Archive for April 2018
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN VAUDEVILLE PERFORMERS IN COSTUME – THEATRICAL STUDIO CHICAGO – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK WITH CRAB APPLE TREES IN BLOSSOM -LOOKING NW TOWARDS MICHIGAN AVE – c 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM ART INSTITUTE – CARS PARKED – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PARADE FLOAT FOR PUERTO RICO CONGRESS QUEEN – TAD’S STEAKS (167 N STATE) IN BACKGROUND – CHICAGO THEATER ON LEFT (175 N STATE) – RIGHT EDGE BIT MIGHT BE LOOP THEATER MARQUEE (165 N STATE) – 1966 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AMD MADISON – LOOKING W ON MADISON – MCVICKERS THEATER – WALGREEN’S – PEOPLE CROSSING STREET – NICE VERSION – 1952 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – CTA TWIN COACH BUS TURNING CORNER – STORES IN BACKGROUND – 1963 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT FOR LOCATION 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMEN DANCE PERFORMERS ON STAGE WITH GYPSY COSTUMES AND TAMBOURINES – CHICAGO OPERA BALLET – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMER IN THE CHICAGO GRAND OPERA BALLET IN A COSTUME -DAGURRE STUDIO CHICAGO – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – WHEN IT HAD FOR A WHILE TWO LOCATIONS – ORIGINAL AT 17 W ADAMS – NEWER AT 123 N WABASH – 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BALLANTINE’S RESTAURANT – 1207 N DEARBORN – 3 INTERIOR IMAGES – c1950 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S RESTAURANTS – RENDEZVOUS – 1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – CHILDREN AROUND A FOUNTAIN CALLED THE BUBBLING CUP – REFRESHMENT STAND BEHIND – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – INDEPENDENT WALL PAPER COMPANY – MAN READING BY FIRE IN A BASEMENT ROOM – POINSETTIA CUT-OUTS AND OATMEAL DUPLEX PATTERN – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – ZENITH RADIO – NEW 1942 MODELS – WOMEN IN GOWNS BY LARGE CONSOLE RECORD PLAYERS – PORTABLE RADIOS – 1942 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION – SILO THE RADIO ROBOT AND THE ZENITH FACTORY – 1942 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – VIEW DOWN MADISON – CORNER VIEW OF MANDEL BROTHERS – CROWDS HORSES CARRIAGES CARS – TINTED – NOTE HOW MANDEL STORE BUILDING HAS CHANGED COMPARED TO CARD BELOW – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL LOOKING N E – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT ENTRANCE AND CROWDS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BATHING BEACH AND PIER – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – 1660 E HYDE PARK BLVD – NOTE WOMEN SITTING ON PIER UNDER UMBRELLAS – GROUP OF CHILDREN ON BEACH – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – THEN CALLED MANHATTAN – WINDSOR PARK – PAVILION WITH MANY BATHERS – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH AVE BEACH – UNKNOWN COUPLE SUNBATHING – 1989 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – THE CASINO – PEOPLE WALKING – CAR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 78TH STREET E OF HALSTED – UNKNOWN SIDE STREET IN AUBURN PARK – DRUGSTORE – TAILOR CLEANER DYER – WAGONS – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE FROM THE LAKE – RAILROAD 1865 – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE MERCY HOSPITAL – 26TH AND CALUMET – GROUND CORNER VIEW – GAS LIGHTS ON STREET – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – BELMONT HARBOR YACHT BASIN – APARTMENTS AND HOTELS IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – 1941 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – O W RICHARDSON AND COMPANY – WABASH AND CONGRESS – FINEST LINE OF RUGS IN CHICAGO – FIRST FLOOR SHOWROOM – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BABALAN AND KATZ TIVOLI THEATRE – MAIN FOYER – JUST S OF 63RD AND COTTAGE GROVE – 4500 SEATS – TINTED WITH OFF-REGISTER REDS – WHEN IT OPENED IN 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 6040-50 DORCHESTER AV – COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM NEAR ADAMS – ART INSTITUTE – PEOPLE WALKING – CHECKER CAB – MID 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL – 5301-5355 N SHERIDAN – FIRST PORTION BUILT 1916 – SECOND BUILDING 1924 – BEACH WALK – OUTDOOR DANCING – TINTED – c1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – THE GOLF LINKS – PEOPLE GOLFING – PEOPLE ON BENCHES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – VIEW LOOKING N – MICHIGAN AV ON LEFT – JOHN M SMYTH – COCA COLA – PRUDENTIAL – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LILY POND – RENIOR-LIKE SCENE WITH TWO WOMEN ON BENCH – TINTED – 1911 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA – GET RIGHT WITH GOD SIGN – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEBRASKA S OF DICKENS – TREE-LINED STREET OF LARGE FRAME HOMES – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SWEDISH ROCOCO HOUSE RESTAURANT – 161 E OHIO – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – THERE WERE MANY SWEDISH RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – TRANSIT HOUSE AND GATE – WAGON – HORSE RIDER – PEDESTRIANS – THE STOCK YARDS WERE ALMOST A CITY WITHIN THE CITY – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – LAGOON WITH CANOE SITTING AT SHORE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – DOUGLAS PARK – FOUNTAIN AND PAVILION – PEOPLE WALKING – SOMEWHAT SURREALISTIC – TINTED – 1921 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MERCHANDISE MART – OPENED IN 1930 – MARSHALL FIELD TRUCK AND TRAFFIC COP – NICE VERSION – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT – FIREMEN POSING INSIDE NEW PUMPER UNIT – 1938 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – PEDESTRIANS STREETCAR WAGONS CARRIAGE – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM NEAR JACKSON GROUND LEVEL – CHECKER CAB – NICE VERSION – ANOTHER CARD WHICH VIVIDLY RECALLS WHAT IT FELT LIKE THEN – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS DECORATION AND STATE LAKE THEATER – 1962 – EDITED FROM A DAVID ZORNING IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STATES RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – STATE AND ADAMS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STAGE SHOW DANCERS – STATE-LAKE THEATER – 190 N STATE STREET – SNAPSHOT – c1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MONROE GROUND LEVEL – LATE 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 