Archive for February 2015
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DANCE TEAM CORTEZ AND DIANNE – MAURICE SEYMOUR STUDIO Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 63RD AND DAMEN – TWO STRIPED LIVERY STREETCARS – NOTE EASTMAN COAL SIGN – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENTRAL SKYLINE – FROM LAKE – EVENING – COLOR ENHANCED – c2000 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AVE – MONTGOMERY WARD – STREETCAR – STANDARD STATION – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DEARBORN AT VAN BUREN – LOOKING N – ELEVATED STATION – FISHER BUILDING AT RIGHT CENTER – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – NORTH SHORE LINE ELECTROLINER – UNKNOWN STATION – 1950s – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – EXCHANGE AVE AND 75TH – LOOKING S E FROM NW CORNER – FLANDER’S TEA ROOM RESTAURANT – STRATOLINER LOUNGE – c1950 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GROUP OF BLACK CHILDREN PLAYING IN FRONT OF APARTMENT BUILDING – STREET UNKNOWN – 1941 – EDITED FROM AN EDWIN ROSSKAM IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LA SALLE STREET STATION – TWO NEW YORK CENTRAL TRAINS – LOOKING S – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKE ROUTE STREETCAR – NORTH WESTERN UNDERPASS – NOTE DOUBLE GATES – c1950 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S WALNUT ROOM ENTRANCE – EASTER TIME LUNCH – I LOVED THE CHRISTMAS TREE BUT I’M NOT THAT FOND OF THE EASTER BUNNY WHICH I NEVER SAW – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING S FROM TRIBUNE TOWER – TRAFFIC WHEN BRIDGE OPENS – AERIAL – 1926 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – STAIRS – VIEW LOOKING S W – SNAPSHOT – 1930s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PICK-CONGRESS HOTEL JUST BEFORE REMODELING PROJECT – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W FROM STATE – NOTE ORIENTAL NOW SHOWING X FILMS – OLD HEIDLEBERG BUILDING USED AS SOMETHING ELSE – STREET IN DECLINE – MAGIKIST SIGN – SNAPSHOT – 1970 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – AERIAL – POWERS THEATRE – TRAM – MANY CARRIAGES – PREVIOUS CITY HALL ON RIGHT – c1900 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – NOTE THE DAVIS STORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON RIGHT – LATER GOLDBLATT’S – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE PREVIOUS CITY HALL – BUSY RANDOLPH STREET – CABLE CARS – 1895 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – GRAND TRUNK WESTERN – STREAMLINED STEAM ENGINE 6410 – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – UNION PACIFIC M-10004 – NORTH WESTERN STATION – 1936 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNITED ARTISTS THEATER – W RANDOLPH – EVENING – 1970 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – SALVAGE AND PARTS – 1938 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN SHOE STORE – CHRISTMAS – WOMAN LOOKING IN WINDOW – SNAPSHOT Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WACKER DRIVE AT MADISON – CIVIC OPERA BUILDING – CROWD OF MEN HEADED TOWARDS DOORS – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR RANDOLPH – WOMAN WALKING – SNAPSHOT – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY AND TRIBUNE – VIEW FROM S SIDE OF RIVER – TRIBUNE TOWER STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION – FINISHED 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – GRECO-ROMAN GALLERY – LIKELY ALL COPIES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – SAUGATUCK MICHIGAN SUMMER SCHOOL OF PAINTING Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – GRANT PARK – AN ESPECIALLY NICE IMAGE – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHECKER TAXI COMPANY – CAB PICKING UP WOMAN AND GIRL AT FANCY BUILDING – 34 YEARS SERVICE – NICE VERSION – 1950s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING E FROM W OF MERCHADISE MART – PART OF SECOND CITY SERIES – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM GARDEN – EVERY EVENING – FERULLO’S BAND – HUGE CROWD – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COUPLE SITTING IN GRANT PARK – STEVENS HOTEL BEHIND – MERRY CHRISTMAS – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – EXPRESSWAY MEDIAN – MEDICAL CENTER DISTRICT – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL AND 65TH – APARTMENT BUILDING – YOUNG TREES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GUS’ GOOD FOOD – 420 N DEARBORN – GUS’ KITCHEN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS UNDERGROUND TUNNEL COMPANY – DRAMATIC HEAD-ON VIEW OF TRAIN – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KIMBARK AVE – N FROM 65TH – LARGE HOMES WITH AWNINGS – TREE-LINED STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN AVE – W OF SEMINARY – MANY STORES – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – FROM LAKE MICHIGAN – BUILDING ON LAKE IS YACHT CLUB – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW SUBWAY STATION – TRAIN – ESCALATOR – NICE VERSION – TINTED – EARLY 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PRAIRIE AVE – S FROM 5200 – NEW HANDSOME APARTMENTS – YOUNG TREES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE – AERIAL – FROM NEAR NORTH SIDE – LOOKING SW – MID 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – AERIAL – AMERICAN FLAGS – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM WASHINGTON – ROOSEVELT THEATER – MARSHALL FIELD’S – LIKELY A SUNDAY – NICE VERSION – 1966 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PHOTO PRODUCTS COMPANY – 6100 LA SALLE – INSTANTO POST CARD – 7 DOLLARS PER 1000 EXPRESS PAID – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON BATHING BEACH – HUGE CROWD – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA – WEST SIDE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS – FOUNTAIN LUNCH – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
BUTTON – CHICAGO – WIEBOLDT’S DEPARTMENT STORE – CHRISTMAS – 1950s Leave a comment
PATCH – CHICAGO – CTA – SHOULDER PATCH FOR EMPLOYEES – 1960s Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CONTINENTAL SCALE CORPORATION – 5701 S CLAREMONT – HEALTH-O-METER SCALE – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 3 YOUNG WOMEN ON THE ROCKS LOOKING AT LAKE – UNKNOWN LOCATION – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – PART OF WACKER – AERIAL – CTA TRAIN ON BRIDGE – 1970s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – LAKE AND WELLS – TWO-CAR TRAIN IN BICENTENNIAL LIVERY – 1978 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH SHORE LINE ELECTROLINER – MILWAUKEE TERMINAL – WORKMEN AND PICK-UP TRUCK – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – 3 YOUNG WOMEN – SET LIKE REAR OF TRAIN – 1945 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – 3 YOUNG WOMEN – SAME 3 AS ABOVE – SET LIKE SALOON – 1945 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AT MONROE – LOOKING N – PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUS IN NEW SHELTERS – NEW-LOOK BUS – 1979 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – N OF RANDOLPH LOOKING S – CTA SANTA BUS – 1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 34TH STREET – E OF COTTAGE GROVE – APARTMENTS AND HOMES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 55TH AND CORNELL – ZAMORA APARTMENTS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 5440-44 CORNELL – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALLERTON HOTEL – TIP TOP TAP – EVENING – ABOUT AS CHARMING AN URBAN IMAGE AS THERE IS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BATHING BEACH – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – BIG CROWD – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BROOKFIELD ZOO – ELEPHANT COMPOUND – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – RAILWAY BASCULE BRIDGE AT 12TH – TUG AND STEAMER PASSING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – STATE STREET BRIDGE – OPEN FOR STEAMER EASTLAND – SHIP ROLLED OVER IN 1915 KILLING 844 PEOPLE – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER AND WACKER DRIVE – AERIAL – LOOKING E FROM MARINA CITY – 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DANISH LUTHERAN ORPHANS HOME – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – N FROM 46TH – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – TYPICAL BEDROOM – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – WABASH – NOTE SIGNS – THOMPSON MUSIC COMPANY – DENTAL COLLEGE – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND BLVD VIEW – LOOKING S – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAY LINE SIGHTSEEING – FOUNTAIN OF TIME – BUS – DRIVER TALKING TO PASSENGERS – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ATLANTIC – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – LOBBY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HYDE PARK HIGH SCOOL – KIMBARK AND 56TH – EARLIER BUILDING – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON BLVD – FROM BOARD OF TRADE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON BLVD – W FROM GARFIELD PARK – NICE VERSION – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BASEBALL GAME – CROWD GATHERED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LIFE