Archive for December 2018
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA OF SOLDIERS FIELD AND RAIL YARDS AND SKYLINE – 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL ABOVE MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING S – EARLY EVENING – 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEWBERRY LIBRARY – N CLARK STREET AERIAL PANORAMA – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CLARK LOOKING N – METHODIST TEMPLE IN THE DISTANCE – MORRISON HOTEL IN CENTER – TINTED – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 1219-25 E 52ND STREET – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH LITTLE GIRL IN FRONT – YOUNG TREES – 1910s – GENERAL NOTE ON POSTCARDS WITH PHOTOS OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS: THESE WERE THE “MLS LISTINGS” OF THEIR DAY – USED BY RENTERS AND BUYERS TO SELECT SITES TO VISIT – PEOPLE ALSO MADE THESE CARDS PRIVATELY USING KITS THAT WERE AVAILABLE – YOU OFTEN SEE FAIRLY CRUDE HANDWRITTEN LABELS ON SUCH CARDS Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – KENMORE AND LELAND SE CORNER – WOMAN ON THE SIDE NEAR THE BACK – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – KENMORE AND THORNDALE AVES – S E CORNER – 1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH STRIPED AWNINGS – 4525 DOVER STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL BUILDING – IDOL HOUR CAFE – WESTERN AVE AND BELMONT – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ROGERS PARK – TWO GIRLS AT STREET CORNER – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PRAIRIE AVE S OF 113TH ROSELAND – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH AND STREET OF NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS AND TREES – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YALE BUILDING APARTMENTS – ENGLEWOOD – GIRLS WALKING ON SIDEWALK – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – FLY TWA TO CHICAGO – PEDESTRIANS IN FRONT OF ART INSTITUTE – ARTWORK – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – LOOKING W FROM JUST W OF STATE – SQUIRT TRUCK LOWER LEFT – ARMORED CAR ON RIGHT – LUCY’S RESTAURANT – HOLLOWAY CAFETERIA – ORIENTAL THEATER – ONE OF MY FAVORITE IMAGES OF A FAVORITE STREET – 1957 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – N MICHIGAN AVE – NIGHT – AERIAL FROM RIVER – NICE VERSION – ADMIRAL SIGN – 1959 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – N MICHIGAN AVE – COUPLE WALKING – NIGHT WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS – BLACK AND WHITE – 1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) LOOKING N HIGH AERIAL – THE DRAKE AND BLACKSTONE HOTELS FEATURED – NOTE LARGE COLONNADE IN FOREGROUND – TINTED – PART OF WORLD FAIR 1933 SERIES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL NEAR ART INSTITUTE – AMOCO BUILDING ON RIGHT WAS COMPLETED 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM BLACKSTONE HOTEL – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – c1960
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM LAKE STREET – CARS BUSES PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – PART OF WORLD’S FAIR 1933 SERIES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM BRIDGE GROUND LEVEL – WRIGLEY AND TRIBUNE – 1961
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AND GRANT PARK (THEN CALLED LAKE PARK) – AERIAL LOOKING NW – 1898 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY AND TRIBUNE BUILDINGS – NIGHT – SEEN FROM RANDOLPH NEAR OUTER DRIVE – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION DEPOT – W ADAMS AND CANAL – CORNER ELEVATED VIEW – STAGE COACHES STREETCAR – I WILL SERIES – DEPOT RAZED IN 1925 – FINE VERSION – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FAIR STORE – DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND ADAMS – ELEVATED CORNER VIEW – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BOSTON STORE – DEPARTMENT STORE – NW CORNER MADISON AND STATE AND EXTENDS TO DEARBORN – 1913
