Archive for May 2017
BOOK COVER – CHICAGO – CTA AT 45 – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – 6000-SERIES RAPID TRANSIT CARS – TOUHY AVENUE ON HOWARD LINE DURING TESTS – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK AND LAKE – STREETCAR – ELEVATED STATION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE STREET – LOOKING TOWARDS BOARD OF TRADE – c1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD – PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK – NOTE MARSHALL FIELD DELIVERY TRUCK IN TRAFFIC – c LATE-1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – S OF VAN BUREN LOOKING N – SEARS ON RIGHT – ELEVATED STATION AHEAD – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BARTENDER AT TRACY’S EXPLAINS NEW LAW ALLOWING WOMEN TO DRINK ONLY AT TABLES AND NOT AT THE BAR – NOT ONE OF CHICAGO’S HIGH POINTS – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANTS AND SODA FOUNTAINS – WILSON AND COMPANY MEAT PACKERS – WORLD’S FAIR – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BISMARCK GARDEN AT NIGHT – BROADWAY AND LAKE – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATHON’S RESTAURANT – WAUKEGAN – FOR ICHTHYOPHAGISTS – DINING ROOM – FRONT – FISHING TUG IN LAKE – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GEORGE HESSBERGER’S RESTAURANT – 4300 LINCOLN AVE – STREETCORNER – TWO INTERIORS – c1960 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – HARMONY CAFETERIAS – 15-17 S WABASH – 58-60 W WASHINGTON – 21-23 S DEARBORN – WABASH AT 9TH Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK RESTAURANT – 180-86 RANDOLPH – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALLERTON HOTEL – 701 N MICHIGAN AT HURON – TIP TOP TAP – NIGHT VIEW – ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST ROMANTIC IMAGES – NICE VERSION – 1954 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STEVENS HOTEL (LATER THE CONRAD HILTON) – MICHIGAN AVE – GRANT PARK – PANORAMA – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN BEACH HOTEL – 7301 N SHERIDAN – RESIDENTIAL AND TRANSIENT – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RUSH STREET – DUSK – HOTEL MARYLAND – SIGNS FOR RESTAURANTS – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKSIDE HOTEL – 200-26 N HAMLIN BLVD – FACING GARFIELD PARK – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BROOKMONT – 3933 MICHIGAN BLVD – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BRADLEY – RUSH AND INDIANA – HOTEL ALEXANDRA – RUSH AND OHIO – LEADING POPULAR PRICE HOTELS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX AND AUDITORIUM – LOOKING N W – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – SHOWING ONE OF THE INDIAN CHIEF SCULPTURES IN CONGRESS PLAZA – 520 S MICHIGAN AVE – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER S BRANCH – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE WITH STEAMER – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PEOPLES THEATER AND GUS SNACK SHOP – 1620 W 47TH NEAR ASHLAND – NOT A GREAT PHOTO AND THE PLACE IS HERE INTO ITS DECLINE BUT THIS DOES CAPTURE THE SPECIAL FEELING OF CHICAGO’S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIE PALACES WITH THE SNACK SHOPS THAT SO OFTEN ADJOINED THEM – DELIGHTFUL PLACES TO GO IN THEIR DAY ESPECIALLY EVENINGS WITH ALL THE LIGHTS GLOWING – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – PEOPLES THEATRE – 47TH AND ASHLAND – THE SAME PLACE AS ABOVE DECADES EARLIER – HANDBILL ANNOUNCING SUMMER POLICY – 1927 Leave a comment
MAGAZINE COVER – CHICAGO – JIM MORAN OF COURTESY MOTORS ON COVER OF TV TIMES – HE WAS A WELL-LIKED LOCAL PERSONALITY – HE HOSTED AND ADVERTISED ON HIS OWN SHOW THE COURTESY HOUR – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – YOUNG MAN IN WORKING CLOTHES IN FRONT OF WHITE CASTLE RESTAURANT – UNKNOWN LOCATION – SNAPSHOT – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CAPITOL BUILDING – EARLIER KNOWN AS MASONIC BUILDING – RANDOLPH AND STATE – THEN TALLEST AT 22 FLOORS – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – THE FAIR ON LEFT – PALMER HOUSE IN MIDDLE BACKGROUND – COP ON STREET CORNER – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BURLINGTON ZEPHYR STREAMLINER – ALONGSIDE VINTAGE STEAM TRAIN – AERIAL – WORLD’S FAIR 1933-34 – NICE