Archive for February 2019
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – MAN AND WOMEN WALKING THROUGH EARLY GARDENS – GIRL IN YELLOW DRESS AND HAIR BOW – IT SO PERFECTLY CAPTURES ITS ERA – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLISEUM – WABASH AND 15TH STREET – PART OF THE BUILDING HAD BEEN A FAMOUS CONFEDERATE PRISON DURING THE CIVIL WAR – IT WAS TAKEN APART, BROUGHT TO THE CITY, AND REASSEMBLED AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION – IT SERVED IN THE FORM SEEN HERE AS A VENUE FOR MANY EVENTS AND CONVENTIONS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTELS WINDERMERE – 1642 E 56TH STREET – SEEN OVER TREES OF JACKSON PARK – ABOUT AS GLAMOROUS AS IT GETS -TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES BUILDING – EVENING – FROM RIVER LEVEL – WHERE TRUMP TOWER LOCATED NOW – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WORLD’S FAIR CENTURY OF PROGRESS – THE DAIRY BUILDING – HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DAIRIES – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – MEN’S DORMITORY AND CLASSICS BUILDING AND HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY – TWO WOMEN WALKING ON PATH – TINTED – 1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL BUILDING – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – MARSHALL FIELDS WOULD BE ON LEFT SIDE OUT OF VIEW – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – POLISH ALLIANCE BUILDING – 1406 DIVISION STREET – FLAG DRAWN-IN – FRONT FROM STREET – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEWBERRY LIBRARY – FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE – PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES – 901 N CLARK – PART OF I WILL SERIES – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW CHICAGO CITY BANK – 6233-6235 S HALSTED – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW – PEOPLE ON STREET – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOOKING S ON MICHIGAN AVE AERIAL FROM WRIGLEY BUILDING – RIVER BRIDGE AND SKYLINE – INTERESTING TINT – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – THREE-QUARTER DRAWING FROM ACROSS THE STREET GROUND LEVEL – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IN POLISH – LINE DRAWING OF UNKNOWN BUILDING IN AVONDALE NEIGHBORHOOD – PERHAPS SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY – MICHIGAN AVE AND 16TH STREET – GROUND-LEVEL THREE- QUARTERS VIEW – VENUE FOR LARGE FUNCTIONS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY – THREE-QUARTERS STREET-LEVEL VIEW – ASHLAND AVE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR 1933 – TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING INTERIOR – BOEING MONOPLANE AND JOHN BULL STEAM ENGINE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N FROM CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING – DRAMATIC TINTING – 1944 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING – 6021 KIMBARK AVE – HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – WOMAN STANDING BY GATEWAY – CAR PARKED – SNAPSHOT – c1950 Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – CHICAGO – DEDICATION OF THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING – COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – HARPER’S WEEKLY – OCT 1892 Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – CHICAGO – WORKMEN AND VISITORS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1893 WORLD’S FAIR SITE – ROOF OF THE WOMEN’S BUILDING – HARPER’S WEEKLY – JAN 1892 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S FROM NEAR CHICAGO THEATER – LOOP THEATER – STATE LAKE THEATER – PARKED CARS – MARS LIGHTS – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – NICE VERSION – 1963 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM MADISON – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – TWO COPS IN SHORT SLEEVES – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – VERY NICE VERSION – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – A REALLY NICE VERSION – EARLY- TO MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL LOOKING SE – HUGE CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUSES – FIELD’S CLOCK – NOTE STREET CLOCK AT SE CORNER – TINTED – PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD’S FAIR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATES RESTAURANT – 52 ADAMS – CARD TO EXPLAIN THE NAME – UNITED STATES IN MINIATURE – MUSIC – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ROCK ISLAND GM AEROTRAIN ENGINE FROM 1950s – IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION – OPERATOR LOOKING OUT CAB SIDE WINDOW – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PHOTO OF PANAMA LIMITED TRAIN WITH PASSENGERS AT REAR READY TO LEAVE ILLINOIS CENTRAL STATION IN 1916 – USED FOR A LATER CARD Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHURCH DEACONESS STEWARDESS HOME – 4834 FORESTVILLE AVE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE ICE COMPANY – 7025 STONY ISLAND – WAGON AND HORSES AND FAMILY POSED ON A STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIELD MUSEUM – GROUND LEVEL FROM A DISTANCE ACROSS GRANT PARK – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – LONG PANORAMA LOOKING NW FROM STEPS OF FIELD MUSEUM – NOTE PARKING LOT – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – WET NIGHT SCENE (RESTORED) – LOOKING S FROM ART INSTITUTE – THIS WAS AN ART INSTITUTE ITEM – 1912 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT 6000 SERIES – LONG RUSH HOUR TRAIN – AERIAL VIEW WITH CARS ON