Archive for April 2019
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA FROM PRUDENTIAL AND AMOCO BUILDINGS TO LAKEPOINT TOWER AND FILTRATION PLANT AND NAVY PIER – SOME NEW CONSTRUCTION – LOOKING N E FROM A HEIGHT PERHAPS SEARS TOWER – PART OF A SERIES (MORE BELOW) TAKEN IN 1981 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MERCHANDISE MART – AND RIVER BRIDGE – ELEVATED FROM ACROSS RIVER – THEN WORLD’S LARGEST BUILDING – BUILT BY MARSHALL FIELD – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ST. SCHOLASTICA CONVENT – ROGERS PARK – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PART OF THE MUSEUM CAMPUS – GRANT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NE FROM A HIGH PLACE MAYBE SEARS TOWER – SHEDD AQUARIUM – ADLER PLANETARIUM – PART OF MEIGS FIELD AIRPORT – BOATS – 1981 – FINE STRIKING IMAGE EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA OF BUILDINGS AND LAKE SHORE LOOKING MAINLY E AND PARTLY N PERHAPS FROM SEARS TOWER – A FEW PUFFY CLOUDS OVER LAKE – MANY WELL-KNOWN BUILDINGS NICELY HIGHLIGHTED – NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE – 1981 – DRAMATIC IMAGE EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARINA CITY APARTMENTS FROM A HIGH LOCATION MAYBE SEARS TOWER AND MIES VAN DER ROHE’S IBM BUILDING – 1981 – STRIKING IMAGE EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – I HAD THIS IMAGE REVERSED BEFORE, SOMETHING NOT UNCOMMON WITH MY ADVANCING AGE – MY THANKS TO AN ALERT READER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – METRA COMMUTER SYSTEM – VERY STRONG GRAPHIC IMAGE OF PART OF A LOWER RAIL CARRIAGE WITH LOGO AND A BRICK BUILDING BEHIND SAYING “URBAN”- PERHAPS COMMISSIONED FOR PUBLICITY? – 1991 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – ILLINOIS CENTRAL DIESEL ENGINE IN BLACK WHITE AND SILVER GREY LIVERY – 1996 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ORIENTAL GARDENS DINING ROOM – 23 W RANDOLPH – DINE AND DANCE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CLARENDEN AVE – N OF IRVING PARK ROAD – HANDSOME STREET OF APARTMENTS – c1910 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – EXCELSIOR SUPPLY COMPANY – AUTO-CYCLE – PRACTICAL ROAD MACHINE – TRADE MAGAZINE AD – RANDOLPH STREET BRIDGE – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PRESERVED ENTRANCE ARCH TO LOUIS SULLIVAN’S BELOVED STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING (DESIGNED 1893 AND RAZED 1972) – WASHINGTON AND LASALLE – THE IMAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC OF MANY I’VE SEEN – ON A TERRACE NEXT TO THE ART INSTITUTE – THE ART INSTITUTE HAS LOTS OF BITS AND PIECES OF THE BUILDING ON DISPLAY INSIDE – BUT WHAT A SHAME THE BUILDING COULDN’T HAVE BEEN PRESERVED – 1978 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THE THOMPSON BUILDING – ORIGINALLY CALLED STATE OF ILLINOIS CENTER – 100 W RANDOLPH – A HELMUT JAHN DESIGN – THERE IS A JEAN DUBUFFET SCULPTURE NEAR THE ENTRANCE – OPENED 1985 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND A COUPLE OF DISTANT BUILDINGS – NOTE PARKING LOT – MARINA BEHIND TREES – VIEW LOOKING N – FROM TOP OF FIELD MUSEUM STAIRS WITH BRONZE DECORATIVE LIGHT STAND (NOTE: THERE’S ONE OF THESE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BROAD STAIRS) – THIS WAS TAKEN WITH A LONGER, LESS WIDE-FIELD LENS THAN THE IMAGE BELOW – 1968 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK AND DISTANT SKYLINE VIEW LOOKING N – FROM TOP OF FIELD MUSEUM STAIRS WITH GROUP OF PEOPLE – DRAMATIC CLOUDS – 1966 – SNAPSHOT EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHARLES A STEVENS DEPARTMENT STORE – MANDEL BROTHERS TO RIGHT – COLUMBUS BUILDING TO LEFT – MARSHALL FIELD’S IS ON LEFT EDGE – ELEVATED VIEW OF FACADES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STONY ISLAND AVE – PARKSIDE – OBSCURE REFERENCE TO N OF RAILROAD – ROW OF SHOPS STREET LEVEL – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING AND OBSERVATORY – AERIAL – SEE ALL OF CHICAGO FROM THE SKY – c 1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AERIAL VIEW OF CHICAGO RIVER AND BUILDINGS – LOOKING NE FROM A HEIGHT – CALLED PASSING THROUGH CHICAGO – HEART OF THE MIDDLE WEST – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED – UNKNOWN STATION – TWO RAPID TRANSIT TRAINS IN THE SNOW – VERY ATMOSPHERIC – 1979 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AREA – LOOKING S OVER WATER – NIGHT – PALMOLIVE BUILDING FEATURED – LIGHTED WRIGLEY BUILDING IN DISTANCE – VERY ATMOSPHERIC – EDITED FROM A WILLIAM ARTHUR IMAGE – 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N – FLOWER GARDEN FOUNTAIN AND BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – SOME