Archive for December 2011
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A. WOLF AND COMPANY – THE DIAMOND SHOP – 27 S CLARK – NEW MORRISON HOTEL BLOCK – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMOUR’S PRODUCTS – CANNED FOODS DEPARTMENT – 350,000 CANS PER DAY – 1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACK BULL RESTAURANT – 2190 N ELSTON – YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – C.D. PEACOCK JEWELRY STORE – STATE AND ADAMS – INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTRAL LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AVE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND RANDOLPH – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – GRAIN ELEVATOR – LAKER BOAT – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – NEW SINGLE LEAF BASCULE BRIDGE – KINZIE AVE – TUG PASSING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MEMORIAL HALL – DIRECTORS’ ROOM – CENTRAL LIBRARY – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BASEBALL GAME – CROWD WATCHING – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL – ADAMS AND KEDZIE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KUNZE’S – FANCY FOOD STORE – 18 E RANDOLPH – INTERIOR – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – L.G. KUNZE – 18 E RANDOLPH – THE APOLLO CHOCOLATES – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LIBBY’S WHITE ENAMELLED KITCHENS – PACKING BONELESS CHICKENS – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LYON AND HEALY STORE – INTERIOR FIRST FLOOR – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LYON AND HEALY STORE – RECEPTION ROOM – MEN AT DESKS – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANGEL’S FLORISTS – WINDOW DISPLAY – SHOPS IN 3 BEST HOTELS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – TIFFANY DOME VERTICAL PANORAMA – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – GERMAN WW II SUBMARINE U-505 – FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM FROM PETTY OFFICERS’ QUARTERS – AS GUIDES PART OF OUR TOUR SPEECH WAS TO SAY THAT U.S. SUBMARINES WERE LINED WITH STAINLESS STEEL RATHER THAN WOOD WHICH DUMB BRAGGADOCIO LOST SIGHT COMPLETELY OF THE HOMINESS OF WOOD – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PORTION OF DOWNTOWN – AERIAL – FROM GRANT PARK – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – R.S. THOMAS AND ASSOCIATES – 1428 E 53RD STREET – AN APOTHECARRY SHOP WITHIN A MODERN DRUG STORE – 3 IMAGES – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROUTE 66 DOWNTOWN – CABLE CARS – PEACOCK’S SIGN – IMAGE c1910 – ROUTE 66 CARD SERIES MUCH LATER 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOLDIERS’ FIELD – NIGHT – AERIAL – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SWIFT BACON BEING PACKAGED – 200 PER MINUTE – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE LYTTON BUILDING – NEW HOME – THE HUB – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHIMSICAL CARD – YOU DON’T HAVE TO OWN AN AUTO – FORMALLY DRESSED MAN AND WOMAN – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – EAST BOARD WALK – AERIAL – BIG CROWD – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AVE YMCA – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YE OLDE CELLAR RESTAURANT – 322 N MICHIGAN AVE – 2 IMAGES – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VOLKFEST – SCHWABEN VEREIN – IN GERMAN – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VERNAN AVE – EAST SIDE – N OF 33RD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION RAILROAD STATION – AERIAL – BUS ON STREET – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PHOTO PRODUCTS COMPANY – INSTANTO POST CARD – MAID’S PICTURE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FRANCIS SHIMER SCHOOL – RECITAL BY MAUD POWELL Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SWIFT AND COMPANY – GENERAL OFFICE – CROWD OF WORKERS – TINTED – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMERS – SOUTH HAVEN MICHIGAN – PIER – SHIPS COMING AND GOING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER THEADORE ROOSEVELT – MICHIGAN CITY AND CHICAGO LINE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN – EXCURSIONS AND U.S. MAIL – CREW AND PASSENGERS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER CITY OF CHICAGO – EXCURSIONS FROM ST JOSEPH MICHIGAN – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ON LAKE – CHICAGO-MILWAUKEE ROUTE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER CARTOON – EVERYTHING GOING OUT – CHICAGO-SOUTH HAVEN – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER APPROACHING WAUKEGAN HARBOR – WINTER – RESEMBLES AN EDWARD HOPPER – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SPANGENBERG AND COMPANY – INVITATION TO FARMERS TO SELL BUTTER AND EGGS WHOLESALE – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE – 35 E WACKER – SOMETHING SO MIDWESTERN ABOUT ROTARY – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – STOUFFER’S GIBRALTAR ROOM – PANORAMA SHOWING WINDOWS – IT SEEMED A MAGICAL PLACE THEN – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARM – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONROE STREET EAST FROM LASALLE – WAGONS – AWNINGS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONADNOCK BUILDING’S RESTAURANT AND LUNCH ROOM – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – PORTION OF WOMEN’S WAITING ROOM – NICE VERSION – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MAP OF RAILROADS PARKS AND