Archive for May 2019
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STEAMER EXCURSION SHIP S S ROOSEVELT WITH CROWD ON BOARD PASSES UNDER OPEN STATE STREET BRIDGE – PRETTY INDUSTRIAL BEHIND ON THE RIVER – DRAMATIC IMAGE – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET BRIDGE – CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGE UP FOR LARGE STEAMER WITH SAIL MASTS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM RANDOLPH GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS – TAXIS – LOOP AND STATE LAKE AND CHICAGO THEATERS – NOTE: THE CORNER OF STATE AND RANDOLPH WAS JUST SUCH AN EXCITING PLACE THEN – WITHOUT THE BUZZ AND HUM FROM THE DEPARTMENT STORES AND ALL THE BIG MOVIE THEATERS WITH THEIR CROWDS LINING-UP PLUS ALL THE BUSINESSES SUCH AS SNACK SHOPS THAT SERVED THE MOVIE CROWD IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT – NICE VERSION – 1962 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N FROM N OF RANDOLPH – MARINA CITY – TWIN COACH BUS – LAKE STREET ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT STILL LOOKING OLD-FASHIONED – NICE VERSION – MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – ROOSEVELT THEATER – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – MARINA CITY – UNITED OF AMERICA BUILDING (RIGHT BACKGROUND) – NICE VERSION – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – ELEVATED LOOKING NE – MARSHALL FIELD’S – WAGONS CROWDS STREETCARS – NOTE PUBLIC SIDEWALK CLOCK ON WASHINGTON – THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE AT THE OTHER END OF WASHINGTON NEAR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED – CROWD BOARDING MULTIPLE-UNIT CABLE CARS – NICE PERSPECTIVE DOWN THE STREET – BEAUTIFUL IMAGE – TINTED – NOTE MARSHALL FIELD’S HAS FIRST HALF OF NEW BUILDING WITH THE OLD BUILDING ON SW CORNER – SO DATE IS 1903 OR 1904 BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HALVES OF NEW BUILDING Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM ADAMS GROUND LEVEL – HUGE CROWD OF WAGONS AND PEDESTRIANS – NOTE THE FAIR DEPARTMENT STORE AT CORNER OF ADAMS AND STATE – C D PEACOCK JEWELLERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE (THEY DIDN’T HAVE THEIR FAMOUS STYLISH CLOCK YET) – NOTE: WHEN THE FAIR STORE OPENED IN 1897 IT WAS CALLED THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE IN THE WORLD – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – SHOOT-THE-CHUTES RIDE – PANORAMA – BIG CROWDS – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – SHOOT-THE CHUTES – BOAT AFTER HITTING WATER WITH JUST OPERATOR – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – SCENIC WALK – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – REPUBLIC BUILDING – SE CORNER STATE AND ADAMS – AERIAL – “FIRST FIRST BUILDING IN MIDWEST TO HAVE RETAIL SHOPS ON FIRST FLOOR” – NOTE ALMOST SURREALISTIC PEOPLE DRAWN IN – TINTED -1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RICKETTS RESTAURANT – AT NEW LOCATION – AT THE WATERTOWER – 103 E CHICAGO AVE – AERIAL VIEW – TINTED – NOTE: I USED TO SEE THIS CHARMING SPOT AS I WALKED TO “THE PIER” FOR CLASSES IN THE 1960s – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NATALBY’S RESTAURANT – 80-82 E RANDOLPH – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NATALBY’S GERMAN RESTAURANT – 23-29 W RANDOLPH – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT – “CHICAGO’S WONDER RESTAURANT” – ICE-SKATING CARNIVAL – TABLES FULL OF PEOPLE – CAST ON THE ICE – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – CHARLOTTE AND HER ICE BALLET – TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT – “CHICAGO’S WONDER RESTAURANT” – OPENED 1925 – RAZED 1965 – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – 900 N MICHIGAN AVE – “WINTER DINING ROOM WITH CONTINENTAL ATMOSPHERE” – NOTE: THE OWNER, A MAN FROM FRANCE, DID A LOT OF ADVERTISING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT POSTCARDS FOR HIS RESTAURANT OVER THE YEARS – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT – MODERN ROOM – 75-85 W RANDOLPH – TINTED – NOTE: THIS WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE INTERIOR DESIGN INCORPORATING CHINESE MOTIFS WITH ART DECO – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARDING’S RESTAURANT – 231 S WABASH AVE – DOUBLE-LINE CAFETERIA – 10:30 AM TO 7:30 PM – MONDAY TO SATURDAY – 12 RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARDING’S PRESIDENTIAL GRILL RESTAURANT – 109 W MADISON – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANDE RUE DE CHICAGO – FRENCH CARD OF STATE STREET – PEOPLE AND THE POLICEMAN’S UNIFORM LOOK FRENCH – MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING IN DISTANCE AT STATE AND RANDOLPH – TINTED DRAWING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FAIRY TALES COCKTAIL LOUNGE INTERIOR – COL. W. W. YASCHENKO CONTINENTAL RUSSIAN RESTAURANT – LAKE SHORE DRIVE HOTEL – NICE VERSION Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE EITEL BROTHERS’ OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT – 14 W RANDOLPH – OPENED 1934 – ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DINING ROOMS – NOTE: IN 1951 THE EITELS SOLD OLD HEIDELBERG TO ALLGAUER’S Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – 17 W ADAMS – CARD COMMEMORATING ORIGINAL 1898 LOCATION AT STATE AND ADAMS – 1968 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARTINIQUE RESTAURANT AND DRURY LANE THEATRE – 2500 W 94TH PLACE – EVERGREEN PARK – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED TRAIN (NEW YORK CENTRAL CHICAGO-NEW YORK SERVICE) – NEW STREAMLINED ENGINE LEAVING CHICAGO – 1938 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ELEVATED VIEW FROM NEAR ADAMS LOOKING NE – EDELWEISS RESTAURANT SIGN – GUNTHER’S CANDY SIGN – C D PEACOCK JEWELLERS – NOTE THE SIGNS FOR CREDIT – CABLE CARS – HUGE CROWDS – WAGONS – NICE VERSION – 1905 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – POPCORN STAND – UNKNOWN ROLLER COASTER BEHIND – MAYBE THE BOBS, THEN THE WORLD’S FASTEST? – 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – FAMILY ON A BENCH BY THE LAGOON WATCHING THE SHOOT-THE-CHUTES RIDE -1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ORIGINAL REGAL THEATER AND SAVOY BALLROOM – 47TH AND GRAND BLVD (NOW MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE ) – MANY OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN BLACK MUSIC PERFORMED HERE OVER THE YEARS – QUITE THE HUGE GATHERING – 1941 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – LOOKING W ON LAKE STREET FROM WABASH – NICE VERSION – 1894 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – BELMONT AND WESTERN – “YOUR PASS INSIDE” Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH LABORATORIES – 19 E KINZIE STREET – FIRE EXTINGUISHERS – EARN $84 A WEEK IN YOUR SPARE TIME – 1948 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WARSAW RESTAURANT – 820 N ASHLAND AVE – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – “WALTER AND ELIZABETH SAWA – HOME-STYLE COOKING” – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PIT RESTAURANT – 875 RUSH STREET – “BARBECUE RIBS KNOWN COAST TO COAST” – WATERCOLOR OF STREET VIEW – 1952 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – ALADDIN’S CASTLE FUN HOUSE – CLOSE-UP OF ALADDIN FIGURE IN COLOR – NOTE: FOR ANYONE WHO KNEW RIVERVIEW, THIS IS A FRIENDLY OLD FACE INDEED – ALWAYS MY FAVORITE SPOT IN THE PARK – THE DOORS HERE WERE SERVICE OR EMERGENCY ONES – THERE WAS A FORMAL ENTRANCE ON THE RIGHT END OF THE CASTLE AND A FORMAL EXIT ON THE LEFT – THE EXIT WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE YOU SAT ON SOMETHING THAT COLLAPSED AND SENT YOU DOWN A SLIDE – A BLAST OF AIR AT ONE POINT ALSO BLEW SKIRTS UP – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FLYING TURNS RIDE – 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA FROM TOP OF SHOOT-THE-CHUTES RIDE – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – RIDE