BUILDINGS ON RANDOLPH IN DISTANCE – 1977 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK AND MADISON STREETS – PARKING SIGNS – 1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BALBO DRIVE – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL – CONRAD HILTON HOTEL AHEAD ON MICHIGAN – BUSES – 1977 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SHIP SS AQUARAMA – ALSO NOTE HAMBURG CHICAGO LINE SHIP – UNKNOWN LOCATION – THE SHIP WAS A LUXURY CRUISE SHIP ON THE GREAT LAKES – A LATE TROOP SHIP FROM WWII IT WAS CONVERTED – IT SPENT THE SUMMER OF 1955 AT NAVY PIER AS AN AMUSEMENT CENTER – 1960 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WHIMSICAL REFRESHMENT STAND CALLED THE SHIP NEAR AN UNKNOWN BEACH – SEVERAL WOMEN POSING – 1930 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL SITTING ON A PROP – HER NAME IS GIVEN AS LUCILLE NICHOLSEN – MESLER-AMES STUDIO – 1917 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN MAN STANDING ACROSS STREET FROM COLISEUM ANNEX BUILDING – PERHAPS ON S WABASH NEAR 15TH LIKE THE COLISEUM – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY – MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL – CARS – PEDESTRIANS – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – ELEVATED PANORAMIC VIEW – NOTE ELEVATED STREETCAR – STEAMING SHIP – OPENED 1916 AS MUNICIPAL PIER – RE-NAMED NAVY PIER IN 1927 – ORIGINAL MUNICIPAL PIER PART OF BURNHAM PLAN – C1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PRAIRIE AVE AND 46TH STREET – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDINGS – STRIPED AWNINGS (NOTE: THEY HAD NO AIR-CONDITIONING THEN) – TREE-LINED STREET – NOTE THE WOODEN CHAIRS ON THE FRONT LAWN NEAR BOTTOM OF IMAGE – IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE TO SIT OUT FRONT ON EVENINGS FOR COOLNESS AND NEIGHBORLY EXCHANGES – THIS GAVE SUCH NEIGHBORHOODS QUITE A BUZZY EVENING ATMOSPHERE – THE PRACTICE REMAINED INTO THE 1950s AS I REMEMBER FROM THE SOUTH SHORE OF MY YOUTH – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SECOND CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE – WRIGHTWOOD AVE – ANOTHER OF THE NUMEROUS IMPRESSIVE ESTABLISHMENT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES OF THE TIME – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SWEDISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE OAKS CLUB – AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA OF CAMPUS – LOOKING NE – HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WALGREEN DRUGSTORE – STATE AND RANDOLPH – OAK ROOM RESTAURANT DOWNSTAIRS WITH ESCALATORS – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN AERIAL PANORAMA – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA FROM ABOVE N END OF LINCOLN PARK LOOKING S TOWARDS SKYLINE – c 1970 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRIBUNE TOWER – UPPER PORTION – 435 N MICHIGAN AVE – THE BUILDING WAS THE RESULT OF A BIG INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THE TRIBUNE SET IN 1922 – THIS, THE WINNING DESIGN, OPENED IN 1925 – 1985 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE – 58TH AND DREXEL BLVD – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET – HANDSOME ROW HOUSES – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PORTION OF SKYLINE AND LAKE – PANORAMA LOOKING N E FROM A HEIGHT – DUSK – 1974 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MEDINAH ATHLETIC CLUB BUILDING – N MICHIGAN AVE – LATER THIS WOULD BECOME A SHERIDAN HOTEL – MOORISH INFLUENCE IN STYLING LIKE THE AVALON THEATER – PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE AND BUILDINGS ON N SIDE OF RIVER – VIEW FROM S SIDE OF RIVER – CALLED BOULEVARD LINK BRIDGE LOOKING N – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARMOUR AND COMPANY UNION STOCK YARD – BALLOON AERIAL PHOTO – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PROMOTIONAL OFFER FOR HOTEL GRACE – JACKSON BLVD AND CLARK – BACK OF ARMOUR AND COMPANY UNION STOCK YARD BALLOON AERIAL VIEW – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNKNOWN STREET OF FAIRLY LARGE HOMES – HORSE AND BUGGY – MAN AND GIRL – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BALBO DRIVE LOOKING W FROM NEAR LAKESHORE DRIVE – UNKNOWN WOMAN AND LITTLE GIRL LOOKING VERY HAPPY AT DRINKING FOUNTAIN – THE FOUNTAIN IS THE TYPE THEN FOUND IN MANY CHICAGO PARKS – CONRAD HILTON HOTEL IN THE DISTANCE – SNAPSHOT – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM RANDOLPH – GROUND LEVEL – TRAFFIC COP – BUS – CARS – SNAPSHOT – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – 1957 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 