BOULEVARDS – RAND MCNALLY – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – THE HIGH BRIDGE – AUTUMN – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – THE ANCHORAGE – SPAIN’S COLUMBUS SHIP REPLICAS FROM 1893 WORLD FAIR – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUMBOLDT PARK – PATHS AND FOOT BRIDGE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GROUP OF WORKING SHIPS – SOMEWHERE ON LAKE – NOTE TUG R.G. HAUSLER OUT OF CHICAGO – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – KITCHEN – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIELD BUILDING – WITH SURROUNDING BUILDINGS – AERIAL – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN – AERIAL – N FROM JACKSON – MONADNOCK BUILDING – NEW POST OFFICE – GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COMMUNITY GIFTE AND TOG SHOPPE – 1812 W 99TH – ARTIST MODEL BRAS AND GIRDLES – 1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM INTERIOR – THIRD ANNUAL ELECTRICAL SHOW – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO MASTIC COMPANY – 7100 N MANNHEIM – RAINBOW GROUT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – PIONEER ROOM Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – MIDWAY – GROUND LEVEL – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOULEVARD LINK – JUNCTION LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND MICHIGAN AVE – THE DRAKE HOTEL – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IVANHOE RESTAURANT – 3000 N CLARK – CATACOMBS ENTRANCE – WEIRD PLACE TO EAT – ORIGINALLY A SPEAKEASY – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – MAN BY CARRIAGE – STREETCAR – WAGONS – TINTED – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – S STATE STREET – AERIAL – CHICAGO MOTOR COACHES – COP – CROWD – STREETCAR – 1940 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – YUN FONG LO CO RESTAURANT – NOTE SPELLING OF CHOP SUEY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY FIELD – AERIAL – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – 63RD AND SOUTH PARK – AERIAL – DRAWING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – LARD REFINERY – FILLING TUBS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION DEPOT – STREET SCENE – SEPIA – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER INDIANA – CHICAGO MUSKEGON AND GRAND HAVEN – GOODRICH TRANSPORTATION – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET- NEAR RIVER – STATE STREET BRIDGE – STREETCAR – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NORTH FROM VAN BUREN – WAGONS – AWNINGS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING SOUTH FROM JACKSON – CROWDS – STREETCAR – WAGONS – SIGNS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST. CASIMAR ACADEMY – 2601 W MARQUETTE ROAD – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – MERCHANTS GATHERED AROUND WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – AERIAL – CROWD OF WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOLDIERS’ FIELD – ADLER – FIELD – SHEDD – MUSEUM CAMPUS – AERIAL – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – NIGHT – GREAT WHITE WAY – EITEL – DE METS – THOMPSONS – OTHER SIGNS – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – U-505 GERMAN SUBMARINE – OUTSIDE BY BUILDING Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – CALLED EXHIBITION HALL – NOTE STREETCAR TURNAROUND – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – METROPOLITAN MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY – STREET VIEW – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKINLOCK MEMORIAL CAMPUS – NOTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – BUILDING LABELS – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE – ALMOST PASTORAL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – MUNICIPAL BATHING BEACH – 2 VIEWS – BUILDING ACCOMODATED 7000 BATHERS – 1936 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BOAT HOUSE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IRELAND’S OYSTER HOUSE – 632 N CLARK – 6 IMAGES INCLUDING J.H. IRELAND – LARGEST SEA FOOD RESTAURANT IN THE U.S. Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS THEATRE – STRAIGHT-ON STREET LEVEL 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS THEATRE – ADJOINING BUILDINGS – PEDESTRIANS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTELS WINDERMERE – 1642 E 56TH – INSET INTO JACKSON PARK – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS – AERIAL – COLUMBIA BURLESQUE THEATER – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – CORNER PERSPECTIVE – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – SHOWING TREES – AS A BOY I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SAVINGS BANK BUILDING – NOTE ROMA RESTAURANT SIGN ON LEFT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – STATE STREET BRIDGE – UP FOR BOAT Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS – GOODYEAR TIRES – BLIMP ON LANDING FIELD – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BASEBALL GROUNDS – AERIAL – HUGE CROWD – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BAPTIST MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL – THE DINING ROOM -TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A. H. MEYER COMPANY – IMPORTERS OF MUNCHENER LOWENBRAU AND ALT-PILSENER – 35 S DEARBORN – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 63RD STREET AND COTTAGE GROVE – LOOKING NORTH – ELEVATED – FURNITURE STORE – BANK – DRUG STORE – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – COAST