Archive for September 2015
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DELIVERY CAR – BURIED IN SNOW – UNKNOWN STREET – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AT BRIDGE – LOOKING SW – BRIDGE CLOSING AFTER SHIP -OTHER BRIDGES OPEN – NOTE PARKING ON CIRCLE IN FRONT OF WRIGLEY – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TAVERN ON THE SOUTH SIDE – BLACK MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCE – 1941 – EDITED FROM A RUSSELL LEE IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE ART FAIR – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SEASHELL LAKE SCENE – GREETINGS – CHICAGO THEN REGARDED AS SUMMER SHORELINE DESTINATION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET STATION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – CONSERVATORY – MAN DRINKING FROM DRINKING FOUNTAIN – STOPPED CAR – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL RIENZI – 600 DIVERSEY PARKWAY – TINTED – 1937 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON BLVD FROM BOARD OF TRADE – AERIAL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BATHING BEACH AND LIBERTY BUILDING (RENAMED GERMAN BUILDING) – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE N – LOOKING S – TRIBUNE WRIGLEY LONDON INSURANCE – DISCONCERTING PERSPECTIVE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – OSBORNE HALL AND OSBORNE ROW – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEWBERRY HOTEL – 817 N DEARBORN – AMERICAN PLAN – TINTED – 1937 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKWAY HOTEL – LINCOLN PARK W AND GARFIELD – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIALTO THEATRE – STATE BETWEEN JACKSON AND VAN BUREN – FINEST VAUDEVILLE IN CHICAGO – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM JACKSON – AERIAL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
BLOTTER – CHICAGO – ADVERTISING FOR SOUTH SHORE LINE AND CHICAGO AURORA AND ELGIN – MUTOSCOPE-TYPE PIN-UP – THROW IN THE TOWEL – 1955 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAMBO CLUB RESTAURANT AND DANCE HALL – FRONT COVER – PERHAPS 1930s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAMBO CLUB RESTAURANT AND DANCE HALL – INSIDE – PERHAPS 1930s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAMBO CLUB RESTAURANT AND DANCE HALL – BACK COVER – PERHAPS 1930s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – NARCISSUS ROOM RESTAURANT – 1958 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELDS – GOOD MORNING BREAKFAST – FRONT COVER – 1958 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELDS – BREAKFAST – INSIDE – 1958 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELDS – GOOD MORNING BREAKFAST – BACK COVER – WEDDING SERVICES – 1958 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KUNGSHOLM – RUSH AND ONTARIO – LUNCHEON – FRONT – 1943 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KUNGSHOLM – RUSH AND ONTARIO – LUNCHEON – INSIDE – 1943 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KUNGSHOLM – RUSH AND ONTARIO – LUNCHEON – WINE LIST – 1943 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – COUNTRY STORE RESTAURANT – COVER – 1956 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – COUNTRY STORE RESTAURANT – INSIDE – 1956 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KAPPY’S RESTAURANT – 71ST AND JEFFERY – HOME OF DELICIOUS FINE FOOD – FRONT COVER – 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – JOHNNY LATTNER’S MARINA CITY RESTAURANTS – COVER – 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE HARLEQUIN ROOM – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – FRED HARVEY – COVER – 1957 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE HARLEQUIN ROOM – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – FRED HARVEY – BACK COVER – 1957 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE HARLEQUIN ROOM – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – FRED HARVEY – INSIDE ONE – 1957 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE HARLEQUIN ROOM – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – FRED HARVEY – INSIDE TWO – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 1321 E HYDE PARK BLVD – ALLEY IS ON RIGHT – MRS BEAU’S HOUSE IS NEXT ON THE LEFT – BUILT IN 1891 – EDITED FROM REAL ESTATE IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 1321 E HYDE PARK BLVD – LIVING ROOM ALL RENOVATED WITH OLD WOOD MAINTAINED – BUILT IN 1891 – EDITED FROM REAL ESTATE IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL FREIGHT YARDS – PABST BLUE RIBBON SIGN – PORTION OF SKYLINE – 1943 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – PEOPLE ON BENCHES AND WALKING – GERMAN BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHELSEA HOTEL – 920 WILSON – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – AEROPLANE VIEW – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL HAYES AND ANNEX – LOBY – 64TH AND UNIVERSITY – TINTED – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUMBOLDT PARK – ENTRANCE TO SUNKEN GARDEN – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – THE COLUMBUS CARAVELS – GIFT OF SPAIN FOR COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – CHILDREN AND WOMEN – REST PAVILION IN DISTANCE – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW FEDERAL BUILDING AND POST OFFICE – STREET LEVEL PANORAMA – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW MCVICKERS THEATRE – FOYER – JONES LINICK AND SCHAEFER – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – STREETCARS AND CROWDS – FOR WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – AERIAL CROWDS – STREETCARS – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE OLD COURTYARD – 619 N MICHIGAN – SIGNS FOR THE ITALIAN SHOP AND THE TEA SHOP – 1918 Leave a comment
