Archive for April 2016
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WOMAN’S TEMPLE – LASALLE AND MONROE – AERIAL – WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE TOWER – MICHIGAN AVE – NOTE THE AWNINGS – TINTED – PART OF A SERIES FOR WORLD’S FAIR 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST BRIDE CHURCH – 7801 S COLES – NOTE WINDSOR PARK – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – CONCERT GARDEN – RESEMBLES A RENIOIR – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK WOODS CEMETERY – CREMATORIUM AND CHAPEL – 67TH AND GREENWOOD – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA – BROOKINS IN HIS BIPLANE – BIG CROWD BELOW – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LYON AND HEALY – ART ROOMS – PIANOS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COVER OF ARTHUR MEEKER NOVEL CALLED PRAIRIE AVENUE – 1949 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR ART INSTITUTE – MAIL TRUCK – FIRE HYDRANT – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OUTER DRIVE – NEAR NORTH AVE BEACH – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – U-DRIVE-EM MIDGET CRUISERS – WACKER AND MICHIGAN – CHICAGO RIVER – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AVALON THEATER – 79TH STREET SOUTH SHORE – RESTORED AS NEW REGAL – LOBBY FROM BALCONY – HOW WE LOVED THIS PLACE – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE AT OPENHOUSECHICAGO SITE 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 47TH STREET – BETWEEN COTTAGE GROVE AND DREXEL – WONDERFUL COMMERCIAL BUILDING – PARKED CARS – 1958 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 57TH STREET ART FAIR – CROWDS – GOFF HOUSE ON LEFT – TROPICAL HUT – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 113 TH AND S COTTAGE GROVE – PCC STREETCAR – STANDARD SERVICE STATION – SNAPSHOT – 1953 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ALEXANDER’S STEAKS RESTAURANT – AND SURROUNDINGS – SOUTH SHORE – ANOTHER VERSION OF DAVID ALEXANDER’S IMAGE – 1958-9 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ARMITAGE AND LAWLER – TYPICAL NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL FOOD STORE – WOMAN WITH WAGON – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – PEOPLE CROSSING – COP – TRAFFIC – PABST SIGN – MID-1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W – SHERMAN HOUSE – TOFFENTTI’S – BUS TERMINAL – WOODS THEATER – BUSES – CABS – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS SEASON – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 450 S STATE – FOLLIES BURLESQUE – DUGAN’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE – SNAPSHOT – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JEFFERY THEATER – 71ST STREET – EVENING – PEOPLE WAITING – SONG OF THE SOUTH WAS RE-RELEASE – SNAPSHOT – 1956 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AVALON THEATER – THE AVALON A PERSION THEATRE – NATIONAL THEATRES CORP – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CALUMET AVE – N FROM 44TH – APARTMENTS AND HOMES – YOUNG TREES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF ILLINOIS – 152 MONROE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – BALL BROTHERS JARS – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT – 2126 S WABASH – DINING ROOM – TINTED – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FOSTER’S RESTAURANT – 162 N ILLINOIS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLISEUM – BREWERS EXPOSITION – BIERSTUBE – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD- CHICAGO – HOTEL NORTH PARK – 1931 LINCOLN PARKWAY W – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CORNELL SCHOOL – GRAND CROSSING – 1907 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE ANCHORAGE RESTAURANT – WINDERMERE HOTEL – 56TH AT JACKSON PARK – COVER – 1958 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE ANCHORAGE RESTAURANT – WINDERMERE HOTEL – 56TH AT JACKSON PARK – INSIDE – 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – YERKES OBSERVATORY – LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN – TINTED – 1907 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERMAN HOUSE HOTEL – DELFT ROOM RESTAURANT – TINTED – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA – NAVAL ARMORY – NAVY PIER – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – INTERNATIONAL HOUSE – LOUNGE – 1414 E 59TH – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY – FREE WALL PAPER SAMPLE BOOK – CUSTOMER RESPONSE CARD – 1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD – S FROM HOLLYWOOD – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL IN DISTANCE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BREVOORT HOTEL – 120 W MADISON – HANNAH AND HOGG BAR – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FISHER BUILDING – 343 S DEARBORN – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAUDEVILLE-CIRCUS PERFORMER – H. A. ATWELL STUDIO – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAUDEVILLE-CIRCUS PERFORMER – REMBRANDT STUDIO Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAUDEVILLE-CIRCUS PERFORMER – MARY PICKFORD HAIR – ORPHEUM STUDIO – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ADLER PLANETARIUM – PEOPLE – CARS – BUS – SNAPSHOT – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHEDD AQUARIUM – PEOPLE WALKING TOWARDS – SNAPSHOT – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 5581-89 WINTHROP AVE – BRYN MAWR BEACH APARTMENTS – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL LOOKING E – PART OF SECOND LARGEST CITY SERIES – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – WRIGLEY BUILDING – EXCURSION STEAMER – BOULEVARD (MICHIGAN) BRIDGE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND BLVD – WASHINGTON MONUMENT – VIEW FROM WASHINGTON PARK – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HAMILTON PARK – THE WADING POOL – THE SMALL PARKS SYSTEM – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUMBOLDT PARK NEW SECTION – SUNKEN GARDEN VIEWED FROM UNDER PERGOLA – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – GRANT MONUMENT – TRAFFIC – TOURIST DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N – TOWARDS LONDON GUARANTEE WRIGLEY AND ALLERTON – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM BRIDGE – AERIAL – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MIDWAY BOULEVARD – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – AERIAL – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – CORNER AERIAL VIEW – NOTE ROOF SIGN AND CORNER CLOCK – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER TERMINAL – DINING ROOM – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHICAGO CAMPUS – AERIAL – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – CORNER AERIAL VIEW – STREETCAR – PARKED CARS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – ELDRIDGE COURT AND WABASH – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOLDIER FIELD – AERIAL – PART OF SECOND LARGEST CITY SERIES – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING W FROM STATE – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST LUKE’S HOSPITAL – CARRIAGE IN FRONT – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE NORMAN HOTEL – WILSON AT BEACON – SELECT RESIDENTIAL HOTEL – c1930 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAURICE’S RESTAURANT – 1937 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – PICCANINNY BARBECUE RESTAURANT – MADISON AT HAMLIN – HARLEM AT NORTH – BACK – c1930 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – PICCANINNY BARBECUE RESTAURANT – MADISON AT HAMLIN – HARLEM AT NORTH – COVER – c1930 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – WILLIAM TELL RESTAURANT – 5709 W NORTH – HOUSE OF FINE STEAKS 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THOMPSON’S 16 CLUB – 123 N CRAWFORD – DINE AND DANCE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE MARQUETTE CIGAR SHOP AND SODA FOUNTAIN – 140 S DEARBORN Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – THE HUDDLE COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 8751 S STATE – PIANO ORGAN MUSIC Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – PETER PAN – CHICAGO’S FINEST SNACK SHOPS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – KAPPY’S RESTAURANT – 503 W MADISON – ACROSS FROM NORTHWESTERN STATION Leave a comment
WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON JOHN CHUCKMAN’S CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA: URBAN ARTIFACTS, HISTORY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE, PARKS OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS, CHICAGO NOTABLE BUSINESSES OF THE PAST, CHICAGO STREETSCAPES, CHICAGO ODDITIES, CHICAGO MAPS, VINTAGE CHICAGO ADVERTISING, CHICAGO THEATERS, CHICAGO WEATHER IMAGES, LAKE MICHIGAN, CHICAGO RIVER AND BRIDGES, CHANGING CHICAGO SKYLINE, AND MORE – SEEN THROUGH MANY THOUSANDS OF POSTCARDS, PHOTOS, ENGRAVINGS, MENUS, MATCHBOOKS, AND ASSORTED SOUVENIRS 7 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – LOWER STRUCTURE – UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER AND DATE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BREEVORT HOTEL – MURAL ROOM RESTAURANT – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CAFE BRISTOL – 6319 S HALSTED – PRIDE OF ENGLEWOOD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STATION – WITH PIGEON-COOP TOWER – AERIAL – CARRIAGES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FEDERAL BUILDING AND POST OFFICE – CLARK ADAMS DEARBORN AND JACKSON – AERIAL – TRAFFIC – TINTED PART OF A SERIES FOR WORLD’S FAIR – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARTMAN FURNITURE AND CARPET COMPANY – LET HARTMAN FEATHER YOUR NEST – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – THE COFFEE ROOM – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – AUTUMN – RESEMBLES AN HENRI ROUSSEAU – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LAKE DRIVE – MANY PEOPLE SITTING – TINTED SLIGHTLY – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR TRIBUNE TOWER – 1958 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BOULEVARD BRIDGE – FROM WHERE EQUITABLE BUILDING IS NOW – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – AERIAL – LOOKING N ON STATE – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REMIEN AND KUHMERCHICAGO WALLPAPERS – CROWN COMBINATION NO X413 SUGGESTION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – CALLED EXPOSITION – SCENIC RAILWAY – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – ROSCOE AND WESTERN – WATER BUG RIDE – RIDES – PICNIC GROVES – PARKING – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE – FROM NAVY PIER – FERRY TIED UP – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE – LOOKING SE FROM NEAR NORTH SIDE – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – MARSHALL FIELD AND MASONIC TEMPLE – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SWEDISH TERCENTENARY ART EXHIBITION – 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WOMEN STANDING NEAR FOUNTAIN IN PARK – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 63RD AND LOOMIS – PCC STREETCAR – ELEVATED TRAIN – BIG CROWD FOR RUSH HOUR – BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL APARTMENT BUILDING – NICE VERSION OF A FAVORITE CHICAGO IMAGE – 1944 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – UNKNOWN LOCATION – PANORAMIC SKYLINE IN DISTANCE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CENTRAL AVE – CTA TROLLEY BUS PICKING UP PASSENGER – CARS AND APARTMENT BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – 1968 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – LOOKING SE – PCC STREETCAR – CROWDS – NOTE WORK BEING DONE AT CARSON’S DEPARTMENT STORE – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – FROM LAKE ELEVATED – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS SEASON 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREETCARS LINED UP – UNKNOWN STREET – SNOW STORM 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – AERIAL PANORAMA OF FRONT – THE BUILDING WHICH CAME BEFORE THE HOTEL KNOWN BY THAT NAME IN THE 1950s – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUNTE CANDY COMPANY – DELIVERY WAGON AND DRIVER – UNKNOWN STREET – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUMBOLDT PARK – WADING POOL – FULL OF CHRILDREN – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY STADIUM – EVANSTON – AERIAL – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST PETER’S CHURCH – 110 W MADISON – INTERIOR – FRANCISCAN FATHERS – HOME OF THE FRANCISCAN SHRINES OF ST ANTHONY AND ST FRANCIS – 1954 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – FEEDING THE DUCKS – c1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNDERGROUND SERVICE TUNNEL – ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE AND CREW – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – MIDGET CITY – CITY POPULATED BY MIDGETS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AVE THEATRE – WILSON AND EVANSTON – TINTED – HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE – c1910 Leave a comment
BOOK COVER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RAILROAD FAIR – OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK – FAIR WAS HELD IN 1948 AND 1949 – LAST GREAT FAIR INVOLVING RAIL Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 