART OF TRIBUNE – NEW SUN-TIMES FOREGROUND – 1962 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN RESTAURANT – AT NIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OGDEN PARK FIELD HOUSE – WHEN I WAS YOUNG THE FIELD HOUSES WERE PLACES YOU COULD BORROW SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR FREE APART FROM HAVING WASHROOMS AND OTHER INDOOR ACTIVITIES – A LOVELY CONCEPT FOR THE WORLD’S GREAT PARK SYSTEM -1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – FROM LAGOON – SEPIA Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – CONSERVATORY AND FLOWER BEDS DOWN AISLE OF TREES – CHICAGO’S SENSE OF DESIGN THEN WAS DOMINATED BY CLASSIC FRENCH DESIGN – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AMBROSIA BREWING COMPANY – 3700 S HALSTED – AERIAL – c1930 Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – EDELWEISS RESTAURANT – 104 MADISON – FIVE-CENT TOKEN – THE VERY GREAT NUMBER OF GERMAN RESTAURANTS INDICATES HOW HEAVILY POPULATED BY GERMANS THE CITY WAS THEN – EARLY Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GERMAN AMERICAN RESTAURANT – 2348 N WESTERN – AT FULLERTON Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BAPTIST MISSIONERY TRAINING SCHOOL – 2969 VERNON AVE – 2 WOMEN STUDYING IN THEIR ROOM – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – 153 INSTITUTE PLACE – ARCH ENTRANCE – BUILT 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – 153 INSTITUTE PLACE – THE ARCHWAY IN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING – LETS OUT ON LASALLE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE HALL – SKETCHING CLASS OF ART STUDENTS – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON STATE STREET – 1970 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS – STEAM ENGINE 222 – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MIDWAY AIRPPORT – INSIDE THE TOWER – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT BY THEATRICAL CHICAGO OF UNKNOWN VAUDEVILLE ACTRESS IN DANCE POSE – THE PICTURE’S STYLE MUCH RESEMBLES THAT OF EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY’S PHOTOS FOR ARCADE CARDS THEN Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO 1947 – HOLDING TROPHY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – SPOTLIGHT ON SCANDINAVIA IMPORT FAIR – EACH WINDOW DISPLAYS DIFFERENT MERCHANDISE – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MIDWAY AIRPORT – SNOW REMOVAL – HIGH-TECH OPERATION – IS THAT THE PILOT WITH SHOVEL? – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CROWD FISHING IN LAKE – JUST NORTH OF NAVY PIER – 1954 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ENGLEWOOD CLUB – MAN ON SIDEWALK – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAINS – B AND O DIESEL – C AND O DIESEL – GRAND CENTRAL STATION – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – GROUP OF MEN WALKING BY GRANT PARK – YOUNG TREES – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – ORIENTAL INSTITUTE – RICHARD PARKER HEADING PROJECT TO RECORD ALL HIEROGLYPHICS – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MUHAMMAD ALI AND WIFE BELINDA – WALKING IN THEIR CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD – THE SAME YEAR I MET HIM IN VANCOUVER – 1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAMP LIGHTER NIGHTCLUB – 16 E HURON – 1963 Leave a comment
NEWSPAPER AD – CHICAGO – SOUTHEAST ECONOMIST – AMY JOY DONUTS GRAND OPENING AD – 8517 S COTTAGE GROVE – OCTOBER 23, 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TWO-FLATS JUST BUILT – ZELOSKY HOMES WAS A DEVELOPER IN THE CITY – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGER RESTAURANT – FIRST IN CHICAGO – A 1929 BUILDING RENOVATED – CERMAK AND WABASH – CHEF LUCIANO’S CHICKEN NOW Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING WEST – NIGHT – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SILVER FROLICS NIGHT CLUB – 400 N WABASH – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – EARLY STORE – CARRIAGES IN FRONT – PRE-1900 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – INTERIOR COUNTERS AND AISLES – LIKELY IN LAST YEARS OF OPERATION Leave a comment
CROCKERY – CHICAGO – PETER PAN SNACK SHOPS – CUP AND SAUCER – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MAP OF RAIL LINES AND DEPOTS – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – SKYLINE AND HARBOR – FROM NEAR AQUARIUM – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VALENTE’S HOUSE OF NICKELODEONS – WORLD’S GREATEST COLLECTION – 1986 MILWAUKEE AVE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING – 373 WABASH AVE – STUDEBAKER JUNIOR WAGONS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL – NIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUTUAL BREWING COMPANY – 22ND AND SPAULDING AVE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEAR LIBRARY – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LINNE MONUMENT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE VIEW STATE BANK – INTERIOR – 3179 N CLARK STREET – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO METHODIST TEMPLE – SANCTUARY OF WORLD’S TALLEST CHURCH – THE ORGAN HAS 6300 PIPES – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PULLMAN CLOCK TOWER – PULLMAN WAS AN OLD PLANNED COMMUNITY LOCATED BETWEEN 103 RD and 115TH ALONG COTTAGE GROVE – 1969 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA – NEW FOREST GLEN BUS TERMINAL – 5651 ELSTON AVE AT ARMSTRONG – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 36 S STATE STREET – STATE STREET COUNCIL PREMOTION – COMPANY EXECUTIVES THROWING SILVER DOLLARS ACROSS STATE STREET – 1963 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – SIR GEORGE’S INN – 4942 MILWAUKEE AVE – COVER – 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – CHRIS LANCERS RESTAURANT – 3641 W IRVING PARK ROAD – COVER – 1973 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MORTON’S RESTAURANT – 5487 LAKE PARK AVE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – ORLANDO’S RESTAURANT – 332 S WELLS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CORONA CAFE AND RESTAURANT – 531 RUSH STREET Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KIMBALL PIANOS – MYRTLE ELVYN PLAYING – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING SOUTH FROM MONROE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GLESSNER HOUSE – PRAIRIE AVE – AN H H RICHARDSON DESIGN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – POWER BOAT SETTING RECORD ON LAKE MICHIGAN – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – CHICAGO BURLINGTON AND QUINCY – CITY OF LIGHTS – PASSING OVER BRIDGE BY AURORA – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – MILWAUKEE ROAD – THE OLYMPIAN TRANSCONTINENTAL – REAR PASSENGER CAR – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOWEN HIGH SCHJOOL – DANCE CARD ANNOUNCEMENT – 1918 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH FROM MADISON – V J DAY CROWD – NOTE STATE MADISON CLOCK ON LEFT – 1945 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – TRACKS CROSSING BROADWAY – AERIAL – NOTE DREWRY’S BEER BILLBOARD – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINDON AVE ELEVATED TERMINAL – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA LOT – W LAKE STREET EAST OF PULASKI – RETIRED BUSES PARKED – 1972 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA BUS GARAGE – 5800 W 95TH STREET – INTERIOR – BUSES PARKED – 1953 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 