Archive for December 2017
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – S FROM ADAMS GROUND LEVEL – C D PEACOCK SIGN – CROWDS WAGONS – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – CHICAGO AND LOOP AND STATE-LAKE THEATERS – NIGHT – NICE VERSION – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM MADISON – EARLY EVENING – TWO COPS IN SHORT SLEEVES – MANY SIGNS – NICE VERSION – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAY LINE BUS TOURS – GROUP AND BUS AT FOUNTAIN OF TIME – WASHINGTON PARK AT MIDWAY PLAISANCE – NICE VERSION – 1950 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING AROUND – 1972 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO- CHICAGO – ELEVATED TRAIN PASSING OVER BUSY STREET IN SNOW – LOCATION UNCERTAIN – JUST AN UTTERLY CHARMING IMAGE – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE BY EDSON SOARES 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING NE GROUND LEVEL – UNITED OF AMERICA – PURE OIL – FIELD’S – LOOP AND STATE THEATERS – MOVING NEWS SIGN ABOVE WALGREEN’S – 1970 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD STATION – AKA WELLS STREET STATION – HORSE-DRAWN BUS-LIKE WAGONS – TINTED – 1898 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BREVOORT – 120 W MADISON – BETWEEN CLARK AND LA SALLE – THE GRILL ROOM RESTAURANT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – LIFTED FOR STEAMER PERE MARQUETTE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
BOOK PLATE – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – CABLE CARS – HUGE CROWDS – 1897 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STILLSON’S RESTAURANT – MADISON AND DEARBORN – SECOND FLOOR – ORCHESTRA – REFINED ENTERTAINERS – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DENNY’S RESTAURANT – 4239 S HALSTED – OPPOSITE UNION STOCK YARDS – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DRAKE’S RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE – 131 N DEARBORN AT RANDOLPH – NIGHT STREET VIEW – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GUEY SAM RESTAURANT – 2205 WENTWORTH – INTERIOR AND SIGN OUTSIDE – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – BLUE FOUNTAIN ROOM (RESTAURANT) – LA SALLE AND MADISON – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUPPELER’S CAFE – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – UNDER CIVIC OPERA HOUSE – INTERIOR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE – INSIDE STOCK YARDS – SIRLOIN CLUB – PARKING LOT – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATH IGLER’S CASINO (RESTAURANT) – 1627-29 MELROSE – HOME OF THE SINGING WAITERS – 4 IMAGES – TINTED – 1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – TERRACE GARDEN – ICE SKATING FESTIVAL – CHICAGO’S WONDER RESTAURANT – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – TERRACE GARDEN – PUBLIC DANCING – CHICAGO’S WONDER RESTAURANT – TINTED – c 1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLD HEIDELBERG (RESTAURANT) – 14 W RANDOLPH – WHEN EITEL – OLD HEIDELBERG ROOM – BIG CROWD WITH WAITERS – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL (THEN OWNED BY HILTON) – THE TOWN AND COUNTRY RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIBS BY ROBERTS (RESTAURANT ) – 4615 N SHERIDAN ROAD – IN THE SHERIDAN PLAZA HOTEL – OPEN ALL NIGHT – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BERGHOFF (RESTAURANT) – 17 W ADAMS – HISTORICAL PAINTING OF EVENING STREET SCENE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHINA TOWN TEMPLE BUILDING – 22ND AND WENTWORTH – GUEY SAM RESTAURANT – TAI DONG RESTAURANT – 1964 Leave a comment