ON THE MINIATURE RAILROAD – REAL LITTLE STEAM ENGINE – LOADED WITH KIDS AND PARENTS – PEOPLE ARE SO DRESSED-UP IT LOOKS LIKE A WEDDING – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – 5000 SERIES TRAIN AT DEMPSTER STATION – EVANSTON LINE – 2017 – A TOTALLY CHARMING URBAN IMAGE – EDITED FROM A PETER EHRLICH IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – DEMPSTER STATION – SKOKIE SWIFT TRAINS – TWO SERIES – PLATFORMS – 1975 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – TRAIN YARD – HOWARD STREET – SERIES 2000 TRAINS WITH RED WHITE AND BLUE LIVERY – 1992 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – NORTH CHICAGO STREET RAILWAY CAR PULLED BY HORSE – SEVERAL PASSENGERS AND DRIVER AT FRONT – TWO WOMEN WAVING – c1910 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILLIAM TELL CONTINENTAL CUISINE AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 5711 W NORTH AVE – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – REALLY NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – JUST TWO CARS – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – TINTED – NOTE: YOU CAN SEE HERE THE FRENCH INFLUENCE ON PLANNING AND DESIGN WHICH WAS VERY STRONG IN CHICAGO AROUND THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES – 1916 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOOKING NE FROM THE LOOP – AERIAL PANORAMA – RIVER WITH SHIPS – MERCHANDISE MART – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PALMER HOUSE HOTEL – WABASH AVE DISPLAY WINDOW – NIGHT – CARD PROMOTING USE OF THE WINDOW WITH SOUTHERN COMFORT SALES INCREASE GIVEN AS EXAMPLE – STYLISH AND ATMOSPHERIC – DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FANNY’S RESTAURANT – EVANSTON – CANDLE-LIT DINING ROOM – I NEVER WENT HERE BUT I LOVED THE CORNY OLD CHIANTI BOTTLES WITH CANDLES AND CHECKERED TABLECLOTHS – MY FAVORITE LITTLE ITALIAN PLACE OF THE TIME WAS MANZO’S ON IRVING PARK ROAD, A FRIENDLY LITTLE FAMILY PLACE WITH GOOD FOOD – LATER I BASED MY OWN SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS ON THEIRS WHICH FEATURED MEATBALLS TWO OR THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF MOST PLACES – I MAY HAVE THE RECIPE IN CHUCKMAN’S MISCELLANIA OF WORDS – THERE CERTAINLY ARE OTHERS – c1960 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND RANDOLPH – LOOKING SE AT GROUND LEVEL – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE AND CROWDS ON CORNER – JUST A WONDERFUL IMAGE FROM THE HEYDAY OF STATE STREET SHOPPING – 1947 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – THREE WOMEN ON STATE STREET – STATE LAKE AND CHICAGO THEATERS IN BACKGROUND – LIKELY ONE OF THOSE CAMERAMAN-ON-THE-STREET PHOTOS THAT ONCE WERE COMMON – THEY WOULD QUICKLY SNAP YOUR PHOTO AS YOU PASSED AND HAND YOU A MAIL-ORDER ENVELOPE WITH A NUMBER WHICH YOU WOULD SEND-IN WITH A DOLLAR OR WHATEVER – IT WAS A PRETTY POPULAR LITTLE BUSINESS AT MANY BUSY LOCATIONS IN THE CITY – 1930s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA BUS – INTERIOR – DRIVER’S WINDOW – W NORTH AVE – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1950 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNION STATION – 225 S CANAL STREET – INTERIOR – MAIN WAITING AREA – 1975 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW UNION STATION – 225 S CANAL STREET – ELEVATED VIEW – TINTED – STATION OPENED IN 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON AND WABASH – ELEVATED STRUCTURE FOR RAPID TRANSIT – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
BOOK COVER – CHICAGO – RAND MCNALLY STREET GUIDE (IT WAS A LOCAL COMPANY) – CHARMING DICK-AND-JANE-READER STYLE IMAGE OF A COP AND A WOMAN ASKING FOR INFORMATION – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES – CSL 7001 SERIES STREETCAR – INTERIOR – ONE OF TWO EXPERIMENTAL TYPES OF STREETCARS CREATED FOR THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR 1933 (AN IMAGE OF THE OTHER EXPERIMENTAL STREETCAR, CSL 4001, IS ALSO ON THE SITE) Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SOCIETY GALS WITH “BLUEJACKETS” FROM GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION AT SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB – 1917 Leave a comment
