Archive for November 2018
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMTRAK TRAINS IN YARD – BASCULE BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND – SOME OF SKYLINE IN DISTANCE – 1994 – EDITED FROM A PAUL SCHNEIDER IMAGE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – GIMBEL’S RESTAURANT – 30 W RANDOLPH – FEATURING CHICKEN IN THE ROUGH – A 1937 EARLY FRIED CHICKEN FRANCHISE FOUND A NUMBER OF PLACES Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH AND WACKER – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING E – BIG CROWD BREAKING UP – LOOKS LIKE AFTER A PARADE – EARLY-1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUILDINGS SILHOUETTED NEAR SUNSET – MARINA CITY AND EXECUTIVE HOUSE ON RIGHT – LOCATION UNKNOWN – 1970 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SIGHT-SEEING BOAT BY SHEDD AQUARIUM LETTING OUT PASSENGERS – NOTE THE TRASH TOSSED DOWN BY STAIRS – 1966 – SNAPSHOT – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE BEHIND – SOUTH SHORE LINE ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN APPROACHING – LOOKING N W ELEVATED – 1962 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING UP AND N – MARINA CITY – CHICAGO AND LOOP THEATERS – STATE STREET MARTIAN STREETLIGHTS – 1972 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FIELD NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM – TWO BOYS STANDING BY ENTRANCE SIGN – 1956 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ATLANTIC – CLARK NEAR JACKSON – WINTER GARDEN RESTAURANT INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FRENCH RESTAURANT – 180 E DELAWARE – DINING ROOM – JACQUES FUMAGALLY MANAGER – THE EARLY INCARNATION OF JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DON ROTH’S BLACKHAWK RESTAURANT – WABASH AT RANDOLPH – INTERIOR DINING ROOM DRAWING – SPINNING SALAD BOWL – ROAST BEEF CART – OPEN HEARTH STEAKS (ALL THE STEAKHOUSE CLICHES OF THE TIME AND A VERY CORPORATE-LOOKING IMAGE) – SINCE 1920 – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KUNGSHOLM RESTAURANT AND PUPPET OPERA – RUSH AND ONTARIO – FORMER MCCORMICK MANSION – MENU COVER WHEN RUN BY FRED HARVEY – SOLD TO FRED HARVEY IN 1957 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – KUNGSHOLM RESTAURANT AND PUPPET OPERA – RUSH AND ONTARIO – FORMER MCCORMICK MANSION – DINNER MENU INSIDE WHEN RUN BY FRED HARVEY – SOLD TO THEM IN 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – INTERNATIONAL TEEN PRINCESS CANDIDATES – FRANCE – FINLAND – CHICAGO – 1967 – ACCORDING TO CAPTION THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MINI-SKIRTS WHICH WEREN’T COMMON IN CHICAGO AT THE TIME – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BRIDGE OPEN FOR SHIP – TWO MASTED STEAMER – VERY ATMOSPHERIC IMAGE – TINTED – FINE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON – AERIAL – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – CROWDS – CARS AND TRUCKS – STREETCARS – FINE VERSION – TINTED – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN ELEVATED – ROTHSCHILDS SIGN RIGHT CENTER – CABLE CAR – WAGONS – CROWDS – TINTED – 1904 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH – LOOKING W FROM STATE – RAINY NIGHT – 1966 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – AERIAL LOOKING W FROM STATE – BOSTON STORE ON RIGHT – MCVICKERS THEATER LEFT – ODDLY TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONRAD HILTON HOTEL – FORMER STEVENS HOTEL – WORLD’S LARGEST AT THE TIME – MICHIGAN AVE FROM BALBO DRIVE – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL – 1977 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHEDD AQUARIUM – CROWDS GOING UP STAIRS – TAXIS – EARLY-1950s – SNAPSHOT EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – N WELLS AND W LAKE AERIAL VIEW – 6-CAR TRAIN – 1982 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA 2400 SERIES RAPID TRANSIT CARS BEING BUILT – LOCATION UNKNOWN – THIS MODEL WAS BUILT BY BOEING-VERTOL IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CTA SKOKIE SHOPS DID MAJOR OVERHAUL WORK – 1976 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMTRAK TRAIN CURVING ACROSS TRACKS – ELEVATED VIEW – COMPLEX RAILS IN BACKGROUND RAILYARD – c2004 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMTRAK TRAIN HEADED OUT – SKYLINE FEATURING SEARS TOWER IN BACKGROUND – 1978 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OUTER DRIVE BRIDGE AND S-TURN PLUS SURROUNDINGS – DRAMATIC AERIAL LOOKING E – ILLINOIS CENTRAL YARDS – RIVER – NAVY PIER – 1956 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N STATE STREET AND GRAND – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – CIGAR STORE ON CORNER – 1963 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – NEW CARS FOR BICENTENNIAL – CAR IN FRONT NAMED BEN FRANKLIN – 1976 