Archive for March 2017
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – BUS STOP IN FRONT OF MANDEL BROTHERS – CROWD OF WOMEN – BUS PULLED UP – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING S – RED-TINGED BUILDING ON LEFT IS MASONIC TEMPLE AT RANDOLPH – FIELD’S IS NEXT – YELLOW STREETCARS – WAGONS – AWNINGS – THEATORIUM – TINTED – 1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM ELEVATED – CHICAGO AND STATE LAKE THEATERS – TELENEWS WHICH BECAME THE LOOP – TROLLEYS BUSES – MARSHALL FIELDS CENTER LEFT – NICE VERSION – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 1871 IMAGE OF RANDOLPH AND STATE – LOOKING NE – AFTER THE CHICAGO FIRE – CARD 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL – 1454-64 HYDE PARK BLVD (51ST) – ONE BLOCK FROM ILLINOIS CENTRAL – NICE VERSION – 1916 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – JUST N OF RANDOPH LOOKING N – CROWD OF SHOPPERS AND OTHERS IN BRIGHT MID-DAY SUN – I QUITE LOVE THE “FEEL” OF THE IMAGE AND THE WAY IT SO CAPTURES A TIME – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – NOT THE ORIGINAL FROM THE TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY – EAST HYDE PARK BLVD AND THE LAKE – AERIAL PANORAMA – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – CROWDS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – GIRLS IN DRESSES IN WATER – PEOPLE SITTING ON BEACH – PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES BY TREES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – HIGH WAVES – THREE MEN WALKING ALONG – REFECTORY IN DISTANCE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH (CALLED THEN MANHATTAN BATHING BEACH) – 75TH AND LAKE – HUGE CROWD – NOTE FAIR STORE AD ON PAVILION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN BEACH – CALLED BEACH BATHERS IN LAKE MICHIGAN – AERIAL – BIG CROWD – BOATS – LOOKING OUT TOWARDS LAKE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AVENUE BATHING BEACH – AERIAL PANORAMA – HUGE CROWD – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – WOMAN ON BEACH WITH ARMS UP TO SUN – STYLIZED – NORTH AVENUE BEACH – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHELL SERVICE STATION – UNKNOWN CORNER LOCATION – HEAVY SNOW CHRISTMAS SEASON – 1962 – UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED PASSING OVER EXPRESSWAY – PANORAMA -1960s – UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PARADISE THEATRE – 231 N CRAWFORD (NOW PULASKI) – ROOF DETAILS – OVER 3500 SEATS – SAID TO HAVE POOR ACOUSTICS OWING TO HUGE DOME – BILLED AS WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL – BUILT 1928 – DEMOLISHED 1956 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOGAN SQUARE BUICK – 2470 MILWAUKEE AT SACRAMENTO – TERRA COTTA FACADE – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – S SIDE OF RIVER LOOKING N – BRIDGE UP – 1977 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – BOND CLOTHES – OG SHOES – FOREMAN AND CLARK – HUGE CROWD OF MEN PERHAPS FOR SALE – CARS – c1950 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S WALNUT ROOM – COVER – 1947 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S WALNUT ROOM – INSIDE – 1947 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – ELEVATED STATION – CROWD LEAVING OFFICES – CATTLE IN ROAD – SPECIAL CARRIAGE OF SOME KIND – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – A FAVORITE CHICAGO IMAGE – NICE VERSION – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STATION AT QUINCY AND WELLS – 4000 SERIES TRAIN – NEAR WHEN THESE TRAINS WERE RETIRED 1973 – 1970 Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – ELEVATED RAILROADS PARKS AND BOULEVARDS OF CHICAGO – BIRDS-EYE VIEW – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 