VERSION Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM UNDER LAKE STREET ELEVATED – NIGHT – 1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – RAINY NIGHT – LOOKING W FROM STATE – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THREE GIRLS WALKING WITH SCHOOL BOOKS – WICKER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ALTHOUGH THE SCENE COULD HAVE BEEN IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD – 1950s – EDITED FROM VINTAGE EVERYDAY SITE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONROE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING E FROM LASALLE – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEACH VIEW GARDEN RESTAURANT – WILSON AVE AT CLARENDON – INTERIOR – DINE – DANCE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – CROWD – 3 WOMEN RESEMBLING 3 GRACES MONTAGED IN – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LIBERTY (FORMER GERMAN) BUILDING AND BATHING BEACH – FERRY – CROWD SITTING AND STROLLING – TINTED – 1924 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – U.S. LIFE SAVING STATION – NOTE WOMAN WITH PARASOL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – THEN CALLED MUNICIPAL PIER – EAST TOWERS – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – TWO CHILDREN WALKING – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON STREET BRIDGE – OLD UNION STATION IN DISTANCE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND BOULEVARD – COUPLE RIDING HORSEBACK – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL – CROWDS – WAGONS – STREETCARS – MARSHALL FIELD CLOCK – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – LOOKING E ON MADISON – GROUND LEVEL VIEW – CROWDS STREETCAR CARS – CARSON PIRIE ON RIGHT AND WHAT BECAME MANDEL BROTHER’S ON LEFT – TINTED -1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CROWDS BUS STREETCARS – NOTE THE STONE ON FIELD’S BUILDING HASN’T BEEN CLEANED – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – AERIAL – CROWDS – STREETCARS – WHAT BECAME MANDELS ON RIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – BIG CROWDS – GREEN STREETCARS – MANDEL BROTHERS – PART OF WORLD’S FAIR SERIES – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MERCHANDISE MART – AT NIGHT – BRIGHTLY LIT – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – GENERAL VIEW OF FOUNTAINS AND FLOWERBEDS – THE FRENCH INFLUENCE IN DESIGN IS CLEAR HERE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD – LOOKING S – EARLY EVENING – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK PARK – CLINTON N OF CONGRESS – RESIDENTIAL STREET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WOODLAWN AVE – S FROM 47TH – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – EARLIER BUILDING AND STATE STREET N OF IT – WATERCOLOR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – AROUND THE ENTRANCE – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – INGLESIDE AVE – SNOW – WOMAN WALKING IN DISTANCE – SNAPSHOT – 1930 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CANNED COLLEGE INN CHICKEN A LA KING – MADE BY SHERMAN HOUSE CHEFS – 1929 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT IN BICENTENNIAL LIVERY – UNKNOWN LOCATION – SEE READER COMMENT – 1976 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BOULEVARD – LOOKING N FROM 46TH STREET – GARDEN PARKWAY – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN – N FROM VAN BUREN – STREETCARS WAGONS PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHORE POST RESTAURANT – 2360 E 71ST – INTERIOR – S SIDE OF 71ST BETWEEN S OGLESBY AND SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – PEOPLE STROLLING – MERRY-GO-ROUND AND PARACHUTE RIDE – NOTE THE MINIATURE TRAIN HAS A TRUE STEAM ENGINE – 1909 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – HARMONY CAFETERIAS – SIX LOCATIONS IN THE LOOP – WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO LUNCH TO-DAY – 1927 Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – M. J. HOLLOWAY’S MILK DUDS CANDY CHICAGO – STORE DISPLAY BOX TOP – c1960 Leave a comment
WRAPPER – CHICAGO – HAPPY DAYS ICE CREAM BAR – MAUN AND LUND – 600 S MICHIGAN AVE Leave a comment
