Archive for June 2018
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ART INSTITUTE – PEDESTRIANS – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION – OPENED 1955 – THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHICAGO IMAGES – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W – IN ITS HEYDAY OF THEATERS AND RESTAURANTS – UNITED ARTISTS – WOODS – TOFFENETTI – HENRICI – SOUTH PACIFIC – AT FAR END IS PALACE THEATER WITH CINERAMA – 1959 – EDITED FROM CINEMATREASURE SITE 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE – WASHINGTON AND CLARK – SW CORNER – 1891 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MERCHANDISE MART AND PART OF RIVER AND BRIDGE CARS PARKED – AERIAL – 1930s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH AVE BEACH – BIG CROWD – c1950 – EDITED FROM A PARK DISTRICT IMAGE 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – QUEEN ELIZABETH WITH MAYOR RICHARD DALEY – ROYAL TOUR FOR ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENING – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – QUEEN ELIZABETH’S PARADE – AERIAL LOOKING N – 1959 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WESTERN AND LAWRENCE – CALIFORNIAN RESTAURANT – TWIN COACH BUS – COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK – HAS THE FEEL OF MANY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL STREETS OF THE TIME – 1967 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – AERIAL LOOKING W EVENING – WOODS THEATER – MAGIKIST SIGN – FIELDS CLOCK – THE BRIGHT COMMERCIAL BUZZ OF THE PAST IS STARTING TO FADE – 1980s – EDITED FROM STREETSANDSOUL SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO -CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W FROM STATE – IN ITS HEYDAY OF THEATERS AND RESTAURANTS – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – DE METS – OLD HEIDELBERG – ORIENTAL THEATER – 1957 – EDITED FROM AN ALLAN ZIRLIN IMAGE 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT BUILDING – 14 W RANDOLPH – NICE IMAGE OF NEW USE – EDITED FROM A WAYNE LORENTZ IMAGE – 2000 – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KENMORE AVE – S FROM BERWYN – BEAUTIFUL TREE-LINED STREET OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS – ANTIQUE CAR – 1912 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – LOOP THEATER – 1968 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – IN ITS SHOPPING HEYDAY – AERIAL FORE-SHORTENED WITH TELEPHOTO LENS – GROUPS OF SHOPPERS CROSSING STREET – HUGE NUMBER OF BUSES – SOME TWIN COACHES – NEWSPAPER DELIVERY LOWER RIGHT – ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHICAGO IMAGES – NICE VERSION – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL FROM MARSHALL FIELD – NEWS CENTRAL – TWIN COACH -CROWD AND TRAFFIC – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL WITH WOOLWORTHS ACROSS THE STREET – YELLOW CAB – STREETCARS – MANY STORE SIGNS – EARLY 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – UNDER MARQUEE OF CHICAGO THEATER – EARLY EVENING OR OVERCAST DAY – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MEIGS FIELD WATERFRONT AIRPORT – MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AND AMERICAN AIRLINES TESTS FOR SHORT-TAKE-OFF-AND-LANDING AIRCRAFT – SKYLINE IN BACKGROUND – 1969 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM NEAR ENTRANCE TO PALMER HOUSE – STREETCAR – CARRIAGES – PEDESTRIANS – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE MAJESTIC BAR INTERIOR – 73 E MONROE – MAJESTIC THEATRE BUILDING – BETWEEN WABASH AND STATE – WONDER BAR OF THE WEST – NOTE SPITTOONS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO- THE RIENZI – CLARK AND DIVERSEY BLVD – WITH OUTDOOR SUMMER GARDENS AND CONCERTS – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET – PEOPLE CROSSING UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE INCLUDING A YOUNG MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE SHORT-ORDER COOK – SNOWY – 1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – WINTER – NIGHT – LOOKING N FROM RANDOLPH – CHICAGO THEATER – NOTE THE NEWSSTAND IN FOREGROUND – PEDESTRIANS – GREAT ATMOSPHERIC IMAGE EVOKING MANY MEMORIES EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SLIGHTLY BEFORE MY TIME – 1941 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W FROM A BLOCK AND A HALF E OF STATE – c 1960 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – W SIDE OF STATE JUST S OF WASHINGTON – SHOPPING CROWD IN FRONT OF WOOLWORTH STORE – 1938 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND UNKNOWN INTERSECTION – I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS ADAMS, BUT THE EDGE OF THE CORNER BUILDING WITH THE WALGREENS IS NOT THE FAIR STORE – THAT IS PALMER HOUSE ACROSS STATE STREET – HUGE CROWD OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS – DEER DECORATIONS – c1950 – SEE READER COMMENT ON LOCATION – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED TRAIN – INTERIOR WITH PASSENGERS – 1943 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK AND MADISON – PCC STREETCAR – TRAFFIC COP – HOTEL PLANTERS – PEDESTRIANS – WIMPY – BORDEN MILK SIGN – 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER AND LOW-QUALITY SCAN 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE RUSH AND CEDAR – CTA PCC STREETCAR – 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMAN IN YELLOW BATHING SUIT SITTING ON THE ROCKS BY THE LAKE – 1940s – EDITED FROM A CHARLES CUSHMAN IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN LYING ON THE ROCKS BY THE LAKE – 1940s – EDITED FROM A CHARLES CUSHMAN IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMAN IN BLUE SWIM SUIT LYING ON ROCKS BY LAKE – 1940s – EDITED FROM A CHARLES CUSHMAN IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMAN WITH CLASSIC 1940s HAIRSTYLE IN YELLOW BATHING SUIT STANDING – PROMONTORY PARK 55TH STREET – 1940s – EDITED FROM A CHARLES CUSHMAN IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – YOUNG WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS SHOWERING NEAR THE LAKE – 1943 – EDITED FROM A CHARLES E STEINHEIMER IMAGE 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMAN IN BATHING SUIT LYING ON WOODEN STRUCTURE NEAR THE LAKE – 1920s – EDITED FROM A HARRY A ATWELL IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN IN SWIM SUITS AND BATHING CAPS BACK-TO-BACK AT EDGE OF LAKE – 1922 – EDITED FROM A HARRY A ATWELL IMAGE – ATWELL WAS A CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS – MANY OF THE YOUNG WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS HE PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE LAKE LIKELY WERE CIRCUS PERFORMERS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO- STATE STREET NEAR ADAMS – PCC STREETCAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH AND ROOSEVELT ROAD – PULLMAN STREETCAR – YELLOW CAB – BRICKS FOR TRACKS – c1952 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK AND SCHILLER – LOOKING N – PCC STREETCAR – STORES – 1957 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WENTWORTH AVE AND CERMAK ROAD – CHINATOWN – TWIN COACH BUS – NOTE CHINESE GATE ON WENTWORTH NOT BUILT YET – 1959 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON AND PULASKI – SHOPPING DISTRICT – PCC STREETCAR – c1950 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – IRVING PARK ROAD AND SHERIDAN – LOOKING UP SHERIDAN – AERIAL – STREETCAR – SHERIDAN THEATER – PEDESTRIANS – 1947 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COOPER CAFETERIA – 60 W WASHINGTON – 3 IMAGES – INTERIOR AND STREET VIEW – NICE VERSION – 1945 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – LOOKING W FROM STATE GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS – HEIDELBERG – VAUGHN SEEDS – HARGRAVE – UNITED ARTISTS – SNAPSHOT – 1961 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – WOMAN AND GRANDDAUGHTER WALKING S BY WOOLWORTH’S – IN BACKGROUND IS ROOSEVELT THEATER WITH THE MOVIE “THEM” – 1954 – EDITED FROM GORLLAS DONT BLOG SITE 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – SAME WOMAN AND GRANDDAUGHTER WALKING EARLIER – IN BACKGROUND IS STATE LAKE THEATER – SEE CHICAGO THEATER REFLECTED IN WINDOW – 1954 – EDITED FROM GORLLAS DONT BLOG SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON AND STATE – LOOKING S W – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT ENTRANCE WITH SHOPPERS – YELLOW CAB – FIRE BOX – NEWS STAND – ANOTHER OF THOSE IMAGES THAT JUST TAKE YOU RIGHT BACK AS THOUGH YOU WERE THERE AGAIN – 1960s – EDITED FROM VINTAG.ES SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOMAN SUNNING ON THE ROCKS – UNKNOWN PART OF LAKE FRONT – 1950s – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE ON VINTAG.ES SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING N – STREETCAR – STATE LAKE LOOP AND CHICAGO THEATERS – SWIFT SIGN – MARSHALL FIELD – 1954 – EDITED FROM CHICAGO HISTORY TODAY SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – GROUND LEVEL- NIGHT – LOOKING E FROM UNITED ARTISTS THEATER – SOUTH PACIFIC RESTAURANT – ORIENTAL THEATER – SNAPSHOT – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH PACIFIC RESTAURANT – 28-30 W RANDOLPH – EVENING Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ALLERTON HOTEL – UPPER PORTION AND LIGHTED SIGN – EVENING – 701 N MICHIGAN AVE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM WARWICK HOTELS SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 635 W BELDEN – INTERESTING WEDGE-SHAPED APARTMENT BUILDING – EDITED FROM CHICAGO PATTERNS SITE – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 3729 N KEELER – INTERESTING STEP-BACK APARTMENT BUILDING – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM CHICAGO PATTERNS SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LOOKING E – WABASH AVE BRIDGE UP – TWO LAKERS AND WENDELLA TOURIST BOAT – 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL STREET – CITY CROSSING GUARD AND LINE OF KIDS – 1950s – EDITED FROM VINTAG.ES SITE – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – E CHICAGO AVE – SEYMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY WAS AT 111 E. CHICAGO AVE – YOUNKER’S RESTAURANT WAS AT 51 E. CHICAGO AVE – 1960s – EDITED FROM VINTAG.ES SITE Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 