SAVING STATION – TWO BOATS – MAN ON ROOF – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – 900 N MICHIGAN – DINING ROOM WITH CUSTOMERS – LOOKS LIKE MODELS – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LUNT AVE – FROM ASHLAND – ROGERS PARK – LARGE HOMES – TREE-LINED STREET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S OLD ORCHARD STORE – THE HAWTHORNE ROOM RESTAURANT – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORMANDY HOUSE RESTAURANT – N MICHIGAN AT CHICAGO – ARTWORK BY EDGAR MILLER WHO DECORATED THE RESTAURANT – 1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH SHORE HOTEL – DAVIS AND CHICAGO – EVANSTON – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERWIN AVE – W FROM ASHLAND – ROGERS PARK – LARGE HOMES – TREE-LINED STREET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL – NOTE STREET CLOCK – NOTE FIELD’S CLOCK IS MISSING SUPPORTING ARMS – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BRIDGE – STEAMER ROOSEVELT PASSING – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – GRAND SALON – 1936 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – U-505 GERMAN SUBMARINE – FLOATING DRYDOCK – JACKSON PARK – 1954 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AVENUE BATHING BEACH – BIG CROWD – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WOODLAWN AVE – S FROM 47TH – LARGE HOMES – TREE-LINED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTER STAMP – CHICAGO – CHICAGO THE SUMMER RESORT – WOMAN IN LAKE – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SYLVIA TELL – PREMIERE DANSEUSE – CHICAGO OPERA – H. A. ATWELL STUDIO Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – LAKE STREET LINE – CLINTON STATION – TRAIN IN BICENTENNIAL LIVERY – SKYLINE – 1980 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – AERIAL – TRAIN ON CURVE TOWARDS UNKNOWN STATION – 1950s – SEE READERS’ COMMENTS 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – WABASH – NORTH SHORE ELECTROLINER ON CURVE – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD – KIMBALL BUS ROUTE – BRILL BUS – SIGN FOR NEW BUS – HIGHLY EVOCATIVE IMAGE OF LIFE IN THE CITY THEN – c1950 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – YOUNG GIRL WITH SANTA – NICELY-DONE SANTA BUT GIRL SEEMS A BIT APPREHENSIVE – 1949 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – COLLEGE INN RESTAURANT – ENTRANCE – NIGHT – c1950 – SNAPSHOT Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HILLMAN’S PURE FOODS – UPTOWN – STORE FRONT – 1937 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DRUGSTORE – 63RD AND JUSTINE – INTERIOR – 1907 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CERMAK ROAD – WITT STREETCAR – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – APARTMENTS – WITT STREETCAR – AD FOR MUSEUM OF SCIENCE – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – DEVIL’S GORGE RIDE ENTRANCE – PEOPLE WAITING – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – LOBBY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON BATHING BEACH – HUGE CROWD – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ROYALANNEX-ROYAL ARCADE APARTMENTS – RAVENSWOOD – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAILWAY EXCHANGE BARBER SHOP – JACKSON AND MICHIGAN – EIGHTH FLOOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – HUGE CROWD – PART OF GOLD COAST SERIES – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – E END – SUBMARINE U-505 – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD – LOOKING N FROM AEROPLANE – NOTE PALISADE-LIKE STRUCTURE IN PARK – 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING S – FROM STEPS OF ART INSTITUTE – 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MAISON-LAFITTE RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM – 1980 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BEACH – REST PAVILION – WOMEN STROLLING – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – FROM STREET – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – AERIAL VIEW TOWARDS CORNER – NOTE AWNINGS – STREETCARS – PEDESTRIANS – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – GRANT PARK – SKYLINE – PLANES DRAWN IN – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ASHLAND AND WILSON – NE CORNER – APARTMENT BUILDING – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – GREEK ROOM – STATUES (LIKELY ALL COPIES) – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 1126-28 MORSE AVE – ROGERS PARK – 1915 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2126 S WABASH – 1933 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 