WRAPPER – CHICAGO – NEWLY WEDS CHICAGO – ICE CREAM CAKE ROLL – 1940 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET NEAR LASALLE – LOOKING W – TWO WOMEN WATCHING WORK AT CITY HALL BUILDING – BUILDING WAS BEING CLEANED – BISMARCK HOTEL AND PALACE THEATER IN DISTANCE – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N E FROM NEAR WASHINGTON – AERIAL – FIELDS NEW BUILDING WITH STRIPED AWNINGS – NOTE CLOCK IS NOT UP YET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHECKER CAB – CROWDS – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MONROE – CROWDS – DOUBLE DECK BUS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE N – AERIAL FROM DRAKE HOTEL – SHOWS MANSIONS – PLANE DRAWN IN – PART OF WORLD’S FAIR SERIES – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE N – AERIAL – TINTED – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEVENS HOTEL – SEVENTH STREET ENTRANCE – COUPLE ARRIVING OR LEAVING – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING S E – HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CROWDS – CARSONS – PART OF WORLD FAIR SERIES – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – RENOIR-LIKE TWO WOMEN AND A LITTLE GIRL – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LASALLE – LASALLE AND MADISON – AERIAL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – LOOKING S E – BIG CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUSES NOTE STREET CLOCKS – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – LOOKING N E – BIG CROWDS – MARSHALL FIELD CLOCK – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MONROE – LOOKING SW TOWARDS MICHIGAN – ART INSTITUTE AND GOODMAN THEATRE – WINTER – TWIN COACH BUS – 1970 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL LOOKING S – ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS BEFORE COVERING – 1968 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NW FROM S OF ART INSTITUTE – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS CARS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VIEW FROM CHICAGO RIVER SIDE OF MERCHANDISE MART – LOOKING S E – NOTE ELEVATED TRAIN ON WELLS STREET BRIDGE – 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – HOTELS ALONG MICHIGAN AVE IN BACKGROUND – 1967 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CARS LINED-UP DURING GAS DRIVERS’ STRIKE – HANDSOME UNKNOWN STREET – 1949 Leave a comment
BADGE – CHICAGO – SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL – SERVICE AWARD – CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB 1 comment
MUG – CHICAGO – WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – AERIAL – BIG CROWD – TRAMS – CARRIAGES – EARLY 1900s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH – CROWDS – STREETCARS – FIELDS BUILDING COMPLETE – COLUMBUS BUILDING BEHIND – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – SIGNS – STREETCARS – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – LOOKING W FROM STATE – AERIAL – MCVICKERS THEATER – BOSTON STORE WITH CLOCK – MANDEL BROTHERS LOWER RIGHT – TINTED – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM THE PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – PEDESTRIANS – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CALLED NOON HOUR – HUGE CROWDS – STREETCARS – NOTE FIELDS NEW BUILDING COMPLETE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CALLED IN CARNIVAL ATTIRE – COULD BE FOR THE CONCLAVE OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AT MADISON – LOOKING N E – MANDEL BROTHERS’ STORE – HEAVY CROWDS – FIELD’S IN DISTANCE – TINTED – 1922 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – LOOKING N – AERIAL – BOSTON STORE LEFT – HUGE CROWDS – NOTE FIELDS IN MIDDLE BACKGROUND WITH HALF OF NEW BUILDING AND CLOCK STILL ON OLD BUILDING – 1903 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN IN EUROPEAN COSTUME – KOPPELMAN STUDIO – 203 E NORTH Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN OPERA OR VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTION – 1891 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE N FROM RIVER – AERIAL – FAKE NIGHT – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – UNIDENTIFIED SECTION – CAR ON STREET WITH MANSIONS – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOUISIANE RESTAURANT – 1341 S MICHIGAN AVE – INTERIOR WITH DANCE FLOOR – 1920s Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 