Archive for January 2018
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – BIG CROWDS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – ONE OF THE CARDS BEST CAPTURING THE “FLAVOR” OF THE TIME AND PLACE – STREET LEVEL – THE FAIR – BASKIN – TRAFFIC COP – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MONROE – AERIAL – CROWD – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – WHAT WAS CALLED PALMER HOUSE CORNER – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REPUBLIC BUILDING – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AT MADISON – AERIAL – TRAFFIC JAM – CROWDS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – GROUND LEVEL – STRIPED TENT PAVILION IN FRONT – ALTHOUGH THE CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 1905 THE VERSION OF ITS BUILDING WHICH STANDS TODAY WAS BUILT AROUND 1916 – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL FROM VAN BUREN LOOKING N – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NOON HOUR CROWD – IN FRONT OF KNOX FIVE AND TEN – TINTED – ANOTHER VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING SE AERIAL – WOOLWORTHS GOLDBLATTS SEARS ROTHSCHILD – I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SOUTH END OF STATE A MUCH LESS INTERESTING PLACE – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON ELEVATED – BUSIEST CORNER IN THE WORLD – CROWDS – WAGONS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING S FROM LAKE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL – WAGONS – STREETCARS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – N FROM ADAMS – MOUNTED COP – CROWDS – FAIR STORE SIGN – OG SHOES SIGN – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – GROUP OF PEOPLE NEAR A NEWS STAND AND A DRUG STORE – COULD BE HYDE PARK – THIS TYPE OF APARTMENT BUILDING IS SO CHARACTERISTIC AND ALSO A STORE BUILT INTO A CORNER – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FIGURE SKATER JOANNE SCOTVOLD – APPEARING (WITH HER TWIN SISTER) IN AN ICE SHOW IN CHICAGO – ALL THROUGH AND AROUND THE 1950s ICE SHOWS WERE VERY POPULAR IN CHICAGO – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – DAILY NEWS BUILDING – NEWSPRINT LAKE BOAT – COTEAUDOC FROM FORT WILLIAM – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AT MADISON – LOOKING N ELEVATED – CROWDS – WAGONS – STREETCARS – BOSTON STORE WINDOWS ON LOWER LEFT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CALLED NOON HOUR – STREETCARS JAMMED – HUGE CROWDS – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET NEAR MADISON LOOKING NW – CHICAGO FEDERAL SAVINGS – ROOSEVELT THEATER – COUPLE WALKING – NICE VERSION – 1971 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N – RED STREETCARS – BIG CROWDS – WORLD’S BUSIEST SHOPPING CENTER – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM ADAMS – FAIR STORE – NOTE ROOF SIGN – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – TINTED – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – IN FRONT OF PALMER HOUSE LOOKING N STREET LEVEL – 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO- STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON – CABLE CARS – CROWDS – BLUE TINT OFF-REGISTER – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CORNER OF WASHINGTON – LOOKING N – FIELD’S – ROOSEVELT THEATER – UNITED OF AMERICA BUILDING – NICE VERSION – 1966 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 