COVER – CHICAGO – COVER FOR ELEVATED MAP OF THE CITY – DRAWING OF RAPID TRANSIT TRAIN ELEVATED STRUCTURE AND CROWDS – c1940 Leave a comment
INFORMATION SHEET – CHICAGO – PAGE FROM ELEVATED MAP BOOKLET GIVING FARES AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR USING RAPID TRANSIT – c1940 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO ROLLER SKATE COMPANY – 4408 W LAKE – WONDERFUL AD FOR CHRISTMAS – THEY HAD RUBBER-COATED WHEELS BACK THEN ON A LINE OF STREET SKATES – I DON’T RECALL EVER SEEING THEM IN THE 1950s – 1929 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – SCHWINN BICYCLE COMPANY – CHRISTMAS AD – WOMAN IN SHORTIE SANTA OUTFIT ON RACING BIKE – IN THE 1950s THE SCHWINN NAME WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH TANK-TYPE BIKES AND NOT RACERS – NOTE: SCHWINN STARTED IN CHICAGO IN 1895 AND BECAME COUNTRY’S LARGEST MANUFACTURER FOR MANY DECADES – IT ENDED IN 1992 – 1976 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – 60TH AND COTTAGE GROVE – LORADO TAFT’S FOUNTAIN OF TIME IN DISTANCE – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – 17 W ADAMS – ESTABLISHED 1898 – PRICES ARE STILL UNDER WAR TIME CONTROLS – SAUERBRATEN, A BERGHOFF STAPLE OF MY TIME AND MY CONSTANT FAVORITE, IS MISSING FROM THIS MENU – COULD IT BE A GERMANIC NAME DURING THE WAR? OR DID THEY JUST NOT ALWAYS HAVE IT? – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – BERGHOFF RESTAURANT – 17 W ADAMS – ESTABLISHED 1898 – BEVERAGE LIST ON BACK – 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – THE NARCISSUS FOUNTAIN ROOM – SEVENTH FLOOR – COVER – 1939 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – THE NARCISSUS FOUNTAIN ROOM – SEVENTH FLOOR – MENU INSIDE – 1939 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT – 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – 1951
MENU – CHICAGO – HARDING’S RESTAURANTS – INFORMATION FROM MENU – TWELVE RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY – PICTURE OF BUILDING WITH FIRST RESTAURANT – 1942 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – EITEL RESTAURANT – THE FIELD BUILDING – 135 S LA SALLE – MENU INSIDE – 1944 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT – INSIDE MENU – 1934 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER ELECTRIC TRAIN – SOUTH END OF A PLATFORM FOR RANDOLPH STREET STATION (STATION SERVED ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTERS AS WELL AS “SHORE LINE” COMMUTERS) – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – NOTE: AMONG “RAIL FANS” THE SHORE LINE RR HOLDS A KIND OF LEGENDARY STATUS AND AFFECTION LIKELY OWING AT LEAST IN PART TO ITS ROUTE ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN SHORES INTO INDIANA – THERE WAS ALSO A FAMOUS ARTISTIC POSTER ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHORE LINE IN THE 1920s, COPIES OF WHICH ARE STILL POPULAR (SOME ARE ON THE SITE) – c1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – CHICAGO AVE STATION – 3000-SERIES TRAIN STOPPED – 1999 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK HOTEL – 171 W RANDOLPH – THE BIER STUBE – FEATURING BAVARIAN DANCERS – IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY GERMAN CULTURE WAS FAIRLY PROMINENT IN CHICAGO – NOTE: THE EITEL BROTHERS FROM GERMANY STARTED A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE OLD HEIDELBERG INN, THE FIELD BUILDING RESTAURANT, THE MARIGOLD BEER GARDENS, THE BLACK FOREST RESTAURANT – VERY NICE VERSION – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BALTIMORE INN – QUINCY STREET – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EL MAR CAFETERIA – 14 W RANDOLPH NEAR STATE – GRAND STAIRWAY AND MEZZANINE FLOOR – THIS BUILDING BECAME THE LOCATION OF THE