HIGHWAY – SNOWING – 1985 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT PULLING INTO AN UNKNOWN STATION ON A SNOWY DAY – CTA EMPLOYEE ON PLATFORM WITH SHOVEL – I AM VERY FOND OF THIS IMAGE – 1979 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET BRIDGE OVER CHICAGO RIVER – TWO-UNIT CTA RAPID TRANSIT 6000 SERIES CROSSING – LOOKING E DOWN RIVER – 1956 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – OUTSIDE E END – U-505 SUBMARINE AND BURLINGTON ZEPHYR TRAIN – AS THEY USED TO BE DISPLAYED – SNAPSHOT – 1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUS ON MADISON STREET BRIDGE OVER RIVER – CIVIC OPERA BUILDING ON LEFT – 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN STATION – DOUBLE-DECK COMMUTER TRAIN LEAVING TRAIN SHED – 1982 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – 1216-22 CARMEN AVE – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – PANORAMA FROM STREET – CARRIAGE – CAR – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO ORPHAN ASYLUM – SOUTH PARK AVE AND 51ST HYDE PARK – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – CLARK AND RANDOLPH – STREET VIEW – 1600 ROOMS – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONTROSE AND HERMITAGE AVES – SE CORNER – SHOP IN BOTTOM OF LARGE HOME – NOTE PHARMACY SYMBOL ON TOP OF CORNER POST – RAVENSWOOD – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING S – INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FROM N END GROUND LEVEL – HUGE CROWD – SKYLINE BACKGROUND – PLANE DRAWN IN – TINTED – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – CALLED WINDSOR BATHING BEACH – AERIAL PANORAMA FROM JUST N OF 75TH – HUGE CROWD – RESEMBLES A BRUEGEL PAINTING – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO BEACH SCENE ROGERS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – SOME HOMES – ROUGH LAKE – LARGE CHIMNEYS BEHIND HOMES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUGE STEAMER (CALLED NYC FREIGHTER) PASSING RANDOLPH STREET BRIDGE – WATER-LEVEL VIEW – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – CHILDREN’S BATHING BEACH – BIG CROWD WITH POLICEMAN IN UNIFORM – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – DRAMATIC GROUND-LEVEL VIEW – RED CAR IN DRIVEWAY – TINTED – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BATHING BEACH – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – PANORAMA WITH BIG CROWD – ROW OF SEATS WITH AWNINGS NEAR GRASS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – PANORAMA – HUGE CROWDS OF PEDESTRIANS AND CARRIAGES – ALMOST A PARADE – MAYBE A SUNDAY – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK BEACH – CHILDREN’S DAY – CROWD – BOYS PULLING ON HEAVY ROPE – REFERENCE TO BABY SANITARIUM LOWER RIGHT – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING TOWARDS LAKESHORE FROM WATER – BIG CROWD – TINTED – TINTED – MAYBE 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND GOLD COAST – AERIAL FROM DRAKE HOTEL – TINTED – 1949 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE – AERIAL – LOOKING SE – PLANE DRAWN IN – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – CTA TWIN COACH BUS – 1967 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOME BUILDINGS ALONG RANDOLPH STREET AND THE DISTANT VIEW S ALONG LAKESHORE – AERIAL – 1980s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – BIG CROWD AROUND SEA LION COMPOUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1907 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N ON STATE STREET ELEVATED – HUGE SHOPPING CROWD- CHRISTMAS SEASON – SUBWAY BEING BUILT – NICE VERSION – OPENED IN 1943 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN ENGINE – ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD – BICENTENNIAL LIVERY – 1976 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELLIS AVE – N FROM 63RD – HYDE PARK – HANDSOME ROW OF APARTMENTS ON TREE-LINED STREET – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 46TH AND GREENWOOD – GREENWOOD SCHOOL – IN THE 1950s THIS WAS SHAKESPEARE ELEMENTARY WHERE I BRIEFLY WENT – TODAY IT’S CALLED ARIEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – C SCHULER AND SON TAILORS – 2758 STREET UNKNOWN – STOREFRONT AND PROPRIETOR – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEANE’S FULLERTON PARKWAY APARTMENTS – 523-31 FULLERTON PARKWAY – NOTE STREET LIGHTS – CAR PARKED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EGGLESTON AVE – LOOKING N FROM 71 ST STREET – VIEW WITH MORE OF SIDE OF NICE APARTMENT BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EGGLESTON AVE – LOOKING N FROM 71ST STREET – HAMILTON PARK – NICE APARTMENT BUILDING AND LARGE HOMES – NOTE STREET LIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HANDSOME CORNER APARTMENT BUILDING – LOCATION UNKNOWN – NOTE YOUNG TREES – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HANDSOME SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING – UNKNOWN LOCATION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KENWOOD TERRACE APARTMENTS – 4816 – 4828 MADISON AVE – HANDSOME COURTYARD BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LORADO TAFT’S FOUNTAIN OF TIME – WASHINGTON PARK – THE SCULPTURE WAS DEDICATED IN 1922 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NOTTINGHAM APARTMENTS – NW CORNER PINE GROVE AND CORNELIA AVES – CORNER VIEW – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STRATFORD HOTEL – MICHIGAN AND JACKSON – DUTCH ROOM DINING ROOM INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA – WILSON AVE – 1921 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 