Archive for April 2017
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AND CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL – LOOKING NE – 1953 Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDINGS – 1946 Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – WHIMSICAL – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PERHAPS MIDWAY PLAISANCE NEAR UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – SNOWY DAY – PASSING CAR – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MONTROSE BEACH – PANORAMA OF BIG CROWD – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – APARTMENT BUILDING – 900 ARGYLE STREET APT 106 – BACHELORETTE SHOWING TINY KITCHEN BEHIND DOORS – THIS KIND OF APARTMENT ALSO HAD A MURPHY BED BEHIND DOORS – 1962 Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX – THEY WERE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – YEAR UNKNOWN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – LIFTED FOR EXCURSION STEAMER – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – LIFTED FOR STEAMER WITH MAST – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – LIFTED FOR STEAMER ROOSEVELT ON RIVER – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND ROOSEVELT – PCC STREETCAR LETTING OFF PASSENGERS AT ISLAND – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – FROM WOOLWORTH TO MARINA CITY – SHOPPING CROWDS – FLAGS – NICE VERSION – MID 1960s – SEE READER COMMENT AND RESPONSE 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING – LOOKING N FROM NEAR MADISON – STREETCARS – CARS – TINTED – 1927 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MENTOR BUILDING – STATE STREET AT MONROE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CROWDS SHOPPING – BUSES – TAXIS – SNAPSHOT – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AT RANDOLPH – LOOKING N – MARSHALL FIELD’S WALGREEN’S CHICAGO AND LOOP THEATERS – CHRISTMAS SEASON – SNAPSHOT – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AT MONROE – TRAFFIC BEING DIRECTED BY A POLICEMAN – NOTE BUSES AND SIGNS – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO- CHICAGO – ROOF-TOP WATER TANK PAINTED WITH A WHIMSICAL FACE – REMINDS ME OF CHAGALL – PUTNAM PUBLISHING COMPANY – AERIAL – 1956 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – 128 S STATE STREET – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS – 1961 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PARADISE THEATER – 231 N CRAWFORD AVE (LATER N PULASKI) W GARFIELD PARK – LINE-UP UNDER MARQUEE – OPENING YEAR 1928 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LESS-THAN-ENTHUSIASTIC WAITRESS OFFERING A WORLD’S FAIR SANDWICH TO A COLLEGE-BOY GUIDE (WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY CALLED) – CHOPPED BACON AND MAYONNAISE – HALL OF SCIENCE – 1933 Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX – THEY WERE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR – YEAR UNKNOWN – LIKELY 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH AMERICAN OYSTER HOUSE AND RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM – NW CORNER STATE AND MONROE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE JEWEL LAUNDRY – 1730 GREENLEAF AVE – BUILDING FROM STREET – DELIVERY WAGON ON SIDE – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – CONSERVATORY – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LOOKING E FROM THE W END OF THE DOWNTOWN BRANCH – MERCHANDISE MART – 1968 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LAKE STREET BRIDGE – CTA ELEVATED TRAIN 2000 SERIES – 1964 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BOSTON DEPARTMENT STORE – CORNER AERIAL VIEW – NW CORNER STATE AND MADISON – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY HEAD OFFICE – CASHIER’S DEPARTMENT – NUMBER 28 OF A SERIES CALLED COUNTING THE MONEY – STEREO IMAGE – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY HEAD OFFICE – EMPLOYEES’ HOSPITAL – NUMBER 50 OF A SERIES CALLED A CORNER IN THE EMPLOYEES’ HOSPITAL – STEREO IMAGE – c1910 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – WILLOUGHBY AND HILL DEPARTMENT STORE – MADISON AND CLARK – BUILDING-CUTAWAY DIAGRAM – 240 POUNDS OF BUTTER MADE EACH MORNING – OYSTER HOUSE – 1889 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SIEGEL COOPER AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET AND VAN BUREN – LATER THE BUILDING BECAME THE MAIN SEARS STORE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – PARK WORKER CLEARING SNOW FOR UNKNOWN PURPOSE – MICHIGAN AVE TRAFFIC BEHIND – MID-1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FOUR WOMEN AT LUNCH HOUR WATCHING CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR EQUITABLE BUILDING – E SIDE OF MICHIGAN AVE JUST N OF RIVER – EDITED FROM A SUN-TIMES IMAGE – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AUTO SHOW – DESOTO EXHIBIT – 1951 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 