DIAGRAM – CHICAGO – GUIDE FOR MAKING THE TRUE CHICAGO HOT DOG – ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS INCLUDING BOILED VERSUS BROILED HOT DOG, TYPE OF PEPPERS USED, AND BUNS RANGING ALMOST INTO THE GOURMET Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE REPUBLIC BY DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH – JACKSON PARK – STOOD IN THE GRAND BASIN OF THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DEL PRADO HOTEL – DETAIL OF TERRA COTTA TRIM – INDIAN HEAD Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SKYLINE AND LAKEFRONT – AERIAL – LOOKING S FROM NORTH AVE BEACH – SUN RISE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKE PARK AVE AT CABLE COURT – TROLLEY BUS TURNING – AERIAL – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STATION – KING DRIVE – LOOKING S – EDITED FROM A OLGA STEFANOS IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – E 57TH AND STONY ISLAND – ROW OF SHOPS BUILT FOR 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – GROUND LEVEL Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – E 57Th AND STONY ISLAND – ROW OF SHOPS BUILT FOR 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – HOTEL WINDEMERE BEHIND – AERIAL – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – YOUNG MOOSE CALLED BARNEY – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN – NEW PARLOR CAR – 400 SERIES TRAINS – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 18TH AND LOOMIS – BLUE ISLAND – SNAPSHOT – c1950 Leave a comment
ARTWORK – CHICAGO – NEW LAKEFRONT KIOSK CALLED RENDERING OF ROCK – PART OF A NEW SERIES COMMISSIONED BY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – FAIRLY CONTEMPRARY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO’S JUAN MIRO SCULTURE – 69 W WASHINGTON – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INDUSTRY – JACKSON PARK – OSAKA GARDEN ADDED ON THE LAGOON – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PROMONATORY POINT – 55TH AND SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNIDENTIFIED BARBER SHOP – SOUTH SIDE – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UPTOWN RAPID TRANSIT STATION – POLICEMAN – SIGN FOR ARCHITECT – c 1922 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WILLIAM RAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – 5631 S KIMBARK – HYDE PARK – PERSPECTIVE FROM ACROSS STREET – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHURCH OF ST JEROME – PAULINA AND LUNT – ROGERS PARK – INTERIOR – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE N – AERIAL FROM RIVER – NIGHT – DREAMY POSTER-LIKE IMAGE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MILLION DOLLAR RAINBO GARDENS – SUN PARLOR – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVER – AERIAL – LOOKING E FROM W OF MERCHANDISE MART – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE AND LAKE FROM PENINSULA – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE AND WATERFRONT – AERIAL FROM LINCOLN PARK – INSET OF EVENING SKYLINE – c1980 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – MARSHALL FIELD’S – LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – COBB HALL AND DIVINITY DORMATORIES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WATERFRONT AND SKYLINE – AERIAL – LOOKING N FROM S END OF GRANT PARK – c1980 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – 3 PEOPLE CROSSING IN HEAVY WIND – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DEPARTMENT STORE SANTA WITH BOY – UNKNOWN STORE – 1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AT VAN BUREN – PEOPLE GETTING ON STREETCARS – ELEVATED STATION – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNITY BUILDING – 127 N DEARBORN – EARLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKWAY HOTEL – LINCOLN PARK W AND GARFIELD – LOBBY – TINTED – 1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARTIN JEWELERS – 214 S STATE – FREE GIFT FOR RE-OPENING YOUR ACCOUNT – 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN CASINO – BALLROOM – 70 N CLARK – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLONIAL THEATRE – 24 W RANDOLPH – EARLIER KNOWN AS IROQUOIS THEATRE SITE OF A GREAT FIRE – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALBANY PARK THEATRE BUILDING – KEDZIE AND LAWRENCE – 1910s Leave a comment
PATCH – CHICAGO – BOY SCOUTS – FORT DEARBORN – INDIAN BOUNDARY CAMPOREE – 1974 Leave a comment
PATCH – CHICAGO – BOY SCOUTS – CAMP FORT DEARBORN – c1960 Leave a comment
HAT – CHICAGO – CONDUCTOR’S HAT – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND – INSIDE LABEL FROM THE FAIR STORE – c1960 Leave a comment