GUARD CUTTER ARUNDEL – 110 FOOT TUG – INDIANA HARBOR – 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM THEATRE – INTERIOR – SEATS 4500 – LOUIS SULLIVAN – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE BUILDING (PREVIOUS ONE) – TANDEM STREETCAR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRAIN – BUFFET-OBSERVATION CAR – CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE RATHSKELLER RESTAURANT – IN EITEL’S OLD HEIDELBERG – BIG CROWD – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING – LOUIS SULLIVAN – INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SEARS TOWER – OTHER PARTS OF SKYLINE – GRANT PARK FOREGROUND – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – CREATION – NIGHT – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH LOOKING WEST – NIGHT – AERIAL – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKS – 5 IMAGES – DOUGLAS AND GARFIELD PARK – 1899 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL – LOOKING NORTH FROM WATER TOWER – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – ATOMS FOR PEACE – SLAVE ARMS – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARd – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD – AERIAL – LOOKING SOUTH – DRAMATIC PERSPECTIVE – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON AVE BRIDGE – WAGONS AND PEDESTRIANS – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – NEWLY RENOVATED – BUFFET INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FRED BIFFAR – 40 DEARBORN – WOOL FLAGS – HAMMOCKS – ACME WINDOW AWNINGS – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FORRESTVILLE AVE – N OF 48Th – APARTMENT BUILDINGS – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DE JONGHE RESTAURANT – CARRIAGE ON STREET – FLOWERS NEXT DOOR – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – AERIAL – TOWARDS LAKE – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AVE – E FROM FORSYTHE – EAST CHICAGO – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS – ILLINOIS HOST BUILDING – PART OF SOLDIERS’ FIELD – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – CARD FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – STATE AND ADAMS 1898 – ADAMS LOCATION OF 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BELMONT HARBOR – AERIAL – SKYLINE BEHIND – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARCHBISHOP’S RESIDENCE – ARCHBISHOP FEEHAN – NORTH AVE – OPPOSITE LINCOLN PARK – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 73RD STREET – W OF VINCENNES – PEOPLE STANDING ON CORNER – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 46TH STREET – E FROM WOODLAWN – APARTMENTS AND HOMES – 1913 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN – NEW UNIFORM INTRODUCED ON LEFT – OLD ONE DARK BLUE – NEW ONE FOREST GREEN 1969 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – WOMEN’S DORMITORY WEST VIEW – SEPIA – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER MERION – AT DOCK WITH CROWD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NORTH FROM ADAMS – WAGONS – STREETCARS – CROWDS – NOTE STORES WITH MATCHING AWNINGS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NORTH – NOTE BUS COLORS – OLD STREET LIGHTS – OLD STOP LIGHT AT BOTTOM – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST. MARY’S HOME FOR CHILDREN – JACKSON BLVD AND MOZART – NICE VERSION – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – PACKED WITH WAGONS – SEPIA – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH CHICAGO – ILLINOIS STEEL – NOON HOUR – WORKERS ON BRIDGE – NOTE CHICAGO LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN TRAINS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH CHICAGO – BESSEMER PARK – SWIMMING POOL – FIELD HOUSE – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHERN TRUST SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS – 23 TON DOOR – LADY WALKING OUT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY – N. W. CORNER OF LASALLE AND MONROE – 6 IMAGES – LIST OF OFFICERS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH AVE – W OF LARABEE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUTUAL LOAN COMPANY – 79TH AND STONY ISLAND – WALGREEN’S DRUGSTORE – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY – TOWER STUDIO SOUVENIR – AMUSING HIGHEST STRUCTURE CLAIM – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – NORTH FROM OHIO – UPPER MICHIGAN AVE – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – FADGEL AUTO TRAIN – CROWDS – NICE VERSION – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA HACIENDA DEL SOL MEXICAN RESTAURANT – 1945 N SEDGWICK – PLACE SETTING Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HYMAN BERG AND COMPANY JEWELERS – STATE AND WASHINGTON – INTERIOR – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GREENEBAUM SONS BANKING – CLARK AND RANDOLPH – CARRIAGES – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO TAILORS ASSOCIATION – 515 S. FRANKLIN – CUSTOMER REPLY – MADE TO ORDER MEN’S CLOTHES – NOTE GOLD PIN MARKETING GIMMICK – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHARLES A. STEVENS AND BROTHERS – CARD ANNOUNCING FALL-WINTER CLOTHES FOR 1908-9 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEVERLY BANK – 1357 W 103RD – BEVLANE DRIVE-IN BANKING – 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMOUR SQUARE PARK – PART OF THE SMALL PARKS SYSTEM SERIES – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL – CANADIAN LAKER