TRANSFER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY (BEFORE CTA) – STATE-VAN BUREN STATION OF THE ELEVATED – 1944 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION IN CHICAGO – WAITRESS UNIFORMS FOR 1945 – 1944 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HIGHWAY TRAFFIC – UNCERTAIN LOCATION – SOME DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS IN DISTANCE – c 1970 – SEE READER COMMENT ON LOCATION 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEACH – SOUTH SHORE DRIVE AND 56TH – AERIAL LOOKING S TOWARDS OTHER BEACHES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – 7059 S SOUTH SHORE DRIVE – AERIAL – TINTED – ALTHOUGH THE CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 1905 THE VERSION OF ITS BUILDING WHICH STANDS TODAY WAS BUILT AROUND 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING – MICHIGAN AVE – NOTE THE AWNINGS – I BELIEVE DANIEL BURNHAM MAINTAINED A TOP FLOOR OFFICE HERE WHEN SUPERVISING THE CREATION OF THE WATERFRONT BURNHAM PLAN – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BROOKFIELD ZOO ENTRANCE WHEN NEW – TINTED – OPENED 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SENECA HOTEL – 200 E CHESTNUT – THE BOW-N-ARROW LOUNGE INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE STREET AISLE – SEASONAL DECORATIONS – NICE VERSION – c1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – SHOWING STOREFRONTS ON 3 STREETS – STATE – MADISON – WABASH – NICE VERSION – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH – TURNING STREETCAR CARS WAGON – ROOSEVELT THEATER – TINTED – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING NE – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT ENTRANCE – CROWDS – TINTED – c 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – BASKIN WOOLWORTH LYTTON’S GOLDBLATT’S – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – NIGHT – CHRISTMAS SEASON – EARLY 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH – MARSHALL FIELD’S ON LEFT – TRAFFIC COP – NICE VERSION – 1954 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – CROWDS – STREETCARS – NOTE HORSES ON RIGHT – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NEAR BRIDGE – AERIAL – WAGONS – STREETCAR – HIBBARD SPENCER BARTLETT BUILDING – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVER – STATE STREET BRIDGE OPEN – STEAMER HEADED W – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FRITZEL’S RESTAURANT – 201 N STATE – BAR – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN ELEVATED – STREETCAR – BUS – CHECKER TAXI – PEOPLE – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL FROM LAKE LOOKING S – CROWDS – STREETCARS – ROOF SIGN UPPER RIGHT – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL FROM LAKE ELEVATED LOOKING S – YELLOW STREETCARS – AWNINGS – CROWDS – TINTED – MARSHALL FIELDS BUILDING DONE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVER – STATE STREET JACKKNIFE BRIDGE OPEN – HUGE LAKER AND TUG – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
CHICAGO – POSTCARD – WACKER DRIVE AND RIVER – STATE STREET BRIDGE OPEN – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE ROMANTIC IVANHOE (RESTAURANT) – 3000 N CLARK – DINING DANCING ENTERTAINMENT SIX BARS – CALLED SEVENTH WONDER OF THE WORLD – BUILDING WAS A SPEAKEASY IN AL CAPONE’S DAY – 1950s 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – PEOPLE MEETING UNDER FIELDS CLOCK WHICH WAS A POPULAR PRACTICE – KAROLL’S – ROOSEVELT THEATER – 1969 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM JACKSON AERIAL – I WILL SERIES – CROWDS – STREETCARS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PUBLIC LIBRARY – SEEN FROM GRANT PARK – INCORRECTLY LABELLED AS MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH – SHOULD BE MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON – TINTED – 1941 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PUBLIC LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH – NOTE LANE BRYANT SIGN ON ROOF – CENTRAL IC ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN STATION ENTRANCE BOTTOM RIGHT ON RANDOLPH Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – FROM FRONT OF PALMER HOUSE STREET LEVEL LOOKING N – 1972 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN AND COLLEGE INN RESTAURANT – AERIAL CORNER VIEW – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BISMARK – RANDOLPH STREET – PALACE THEATER IN BACKGROUND – LOOKING E STREET LEVEL – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – THE HEATHER HOUSE – EIGHTH FLOOR STATE – CALLED LOOP’S MOST GLORIOUS RESTAURANT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – STATE STREET AT MADISON – AERIAL – BUSIEST CORNER IN THE WORLD – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – STATE STREET – NEAR MADISON LOOKING N STREET LEVEL – NIGHT – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 