Archive for July 2017
AD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – HYDE PARK BLVD ON THE LAKE SHORE – WOMAN WITH RIDING OUTFIT – CHICAGO’S WATERFRONT WITH ITS GLAMOROUS HOTELS WAS A REAL DESTINATION IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY – THIS HOTEL (MUCH LIKE THE DEL PRADO) LATER HAD ITS NAME PLACED ON A NEWER BUILDING – EARLY 1900s 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT CROSSING WELLS STREET BRIDGE – 2012 – EDITED FROM A JAMES PHILLIPS PHOTO Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CREW MEMBERS ON LAKE BOAT DOCKED IN CHICAGO CHOPPING ICE AFTER BIG STORM – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – WOMEN’S PETTICOAT DEPARTMENT – TINTED – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – MAIN AISLE STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS – NICE VERSION -1938 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH? – SHOPPERS UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE – MANY SIGNS – c1960 – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED CTA RAPID TRANSIT – TRAIN TURNING FROM LAKE ONTO WABASH – DATE UNKNOWN BUT THESE 2000 SERIES TRAINS WERE USED STARTING FROM 1964 – SUN-TIMES BUILDING IN DISTANCE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HOTEL DEL PRADO – THE ORIGINAL – 59TH AND DORCHESTER – BUILT JUST AHEAD OF 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – A FEW PEOPLE WALKING NEARBY – DEL PRADO NAME LATER REUSED AT 5307 S. HYDE PARK BLVD ON A NEWER BUILDING (1918) WHICH STANDS TODAY AS APARTMENTS – c1900 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GROUND-LEVEL VIEW ACROSS RIVER LOOKING N E – EVENING – WENDELLA BOAT RIDES – TRIBUNE TOWER – 1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE TOWER AND NEARBY BUILDINGS – AERIAL FROM ACROSS RIVER – NOTE AWNINGS PARKING – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – AERIAL – BIG CROWD NEAR ELEPHANT COMPOUND – 1920s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT – WHEN EITEL – RANDOLPH JUST W OF STATE – NEW YEAR 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING S AT GROUND LEVEL – TWIN COACH BUS LETTING PASSENGERS – WATER TOWER GETTING REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARINA CITY BEING BUILT – FAIRLY EARLY STAGE – FIRST TOWER COMPLETED 1962 AND SECOND 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MONROE – AERIAL – CALLED PALMER HOUSE CORNER – CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING S FROM S OF LAKE STREET – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
SIGN – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAINS – THE “IC” – STATION SIGN FOR 71ST AND 72ND STREETS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN – WINTER VERANDA – 1912 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET – ESQUIRE THEATER AT 58 OAK E – MID-1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK AUDITORIUM – OGDEN AND KEDZIE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N TOWARDS RIVER – LONDON GUARANTEE BUILDING FEATURED – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH WATER STREET FREIGHT DEPOT WITH BOX CARS – FORMER PABST BLUE RIBBON SIGN – 1943 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WILLYS CAR DISPLAY AT CHICAGO AUTO SHOW – 1955 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT ELEVATED TRAIN – CHICAGO STOCK YARDS – MID-1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ELEVATED LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CALLED NOON HOUR – HUGE CROWDS AND TRAFFIC – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ELEVATED LOOKING N FROM MADISON NEAR BOSTON STORE – MULTI-UNIT TRAMS – CROWDS – ONLY HALF OF FIELDS NEW BUILDING – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BY NIGHT – FAKE NIGHT – ELEVATED – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ELEVATED LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – STREETCARS CROWDS – NOTE PEOPLE RIDING HORSES ON RIGHT SIDE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ADLER AND SULLIVAN’S AUDITORIUM THEATRE AND ANNEX – MICHIGAN AVE AND CONGRESS – SEEN FROM GRANT PARK LOOKING W – TINTED – DATE UNKNOWN BUT OPENED IN 1889 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS STEEL WORKS – SOUTH CHICAGO – ELEVATED VIEW – LATER BECAME US STEEL SOUTH WORKS – c1900 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO CHRISTMAS PARADE – MARY HARTLINE AND CLAUDE KIRCHNER AND CLOWNS FROM SUPER CIRCUS TV SHOW WAITING FOR WEATHER – 1953 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE VIEW – 5 BUILDINGS NAMED – PEOPLES GAS – LAKE VIEW – ILLINOIS ATHLETIC CLUB – MONROE – UNIVERSITY CLUB – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE THEATRE – 60 E BALBO DRIVE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW PRINCESS THEATRE – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – CROWD IN FRONT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK GARDEN RESTAURANT – EVANSTON AVE AT GRACE AND HALSTED – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – VIEW FROM MIDWAY PLAISANCE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – MISS IPANA DENTAL CHARM GIRL – BRISTOL-MYERS COMPANY – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING NE – BIG FLAG DISPLAYS – STREETCARS – CROWDS – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE AND MARKET – ELEVATED STRUCTURE AND TRAIN – WAGONS – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIVINITY – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PADDOCK CLUB – BROADWAY AND DIVERSEY – INTERIOR – 1940 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FLEISHMAN’S FLOWER STORE – RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING – INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FOSTER-MUNGER COMPANY DELIVERY WAGON – SASHES AND DOORS PLATE WINDOWS – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – MARATHON DANCERS – 1343 HOURS DANCING – LAST 500 WITH NO RESTS – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL FROM RANDOLPH – MANY SIGNS – THEATERS – PEDESTRIANS – MONDO CANE AT LOOP – NICE VERSION – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM JACKSON – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUMBOLDT PARK REFECTORY – CAR HORSES PEDESTRIANS – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – AERIAL N FROM THE BRIDGE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING N FROM JACKSON – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WABASH AVE – ELEVATED LOOP – TRAIN IN DISTANCE – PART OF I WILL SERIES – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAVENSWOOD HOSPITAL – 1931 WILSON AVE – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KENDRICK AND LINDBLAD OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTICIANS – 53 ILLINOIS STREET CHICAGO HEIGHTS – OPPOSITE RIO THEATRE – c1950 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 