TRAPPED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND RANDOLPH – RANDOLPH BRIDGE FAILED TO OPEN – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 4009 WENTWORTH – DAVID SLOAN HORSE SHOER – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MAXIM’S DE PARIS RESTAURANT – 1300 N ASTOR – INTERIOR – CROWD – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CROSSROADS RESTAURANT AND STRIP TEASE – NIGHT -1964 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – MICHIGAN AVE AT CONGRESS – FEATURES LOUIS XVI DINING ROOM – 1922 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MILFORD BALLROOM – WHEN IT HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MON PETIT RESTAURANT – 1266 N STATE – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAXIM’S DE PARIS – 1300 N ASTOR – c1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LE BASTILLE RESTAURANT – 21 W SUPERIOR – c1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – CHEZ PAUL RESTAURANT – 1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A.G. LANE MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL – BEETHOVEN SEDGWICK AND DIVISION STREETS – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DENNOS FOOD SALES – 220 W ONTARIO SIDE WITH BABY PICTURE – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DENNOS FOOD SALES – 220 W ONTARIO SIDE WITH CALENDAR – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FAULTLESS FISHHATS – WOMAN STANDING WAVING – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – THE CIRCLE SWING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – PANORAMA – 39TH TO 43RD – WEST OF HALSTED c400 ACRES – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – PEN FULL OF CATTLE – MEN ON FENCE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AVE BATHING BEACH – BIG CROWD – NOTE COVERED GALLERY OF BENCHES ON RIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAVINIA FESTIVAL – HIGHLAND PARK – CHICAGO SYMPHONY PLAYS HERE SUMMERS – I SAW STRAVINSKY HERE – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – MICHIGAN AVE AND 26TH – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS PICKING UP PASSENGERS – THESE WERE TOUR ROUTES – FARE 10 CENTS – 1924 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOHN P. HARDING SANDWICH SHOPS AND GRILL – 68 W MADISON – LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SERVED – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FAULTLESS FISHHATS – HANDSOME DRAWING WOMAN IN HUGE FEATHERED HAT – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DELTA MOTEL – 79TH STREET AT SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES OF THESE KIND OF CHEAP-GLAMOR MOTELS BUILT DURING THE LATE 1950s IN THE CITY – c1960 Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES – TWO SIDES OF FARE TOKEN – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST STEPHEN KING OF HUNGARY CHURCH – ALSO IN HUNGARIAN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK HOTEL – SWISS CHALET RESTAURANT – ENDRE OESKAY AND ORCHESTRA – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND OHIO – WOMAN CROSSING STREET IN SNOW – STREETCAR – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – COLISEUM – LINE-UP OF MEN TO SEE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD SPEAK – 1964 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – HUGE CROWDS – STREETCARS – WAGONS – FROM NEAR BOSTON STORE LOOKING NORTH – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE NORTH SHORE LINE – MILWAUKEE STATION – AERIAL – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES – ASHLAND ROUTE – 1939 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCAR – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES – STORE CALLED FOREST VIEW LUNCH ROOM – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE – FROM ADLER PLANETARIUM PROMONITORY – EVENING – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NORTH – SHRINERS’ PARADE – CROWDS – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – SUMMER RESTAURANT – ONE OF MY FAVORITE EARLY IMAGES – NICE VERSION – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE NINETY-FIFTH RESTAURANT – TOP OF JOHN HANCOCK BUILDING – DINERS FROM ABOVE AND LAKE VIEW THROUGH WINDOWS – c1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – MARSHAL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – TAXI – BUS – PEDESTRIANS – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING NORTH – WORLD’S RICHEST RETAIL MILE THEN – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND GOLD COAST – OFF SEASON – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND GOLD COAST – AERIAL – UNUSUAL PERSPECTIVE FROM TURN ON DRIVE – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MILFORD BALLROOM – OVER-30 DANCE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – AERIAL – SHERMAN HOUSE FEATURED ON RIGHT – BISMARCK HOTEL SIGN SEEN THROUGH FIRE ESCAPE LEFT – 1927 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON STREET – LOOKING EAST FROM WELLS – AERIAL – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – GRAND SALON – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SEVILLE APARTMENT HOTEL – 4144 SHERIDAN ROAD – ICE ELECTRICITY MAID SERVICE – RENTS FROM 80 TO 225 PER MONTH – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE RELIC HOUSE RESTAURANT – 900 N CLARK – MONUMENT OF CHICAGO FIRE – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – HELL GATE RIDE – CROWD – 1908 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 