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE LINE RAILROAD COMMUTER – HEAD-ON FRONT – SOMEWHERE IN INDIANA – 1989 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH AT LAKE – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – CTA ELEVATED TURNING W – 1950s 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMTRAK TRAIN – LED BY UNIT IN NORTHWESTERN LIVERY – ELEVATED – CITY BUILDINGS BACKGROUND – 1978 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKER’S CAFE – 1510 HYDE PARK BLVD (51ST STREET) – FRONT FROM STREET – I LOVE THE AMBIANCE OF THIS PLACE – 1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARKER’S CAFE – 1510 HYDE PARK BLVD (51ST STREET) – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – 1923 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – ALADDIN’S CASTLE FUN HOUSE – AERIAL PANORAMA – NEIGHBORHOOD BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – ENTRANCE – TINTED – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – MAIN GATE – CROWD – RIDES – ATTRACTIONS – LARGE PICNIC GROVES – IDEAL FOR FAMILY OUTINGS – ROSCOE AND WESTERN AVE – 1950s 1 comment
TICKETS – CHICAGO – SET OF RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE TICKETS – DATE UNKNOWN – PARK CLOSED 1967 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – NEWSPAPER AD FOR RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – WESTERN AT BELMONT – LAUGH YOUR TROUBLES AWAY – NEW FLYING CARS – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – 919 N MICHIGAN – TWILIGHT – HOLABIRD AND ROOT – OPENED 1929 (ARCHITECTS FOR SOLDIER FIELD 1924) – LINDBERGH BEACON ADDED 1930 – LOOKING N FROM HIGH LOCATION NOT TOO FAR AWAY – c 1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – COUPLE WALKING BY – LOOKING W FROM GRANT PARK TOWARDS MICHIGAN AVE BUILDINGS – 1967 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOME MICHIGAN AVE BUILDINGS BEYOND GRANT PARK – SEEN FROM OUTER DRIVE – LINCOLN MONUMENT LOWER RIGHT – MID-1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NE LIKELY FROM TOP OF SEARS TOWER (WINDOWS TEND TO TINT PHOTOS) – DATE UNCERTAIN – MAYBE 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MELODY LANE RESTAURANT – 1425 W 87TH Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX – FOREST GREEN AND IVORY – VICTORIAN VILLAGE SCENE – YEAR UNKNOWN – THEY WERE DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR – BEAUTIFUL HIGH-QUALITY BOXES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND WASHINGTON – CORNER VIEW ELEVATED – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LOOP ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – 2200 MODEL ALUMINUM CARS TURNING CORNER – 1979 – I DO LOVE THE ELEVATED – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD – CTA BUS PULLED UP – LADY ON SIDEWALK – TRAFFIC – 1976 – VERY EVOCATIVE PHOTO – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING – 141 W JACKSON AT BOTTOM OF LA SALLE STREET – FLAGS – PARKED CARS – PEDESTRIANS – 1950s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – TAXI BUSES – POLICE CAR – 1980 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THREE OLDER STREETCARS – ILLINOIS RAILROAD MUSEUM DISPLAY – LIVERY COLORS CLOSE TO TORONTO’S OF 1950s AND ’60s – 1999 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
SIGN – CHICAGO – STREETCAR ROLLER DESTINATION SIGN – FOR THE PULLMAN GENERATION STREETCARS ? – HYDE PARK DESTINATION SHOWN Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – HARRIS RESTAURANT – 3150 IRVING PARK ROAD – JUST E OF KEDZIE AVE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BRIGGS RESTAURANT – 208 LA SALLE – 181 ADAMS – COCKTAILS SINCE 1925 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM NEAR UNDERGROUND PARKING EXIT – MAN CROSSING STREET – HEAVY TRAFFIC – YELLOW CABS – c1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RUSH STREET – GROUND LEVEL – DAYTIME IN A NIGHTCLUB DISTRICT – MARYLAND HOTEL ON LEFT IS AT DELAWARE – BOURBON STREET – FACES – CABARET – c1970 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN IN GRANT PARK LINED UP WITH PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE CLUB – AERIAL FRONT PANORAMA – HEADQUARTERS BEFORE THE BEAUTIFUL TALL ART DECO BUILDING WHICH WAS RECENTLY TURNED INTO CONDOS – LOCATION UNKNOWN – PART OF I WILL SERIES – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CITY HALL SQUARE BUILDING AND PALACE THEATER – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CIVIC OPERA BUILDING – 20 N WACKER DRIVE – VIEW FROM RIVER – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CIVIC OPERA BUILDING – ENTIRE BLOCK BETWEEN MADISON AND WASHINGTON – DRAMATIC VIEW FROM OVER TRAIN SHEDS – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIELD BUILDING – LA SALLE CLARK AND ADAMS – AERIAL CORNER VIEW BETWEEN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – ADMINISTRATION