Archive for March 2018
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – HUGE CROWD – GROUND LEVEL – LOOKING TOWARDS GOLD COAST – BEFORE AIR-CONDITIONING WAS WIDESPREAD PEOPLE WENT TO THE BEACHES IN VERY LARGE NUMBERS – NICE VERSION – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – FLAGS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR AT NAVY PIER – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO MASONIC TEMPLE – LATER THE CAPITOL BUILDING – NE CORNER OF STATE AND RANDOLPH – LIGHT WELL AT CENTER OF BUILDING – WORLD’S TALLEST AT 23 FLOORS IN 1892 – TORN DOWN BECAUSE FOUNDATION WOULDN’T WORK WITH NEW SUBWAY – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STREET STREET AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING NE – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS STORE – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING NE – NOTE CARSON’S (ON RIGHT) HAS BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED FROM IMAGE – 1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE AND BOATERS – 1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VICTORIA HOTEL – MICHIGAN AND VAN BUREN – LOOKING W ON VAN BUREN – c1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHICAGO THEATER – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL – WOOLWORTHS – TWA – CHICAGO FEDERAL SAVINGS – CROWDS – IT SEEMS CLEAR FROM THIS VERSION OF THE CARD THAT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WAS “MONTAGED” INTO AN EARLIER PHOTO – AN ENDURING IMAGE OF STATE STREET SHOPPING FROM THE TIME – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMANDO’S RESTAURANT – 735 N RUSH – THE UPSTAIRS – c1960 Leave a comment
PLATE – CHICAGO – PETER PAN SNACK SHOPS – DINNER PLATE – LATE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – SOUTH BRANCH – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE – LARGE SAILING SHIP DOCKED – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERMAN PARK – 52ND AND CENTER AVE – CHILDREN WATCHING BOATERS – PEOPLE WATCHING FROM BRIDGE TOO – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – GRANT PARK – NOTE MOBILGAS SIGN – c1965 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 