Archive for November 2017
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – STEAMER – CHICAGO RIVER – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STEVENS HOTEL AND MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – LOOKING N – GRANT PARK – ART INSTITUTE – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEAR VAN BUREN – NIGHT – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEAR VAN BUREN – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY FIELD – STREET VIEW OF CROWDS LINED UP – NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – S FROM S OF RANDOLPH – FAKE NIGHT – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLD LION RESTAURANT – CLINTON AT JACKSON – UNION STATION – I WENT THERE ONCE WITH GRANDPA AND THOUGHT IT QUITE SUMPTUOUS – INTERIOR – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT – 1578-80 CLYBOURN – NEAR NORTH SIDE – 5 IMAGES – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – LOOKING N ELEVATED – HUGE CROWDS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM MADISON – STATE-MADISON CLOCK IN LOWER LEFT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1937 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – FAKE NIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE GALLERY RESTAURANT – COUNTRY CLUB HOTEL – 6930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – INTERIOR – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE MONADNOCK RESTAURANT AND LUNCH ROOM – 96 E VAN BUREN – INTERIOR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICKEN BOX TAKE-OUT – W IRVING PARK ROAD – 1950s – IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME THAT SIMILAR CHICKEN TAKE-OUTS STARTED APPEARING IN NEIGHBORHOODS – PERHAPS IT REFLECTED NEW COOKING TECHNOLOGY? Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – S R CROWN HALL – 3360 S STATE – ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – ONE OF MIES VAN DER ROHE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH – PUBLIC LIBRARY – PEOPLE CARS – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – CORNER OF FIELD’S – HUGE CROWD – TINTED – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS SEASON – WHEN A MALL WITH NO CARS 1979-1996 AS STATE STREET DECLINED FROM MOVE TO SUBURBS – NICER VERSION – LIKELY 1979 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOOKING E ON WACKER – AERIAL FROM MERCHANDISE MART – CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES AND PART OF DOWNTOWN – AERIAL – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
PRINT – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM MADISON – NOTE OLD FIELDS BUILDING WITH CLOCK – EARLY ELEVATED IN DISTANCE – CABLE CARS – HILLMAN’S – BOSTON STORE – CROWDS – TINTED – 1898 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM NEAR MONROE – 1970 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM NEAR ADAMS – AERIAL – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – LOOKING SE ELEVATED – CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUSES – FIELDS CLOCK – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – (RESTORED PORTION) – ADAMS LOOKING E FROM STATE GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS – WAGONS – POLICE – SIGNS – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE HOTEL – LOBBY – STAIRS TO MAIN RESTAURANT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – L’AIGLON RESTAURANT – 22 E ONTARIO – NICE VERSION – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NIELSEN’S FRENCH FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANT – 7830-40 S WESTERN AVE – NICE VERSION – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BAKERY RESTAURANT – 2218 LINCOLN AVE – STAFF AND DISPLAY CASE – LOUIS SZATHMARY WITH MUSTACHE AND CHIEF’S HAT NEXT TO HIS BROTHER – NICE VERSION – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE NANTUCKET RESTAURANT – 10437 S WESTERN AVE – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
CATALOGUE – CHICAGO – THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MONROE GROUND LEVEL – TWIN COACH – STORE SIGNS – 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN – TWIN COACH FOR SUBURB WAITING – 1946 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – KIMBARK BUFFET – 1233 E 63RD – FIVE-CENTS IN DRINKS 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL – CROWDS TRAFFIC – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1921 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – FROM LAKE STREET GROUND LEVEL – EARLY Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 