Archive for February 2016
PAINTING – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE – REPOSE – JOSEPH TOMANEK CHICAGO ARTIST Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BLACK BOY AND GIRL – AUSTIN AND CO STUDIO – POSSIBLY VAUDEVILLE ACT – 1930s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BRIDE AND GROOM – A. HEINEMANN STUDIO – 5049 S ASHLAND – GORGEOUS WEDDING DRESS AND HAT – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – PEOPLE WALKING – ILLINOIS HOST HOUSE IN BACKGROUND – SNAPSHOT – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK ELEVATED – MAN WORKING ON HIS CAR – 1929 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED – COMMUTERS GETTING OFF RAVENSWOOD TRAIN – UNKNOWN DOWNTOWN STATION – 1962 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STATION – YOUNG MAN ON PLATFORM READING WAR POSTER – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ENGLEWOOD ELEVATED OVER EXPRESSWAY – WENTWORTH AVE – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LIBBY MCNEILL AND LIBBY – LOADING DOCK WITH TRUCKS – 1932 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – MASSIVE CROWD – 1925 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD COURTHOUSE FROM 1905 – AERIAL – 1961 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVER MOUTH AND OLD OUTER DRIVE S-CURVE – AERIAL – BLUE CROSS – LOTS OF EMPTY RAIL LAND – c1950 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SILENT STAR BETTY GIBSON – CELEBRITY STUDIO PORTRAIT – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – MILWAUKEE ROAD – FIRST DOUBLE-DECK COMMUTER CARS – FRONT END – EARLY 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO ELEVATED TRAINS ON BRIDGE OVER CHICAGO RIVER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ELLEN COOLIDGE AND PAUL MILLER LOOKING AT RARE NEW PAREIASAUR FOSSIL – HE DOES SEEM TO BE CROWDING HER SPACE – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – HUGE SNOW STORM – PERHAPS CABBY WITH SHOVEL – NOTE THEATRE BEHIND – 1939 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UPTOWN TRANSIT STATION – WILSON NEAR BROADWAY – ELEVATED TRAIN ABOVE – RAINY DAY – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH – LOOKING N FROM MONROE – PEDESTRIANS – ELEVATED TRAIN ABOVE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – ILLINOIS WELCOME BUILDING – NOTE PART OF SOLDIERS FIELD BEHIND – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO LAUNDRY COMPANY – 4243 COTTAGE GROVE – STAFF LINED-UP IN WINDOWS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ED V. PRICE AND COMPANY MERCHANT TAILORS – 266 FRANKLIN – SOUVENIR – TINTED – c1910 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LUTHERAN YOUTH BUILDING – 875 N DEARBORN PARKWAY – KLEIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – N OF 112TH – ROSELAND – BINROSE HOME FURNISHERS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – GIANT HEART – ON MEDICAL BALCONY – GUIDE IN SUMMER UNIFORM – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW FORUM CAFETERIA – 64 W MADISON – TINTED – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BREWSTER HOTEL – DIVERSEY BLVD AND PINE GROVE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VICTORIA HOTEL – ACROSS FROM GRANT PARK – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – WEBSTER HOTEL – 2150 LINCOLN PARK W – FACING THE PARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – TIP-TOP INN – 111 S CLARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – SHORE DRIVE MOTEL – 56TH AND SOUTH SHORE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LITTLE PIERRE’S RESTAURANT – 79TH AND SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – PIERRE’S PALM GROVE – LAKE AT 56TH Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BELLEREVE HOTEL – 7255 S YATES – KITCHENNETTE APARTMENTS – HOTEL ROOMS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – ARCHER PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLY – 1701 S ASHLAND – ELJER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – HOTEL MOROCCO – 3933 DREXEL BLVD – APARTMENTS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – STEAMER THEODORE ROOSEVELT DELIVERING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE LAKE TO WAITING BUSES – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AUTO SHOW – GOGO-BOOTED MODEL – SNAPSHOT – c1970 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CROWDED STREET IMAGE – ONE OF THE NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTIONS – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – WOMEN WAITING NEAR BOAT PIER – SNAPSHOT – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – BIG WAVES – SNAPSHOT – 1917 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKESHORE DRIVE – SNOWY DAY – SERIOUS CAR CRASH – ALMOST SURREALISTIC IMAGE – 1947 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAWRENCE AND PAULINA – EASTGATE LIQUOR STORE – SNAPSHOT -1977 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N MICHIGAN AVE – WOMAN IN HAT WALKING – SNAPSHOT – 1946 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY – S KEDZIE – NEW PLANT – TOWER IS HUGE STORAGE BINS – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE – OHIO DELEGATION DINNER – DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION – 1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – THEN NOT CALLED THAT – FROM 75TH LOOKING TOWARDS NICHOLS PRIVATE BEACH – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ARTICULATED BUSES IN FRONT OF MARSHALL FIELD’S – 1988 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNION DAIRY COMPANY – 2332 ADAMS – DELIVERY WAGON AND DRIVER – 1913 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN BEACH – BOATS TOSSED BY STORM – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN PARADE – LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION OF 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET – APARTMENTS – AFTER HUGE SNOW – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – NEW FRAME HOUSE – CHILDREN AT STAIRS – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WHITE SOX BALL PARK – COLLEGE BASEBALL GAME – NOTE UMPIRE – 1903 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN – WINDMILL – ENTRANCE PATH – BROADWAY GRACE AND HALSTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – ADAMS AND FRANKLIN – BUSINESS REPLY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – SNOW SCENE – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – PICNIC SCENE – WOMAN AND GROUP OF CHILDREN – TINTED – RESEMBLES IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELDS – FROM WABASH AT WASHINGTON – ONLY ONE SECTION OF OLD STORE LEFT Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCCORMICK BUILDING – MICHIGAN AND VAN BUREN – NOTE LADIES ON BRIDGE – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN – LOOKING N FROM ART INSTITUTE FAKE NIGHT – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – SOUTH ROSELAND – ROSELAND THEATRE – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PLAZA HOTEL – CLARK AT NORTH – AERIAL VIEW OF SURROUNDINGS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHEDD AQUARIUM – CENTRAL AREA AND ONE WING OF EXHIBITS – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE AND RIVER – NIGHT – FREIGHTER ON THE RIVER – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE AND RIVER – NIGHT – NOTE ICE IN WATER – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING NE – JEWEL SIGN – WALGREEN’S – MARSHALL FIELD’S – CHECKER CAB – TWIN COACH – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STREETCAR AND CREW – NEAR AN ELEVATED – 1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLONIAL HOTEL – 6325-6335 KENWOOD – VIEW FROM STREET – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILLIS APARTMENT HOTEL – NE CORNER SHERIDAN AND AINSLIE – APARTMENT ARCHITECTURE SUCH AS THIS IS NOT WHY CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE IS FAMOUS – BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, SEEN IN SUCH QUANTITIES IN NO OTHER CITY WITH WHICH I AM FAMILIAR – IT MADE GRACIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AND WONDERFUL RENTAL LIVING 1 comment
ENGRAVING – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – N FROM MADISON – 1885 Leave a comment
PAINTING – MARSHALL FIELD’S THE CLOCK MENDER – NORMAN ROCKWELL – CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM – 1945 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – RED STAR INN – 1528 N CLARK – FOOD – 1967 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – RED STAR INN – WINE AND LIQUEUR CARD – 1967 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD RESTAURANT – CENTRAL STATION – 1962 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HEATHER HOUSE RESTAURANT – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – COVER – 1969 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HEATHER HOUSE RESTAURANT – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT – INSIDE – 1969 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – WAGON WHEEL LIQUORS – 3116 W 111TH – MUTOSCOPE CARTOON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – TWILIGHT CLUB – 1920 IRVING PARK – PIN-UP – I CAN COOK TOO Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE SHERIDAN RESTAURANT – 3944-46 SHERIDAN ROAD Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE BAKERY RESTAURANT – 2218 N LINCOLN – MAKE LOVE AT HOME, EAT HERE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – SIMON’S TAVERN – 10 N CLARK – BOTTOMS UP 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – RANDY’S RESTAURANT – RANDOLPH AND MICHIGAN Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – OXFORD RESTAURANT – 6352-56 N CLARK AT DEVON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – OLD PIONEER LIQUORS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – NEW YORK LIQUOR MART – 7714 S HALSTED Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MATT SCHULIEN AND SONS RESTAURANT AND BAR – 2100 IRVING PARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MANSON’S RESTAURANT – 57 E ADAMS – YOUR DOWNTOWN DINING ROOM Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – M AND S GLASS KITCHEN – STATE AND DIVISION Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LE BORDEAUX RESTAURANT – 3 W MADISON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LARSON’S RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE – 6000 W GUNNISON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – LAIN AND SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS – 5501 N ASHLAND Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – IVENER’S CIGAR STAND – 30 N MICHIGAN – SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS – MICHIGAN AT WASHINGTON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GRAND AVENUE BUFFET – 1127 AND A HALF GRAND – PIN-UP – WE SATISFY PARTICULAR PEOPLE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GEORGE’S RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 2873 BROADWAY – AT SURF Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – G J ANNE’S RESTAURANTS – 507 S WABASH – 620 RUSH – 2026 N CLARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – FRED’S TAVERN – 9601 COMMERCIAL – MUTOSCOPE CARTOON Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – EITEL’S PALACE THEATER – RANDOLPH AND LA SALLE – CINERAMA Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CHARMET’S RESTAURANT – 750 N MICHIGAN – AT THE WATER TOWER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CELEBRITY CLUB – 624 S MICHIGAN – BLONDIE AND HER BEVY Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BOUL-MICH LOUNGE AND RESTAURANT Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BILTMORE SERVICE STATION – 2057 W DIVISION – WINTER CHECK-UP Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 