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AT JACKSON – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – TRAFFIC – CHECKER CAB – FLAGS ON STREET – PEDESTRIANS – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – NICE VERSION – c1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL VIEW FROM MADISON – LOOKING N – BOSTON STORE ON LEFT – BIG CROWDS – WAGONS – STREETCARS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOLDIERS FIELD AND FIELD MUSEUM – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NW – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – TINTED – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PUBLIC LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NW – CABLE CARS – WAGONS – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – N FROM 14TH STREET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – LOOKING SW FROM RANDOLPH – AIRPLANE AND FLAGS DRAWN IN – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – LOOKING S AND GRANT PARK – GROUND LEVEL PANORAMA FROM ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) – ELEVATED VIEW LOOKING NE TOWARDS ART INSTITUTE – CARS AND BUSES – TINTED – NICE VERSION -1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – N FROM 26TH GROUND LEVEL – JUST A FEW CARS – TREE-LINED – BIG HOMES – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ART INSTITUTE – LINE PEOPLE CROSSING MICHIGAN AND ON STAIRS TO ART INSTITUTE – NICE VERSION – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E FROM ABOVE S BRANCH OF RIVER – 1975 Leave a comment
PHOTO – MICHIGAN AVE AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING S – EVENING – 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO PULLMAN STREETCARS STOPPED – CONDUCTOR ON STEPS OF FRONT ONE – STATE-HARRISON LINE UNKNOWN LOCATION – 1949 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING NE – ORIGINAL PALMER HOUSE ON RIGHT HALF – NOTE WALL-PAINTED SIGN LEFT CENTER FOR SCHLESINGER AND MAYER WHICH WAS THE COMPANY THAT ORIGINALLY BUILT THE LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING WE ASSOCIATE WITH CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – 1898 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE LINE ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN HEADING S – PART OF SKYLINE BEHIND – WINTER – 1976 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ENGINE PULLING ROCK ISLAND DOUBLE-DECK COMMUTER CARS – 1980 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PCC STREETCAR AND TWIN COACH BUSES – UNKNOWN STREET – SNAPSHOT – STREETCARS WERE ENDED IN 1958 BY CTA – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – METRA TRAIN WITH DOUBLE-DECK COMMUTER CARS – SKYLINE BEHIND – 1993 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED STRUCTURE AT WELLS AND LAKE STREETS SEEN AT TRACK LEVEL – RANDOLPH STREET STATION – 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DALEY PLAZA – PICASSO SCULPTURE – 1971 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – 2200 SERIES TRAIN COMING INTO UNKNOWN STATION – PEOPLE WAITING – 1979 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO PUBLIC WORKS BOAT – OUT ON THE LAKE – PROFILE A BIT LIKE A FISHING TUG – 1974 Leave a comment
BUTTON – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES UNIFORM BUTTON – DATE UNKNOWN – OPERATED 1913 TO 1947 BEFORE CTA WAS CREATED Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – WINTER SNOW – PEDESTRIANS – WOMAN IN MINI-SKIRT – SNOW-BATTERED PEDESTRIANS WERE A COMMON SIGHT ON MICHIGAN AVE DURING MY DAYS AT “THE PIER” BUT THERE WERE NO MINI-SKIRTS YET – 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – TOBOGGAN SLIDE – CROWD – THESE SLIDES WERE POPULAR IN THOSE DAYS – THEY WERE IN VARIOUS PARKS – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – N MARSHFIELD AVE – CAR PARKED ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET – HEAVY SNOW – APRIL 1938 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM CHICAGO AND STATE LAKE THEATERS AERIAL – NOTE THE LOOP THEATER (IN FUTURE) IS STILL A NEWSREEL THEATER CALLED TELENEWS – 1947 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SHERATON-BLACKSTONE HOTEL – 636 S MICHIGAN – CAFE BONAPARTE – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – DANCING – COUPLE IN BOOTH – STAFF BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLD SPINNING WHEEL TEA ROOM – 421 E OGDEN AVE HINSDALE – LIST OF MOST POPULAR NATIONALLY KNOWN CHICAGO RESTAURANTS – FOOD FOR THOUGHT – THE NAME “TEA ROOM” WAS QUITE COMMON THEN ESPECIALLY WITH SWEDISH RESTAURANTS OF WHICH THERE WERE MANY – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KING YEN LO RESTAURANT – CLARK AND VAN BUREN – DINING ROOM – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CLUB EL BIANCO RESTAURANT – 2747 W 63RD – INTERIOR LENGTH OF BAR AND SOME TABLES – TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – PRESTO RESTAURANT – 4742 N WESTERN – GRANDPA LIKED THIS PLACE – WE HAD DINNER AND COCKTAILS THERE ONCE Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – “UNCLE” JOHNNY COONS TELEVISION SHOW – NOONTIME COMICS – MONDAY THRU FRIDAY NOON – WNBQ CHANNEL 5 – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TV PREVIEW MAGAZINE OF CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – CHEF FRANCOIS POPE – ONE OF THE EARLY TELEVISION CHEFS AND A LOCAL PERSONALITY – 1956 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DR POSIN DRAWING – CHICAGO DAILY NEWS TV NEWS MAGAZINE – TELEVISION SHOW CALLED DR POSIN’S UNIVERSE – LOCAL EDUCATIONAL STATION – WHERE’S HIS CAT? 