BUILDING SEEN FROM ACROSS LAGOON GROUND LEVEL – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARLAND BUILDING – N WABASH E WASHINGTON GARLAND COURT – AERIAL CORNER VIEW – TINTED – 1917 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH – WABASH AVE NEAR 14TH – DESTROYED BY FIRE 1915 – TINTED – LIKELY PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOME INSURANCE BUILDING -FIRST STEEL-SKELETON SKYSCRAPER IN 1885 – WILLIAM LE BARON JENNEY – STOOD WHERE FIELD BUILDING STANDS – TINTED – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS ATHLETIC CLUB BUILDING – 112 S MICHIGAN – SEEN FROM GROUND LEVEL IN GRANT PARK – OPENED 1908 – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – PANORAMA ACROSS LAGOON WITH GERMAN BUILDING IN DISTANCE – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – CHILDREN PLAYING – GERMAN BUILDING ON LEFT – FROM 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – AT THIS TIME IT HAD A RESTAURANT INSIDE – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE – LOOKING TOWARD BOARD OF TRADE ON JACKSON – PARKED CARS – 1963 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING – RANDOLPH AND STATE N E CORNER – THEN TALLEST IN CITY – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CONGRESS HOTEL – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AND MONROE – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING W FROM GRANT PARK – PEOPLES GAS BUILDING LAKE VIEW BUILDING ILLINOIS ATHLETIC CLUB MONROE BUILDING UNIVERSITY CLUB – TINTED – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (THEN CALLED FIELD MUSEUM ) – TWO WOMEN WALKING NEAR LAGOON IN THE REAR – THE BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR AS AN ART MUSEUM – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PITTSFIELD BUILDING – DRAMATIC VIEW FROM PERGOLA AREA IN GRANT PARK – PART OF WORLD’S FAIR SERIES – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL – VIEW OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL YARDS – PANORAMA LOOKING NE – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING – BOTTOM OF LA SALLE – OPENED 1930 – PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PURE OIL BUILDING – OTHER NAMES INCLUDED THE JEWELERS BUILDING AND LONDON GUARANTEE BUILDING – N WABASH AND WACKER DRIVE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE REPUBLIC BUILDING – 209 S STATE – AERIAL CORNER VIEW – PART OF I WILL SERIES – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE BUILDING – DEARBORN AND MADISON – AERIAL CORNER VIEW – MCVICKER’S THEATRE AND CARSON PIRIE SCOTT STORE IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNITED OF AMERICA BUILDING (NOW KEMPER) – 1 E WACKER – GROUND LEVEL CORNER VIEW ACROSS RIVER – CLAD WITH MARBLE – PURE OIL BUILDING JUST BEHIND – OPENED 1962 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – PERGOLA NEAR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING – PEOPLE STROLLING – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WGN RADIO BUILDING AND STUDIOS – MICHIGAN AVE AT TRIBUNE TOWER – AERIAL – TRAFFIC ON STREET – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY BUILDING FROM MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – AT (FAKE) SUNSET – TINTED – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND MADISON – LOOKING N SLIGHTLY ELEVATED – CARS STREET CARS WAGONS CROWDS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WORLD’S ANTIQUE MART – 1006 S MICHIGAN – ONE INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WORLD’S ANTIQUE MART – 1006 S MICHIGAN – BACK OF CARD – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – SEEN FROM ELEVATION ON SHEDD AQUARIUM ACROSS HARBOR – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – STATE MONROE AND WABASH – AERIAL CORNER VIEW – TINTED – 1949 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE FROM GRANT PARK – SHOWS FLOWER BEDS IN PARK – OVERSIZE CARD – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – SOUTH ENTRANCE FROM MADISON – SOME COLOR OFF-REGISTER – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALDERNEY ICE CREAM COMPANY – 397 W MADISON – BON-BONS AND CONFECTIONS – E A REEDE MANAGER – TINTED – EARLY Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS STATE – POWERS THEATRE – SHERMAN HOUSE HOTEL – CABLE CARS – WAGONS – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1900 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – AERIAL LOOKING W FROM NEAR RIVER – NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP – PRESS CAPTION REFERRED TO BACKGROUND AREA AS “SKID ROW” WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY REDEVELOPED – 1969 Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – CHICAGO – GERMAN SAENGERFEST SOCIETY – WABASH AVE RINK – 1868 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 