CATALOGUE – CHICAGO – THE DAVIS COMPANY – LATER THIS BECAME GOLDBLATTS – TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS – 1927 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LOOP ELEVATED STRUCTURE – AERIAL – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL MELBOURNE – 4625 N RACINE – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARIGOLD BAKERY AND COFFEE SHOP – BROADWAY AND GRACE – OPEN FROM BREAKFAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – LOOKING NW – – AT MADISON – MANDEL BROTHERS ON RIGHT – NOTE POLICE IN SHORT SLEEVES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – UNUSUAL HIGH AERIAL – LOOKING N – 1964 Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAN BUREN AND WELLS – ELEVATED TRAIN ON CURVE – STREET SIGNS – 1962 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – TOURING BUS FULL OF PASSENGERS – 1915 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PEOPLE GETTING ON STREETCAR – 1927 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BACK SIDE OF SHORELAND HOTEL – FROM STREET WITH BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – HYDE PARK – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING S FROM ART INSTITUTE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAIL YARDS – AERIAL – ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND MICHIGAN CENTRAL – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SKY RIDE RESTAURANT – 105 W VAN BUREN – JUST W OF CLARK – NOTE CIGARS AT COUNTER – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VALENTINE RESTAURANTS – 142-8 W VAN BUREN – OPPOSITE LA SALLE STREET STATION – DINING ROOM – NICE VERSION – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VICTORIA HOTEL – CHICAGO HEIGHTS – PRAIRIE SCHOOL INFLUENCE – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WINTER GARDEN – JOY SPOT OF CHICAGO’S LOOP – 3 BIG SHOWS NIGHTLY – TINTED Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – JIM SAINE’S RESTAURANT – 971 N RUSH – ONE DOLLAR IN TRADE Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – JOHN P. HARDING RESTAURANT – FIVE CENTS IN MERCHANDISE Leave a comment
PAINTING – CHICAGO – STEAM TRAINS – TWILIGHT – UNKNOWN ARTIST – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REX BITTERS COMPANY – 1712-14 MICHIGAN AVE – ARCADE CARD TYPE PICTURE – FRONT – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REX BITTERS COMPANY – 1712-14 MICHIGAN AVE – BACK – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WESLEY HOSPITAL – DEARBORN BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH STREETS – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT – 1578 CLYBOURN – 5 IMAGES – NICE VERSION – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM NEAR WASHINGTON – COLUMBUS BUILDING IN RED – MARSHALL FIELD ON LEFT – AERIAL – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N – HUGE CROWDS – 1914 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING S E – FIELD’S NEW BUILDING LEFT CENTER – MASONIC TEMPLE N OF RANDOLPH THEN TALLEST IN CITY – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKI-HI DRIVE-IN AND RESTAURANT – 100 S CICERO – AN ACTUAL DC-7 – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA STRADA RESTAURANT – 1531 N WELLS – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LORRAINE LOBBY – WABASH AND VAN BUREN – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BREVOORT – RAINBOW ROOM RESTAURANT – COZY CORNER – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HILLMAN’S LUNCHEONETTE – STATE AND WASHINGTON – INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET RAILROAD STATION – EARLY VERSION – PARKED CARRIAGES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – FORT DEARBORN RECONSTRUCTION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUTTER-NUT BREAD – SCHULZE BAKING COMPANY – 55TH AND WABASH – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING S FROM N SIDE OF RIVER – SEAGRAM SIGN – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON BLVD – AERIAL – BOB ELFMAN’S – HOTEL WASHINGTON – ADDING MACHINE SIGN LOWER RIGHT – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING SE – OLD MARSHALL FIELD BUILDING AT LEFT – COLUMBUS BUILDING ACROSS WASHINGTON – 1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHEDD AQUARIUM – MAIN DOORS – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH SHORE ELECTROLINER – UNKNOWN ELEVATED STATION – c1960 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GROUP OF PEOPLE BY LAKE WATCHING BLIMP AT WORLD’S FAIR – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – BURLINGTON ROUTE – DENVER ZEPHYRS – THE NATIONAL PARK LINE – c1940 Leave a comment
GLASS – CHICAGO – DOSAGE MEASURE – THE FAIR STORE – STATE ADAMS AND DEARBORN Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CAMEL CIGARETTES – FEATURING JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT AND INSET OF OWNER – SMOKE FOR DIGESTION’S SAKE – 1936 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – GREEN MILL SUNKEN GARDENS – LAWRENCE AND BROADWAY – 2000 GARDEN CHAIRS – FRIED CHICKEN DINNER 1.25 – DINE AND DANCE – 1920s Leave a comment
BOOK COVER – CHICAGO – SPIRIT OF THE SHORE LINE – 1984 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 