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEACH – NOT IDENTIFIED – LIKELY FOR CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – CHILDREN ALONG SHORE – PIER WITH MANY WOMEN UNDER PARASOLS – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – HOLLYWOOD BEACH (NOW CALLED KATHY OSTERMAN BEACH) – WOMAN LYING ON BEACH SUNBATHING IN TWO PIECE BATHING SUIT PROFILE – EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL IN BACKGROUND – 1946 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK TULIPS – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – WOMAN SITTING ON BENCH – SNAPSHOT – LATE 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RUSH STREET – AERIAL NIGHT – 1973 – EDITED FROM A LEE BALTERMAN IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CIRCLE RESTAURANT – NEW IN CHARLES A STEVENS DEPARTMENT STORE – 17 N STATE – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON AT STATE – KAROLLS MEN’S WEAR – PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUS – BUSES – 1968 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT COMING INTO STATION – CONGRESS LINE – GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1967 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKE AND DEARBORN – GROUND LEVEL – ELEVATED ON STRUCTURE – PULLMAN STREETCAR – TRUCK – CARS – HENNER FORD 30 W LAKE IN BACKGROUND – c1950 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – BURLINGTON – AERIAL IN RAIL YARD – ENGINEER LOOKING DOWN FROM CAB WINDOW – 1956 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – AERIAL VIEW LOOKING W FROM CLARK STREET – CLARK STREET STATION – 3 TRAINS – ONE TURNING CORNER – 1960s – EDITED FROM A MARTY BERNARD IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JACKSON AND WABASH – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT PASSING OVER STREET TRAFFIC – 4000 SERIES CARS – WINTER DAY LOOKING E GROUND LEVEL – 1960s – EDITED FROM A MARTY BERNARD IMAGE – SEE READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – 4000 SERIES TRAIN TURNING CORNER – UNKNOWN LOCATION – TRACK LEVEL – 1960s – EDITED FROM A CHUCK ZEILER IMAGE – SEE READER COMMENT WHICH IDENTIFIES JACKSON AND WELLS LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – SERIES 4000 CAR INTERIOR – 1960s – EDITED FROM A TONY CAPPOLETTA IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PHOTO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – 4-CAR TRAIN PULLED UP NEAR SOME APARTMENTS – 4000 SERIES CARS – UNKNOWN LOCATION – 1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH LAKESHORE DRIVE AND LINCOLN PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N FROM JOHN HANCOCK – 1981 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – WHEN IT WAS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – AERIAL – NOTE GYM BUILDING ON RIGHT – THIS WAS MY TIME AT “THE PIER” – I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A MORE CONGENIAL PLACE THAN THE CHICAGO CIRCLE CAMPUS THAT WOULD SHORTLY BE OPENED – 1964 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIELD MUSEUM – CALLED MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – ELEVATED VIEW LOOKING N W – PART OF MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE IN BACKGROUND – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PULLMAN STREETCAR TURNING CORNER AT RANDOLPH AND CLARK – WOODS THEATER – PETE’S STEAKS – BRASS RAIL – PEDESTRIANS – NICE VERSION – 1953 – EDITED FROM TROLLEYDODGER SITE – PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK NEAR VAN BUREN – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – PCC STREETCAR TAXIS – DOME OLD FEDERAL BUILDING (RAZED 1965) – 1950s – EDITED FROM TROLLEYDODGER SITE – PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 1 N CLARK – N E CORNER – PCC STREETCAR – CROWDS – WIMPY – 1955 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – HIGH AERIAL FROM N OF LAKE STREET – 1973 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WABASH – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – TWO FRENCH SAILORS FROM VISITING SHIP – OTHER PEDESTRIANS – ELEVATED – WIMPY HAMBURGERS – NICE VERSION – 1962 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE AND RANDOLPH – N W CORNER LOOKING S W GROUND LEVEL – FIRE ALARM BOX – BUS – DAILY NEWS TRUCK – LATE-1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – GROUND LEVEL – CABLE CARS – AWNINGS – MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE – TINTED – 1890s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STEVENS HOTEL (LATER CONRAD HILTON) – 720 S MICHIGAN – INTERIOR – GRAND STAIRWAY – 1920s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN – CALLED BIRD’S-EYE VIEW – A REALLY HANDSOME IMAGE – LOOKING MAINLY E – NOTE OLD FEDERAL BUILDING AND POST OFFICE AT BOTTOM – YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS ON ROOFTOPS – NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE – TINTED – FINE VERSION – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BAKERY RESTAURANT – 2218 N LINCOLN – CHIEF-OWNER LOUIS SZATHMARY A WORLD-RENOWNED CHEF – CAKE FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY – A FAVORITE PLACE OF GRANDPA’S – NICE VERSION – 1983 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LOOP ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT STRUCTURE FROM STREET LEVEL – PARKED CARS – UNKNOWN LOCATION – EARLY-1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ADLER PLANETARIUM – GRANT PARK – CLOSE GROUND VIEW – CROWDS ON STAIRS – CARS – STYLIZED AND TINTED – FINE VERSION – 1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHINATOWN – LOOKING S ON WENTWORTH FROM CERMAK ROAD GROUND LEVEL – NIGHT – TIME EXPOSURE – c1980 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHINATOWN – WENTWORTH AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS CERMAK ROAD WITH CHINESE GATE – c1980 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CITY HALL SQUARE BUILDING – 139 N CLARK – STOOD WHERE DALEY CENTER IS LOCATED – AERIAL VIEW DOWN STREET – NOTE PALACE THEATER IN BUILDING – NEXT DOOR GEORGE COHAN’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DRAKE HOTEL LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN – AERIAL SLIGHTLY SURREALISTIC LOOKING S E – TINTED – 1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HIGH AERIAL PANORAMA WITH PRUDENTIAL BUILDING AT CENTER SHOWING HUGE RAIL YARDS – LOOKING N – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS RESTAURANT INTERIOR – CLARK AND MADISON – THE BURLESQUE HOUSE IN THE HOTEL BECAME THE CLARK THEATER – OPENED 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK LAKE SHORE – SUNDAY AFTERNOON – HUGE CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS AND CARS – MAX RIGOT IMAGE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – CALLED LOOKING S FROM VAN BUREN BUT THE VIEW IS MORE W – CONGRESS HOTEL – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – STUDEBAKER HALL – FINE ARTS BUILDING – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE S E CORNER PYLON – REGENERATION BAS-RELIEF COMMEMORATES THE CITY’S REBUILDING AFTER GREAT FIRE OF 1871 – PART OF A SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD’S FAIR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING N W FROM STEPS OF ART INSTITUTE – HUGE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE STREET – SOME PEDESTRIANS – NOTE WHERE LION IS LOCATED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON ELEVATED – BOSTON STORE – CABLE CAR – BIG CROWDS – FIELDS NEW BUILDING IN DISTANCE ONLY HALF FINISHED – MASONIC TEMPLE JUST BEYOND FIELDS – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE GOLDEN PUMPKIN RESTAURANT – 3829 W MADISON – CALLED LARGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CHINESE CAFE IN THE WORLD – SEATS 2000 – BIG JAZZ VENUE – DINING ROOM – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER EAST END FROM LAKE – BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY Leave a comment
POSTER – CHICAGO – WRIGLEY BUILDING FROM RIVER BRIDGE – EQUITABLE ON RIGHT – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY WITH TRUMP TOWER WALL ON LEFT WHERE SUN-TIMES BUILDING USED TO BE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – BAMBOO INN RESTAURANT – 11 N CLARK Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CHARMET’S RESTAURANT – AT THE WATER TOWER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MANSON’S RESTAURANT – 57 E ADAMS – YOUR DOWNTOWN DINING ROOM – VISIT OUR AVIARY COCKTAIL LOUNGE Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MORTONS RESTAURANT – 56TH AND THE OUTER DRIVE – IT’S FUN TO EAT AT MORTONS Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CLEMENSEN’S FLOWERS – 78TH AND EXCHANGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO – NANCY KESLER – SITTING ON A STEP LADDER – IN A BEAUTIFUL BATHING SUIT AND HIGH HEELS – JUST GORGEOUS – 1961 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 