RANDOLPH STREET THEATER, A SMALLER MOVIE THEATER WHICH OPENED AT THE END OF 1918 – THE RANDOLPH THEATER CLOSED AND IN 1933 THE EITEL BROTHERS OPENED THEIR OLD HEIDELBERG INN RESTAURANT HERE, A RESTAURANT CONCEPT THEY INTRODUCED AT THE 1933 WORLD’S FAIR – CARD BACK SAYS “THE MOST SPLENDID CAFETERIA IN THE WORLD” – 7 AM TO 7 30 PM – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RICKETTS RESTAURANT AND BAR – 2727 N CLARK – 5 IMAGES – KITCHEN – WORLD FAMOUS SCOTCHES – DINING ROOM – TROPHY BAR – TROPHY ROOM – NOTE: RICKETTS WAS LATER LOCATED AT 103 E CHICAGO BY THE WATER TOWER – ITS CHARMING BUILDING THERE WAS A FAMILIAR SIGHT FOR ME IN THE EARLY MID-1960S WALKING TO “THE PIER” – c1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE STATES RESTAURANT – 52 ADAMS STREET – MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE RE-OPENS – COSTUMED WOMAN ON STAGE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WEST RANDOLPH STREET HAYMARKET – SEA OF WAGONS – ELEVATED LOOKING SW – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM OLD WATER TOWER – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD- CHICAGO – NEW ROMA RESTAURANT -17 N CLARK – TWO INTERIOR IMAGES – OF SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR DINING ROOMS – TINTED – c 1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BLACKSTONE HOTEL – 636 S MICHIGAN AVE – MARBLE ROOM RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SAM GOLD’S WONDER RESTAURANT – 1137 S HALSTED – THE FLORENTINE ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RICKETTS RESTAURANT – IN ITS EARLIER VERSION – “NOTED FOR BOHEMIAN ATMOSPHERE” – TWO IMAGES – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – CLASS PHOTO OF WAITRESSES – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LATIN QUARTER THEATRE RESTAURANT – 23 W RANDOLPH – 3 IMAGES – THEATRE RESTAURANT – COCKTAIL CIRCLE – MAIN DINING ROOM – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA TOUR CAFE – OUTER DRIVE AT RANDOLPH – 400 RANDOLPH STREET E – TOP OF OUTER DRIVE EAST APARTMENTS – CROWD IN DINING ROOM WITH WINDOWS LOOKING S ON GRANT PARK – NICE VERSION – c1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS – 19 N CLARK – MERRIE GARDEN RESTAURANT INTERIOR – STAGE SHOW – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – N W CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON -THE PALM ROOM RESTAURANT WITH DONATELLO FOUNTAIN – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL KAISERHOF – 270 CLARK STREET – VIEW FROM THE GROUND – NOTE RESTAURANT BETWEEN TWO ENTRANCE MARQUEES – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARRISON HOTEL – HARRISON STREET JUST OFF MICHIGAN BLVD – BIG MAP – STREET LEVEL HOTEL VIEW – ONLY DOWNTOWN HOTEL GARAGE FEATURED – TINTED – IT WAS NEW IN TIME FOR WORLD’S FAIR – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLDBERG’S MODERN RESTAURANT – 1259 S WABASH AVE AT 13TH STREET – INTERIOR OF DINING ROOM – NOTE WE SERVE BEER – THIS IS JUST AFTER END OF PROHIBITION – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CAMEO CLUB RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – 2190 N ELSTON AVE – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TOPP’S EXPRESS PIANO MOVING AND DEPOT DELIVERY – CORNER SHOP ON UNKNOWN STREET – TWO MEN TALKING – ONE MAN WEARING WHAT LOOKS LIKE CENTRAL EUROPEAN OR BALKANS CLOTHES – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDINGS BEHIND – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN – STILL THE CHARMING OLD-STYLE COACHES WHICH WOULD BE REPLACED BY MORE NONDESCRIPT DOUBLE-DECK ONES – HEADING S FROM DOWNTOWN – SOME BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND – 1982 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES’ EXPERIMENTAL STREET CAR – INTERIOR – ONE OF TWO TYPES – FOR WORLD’S FAIR CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 – CSL 4001 – THERE WAS ALSO A CSL 7001 – 1934 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THOMPSON’S RESTAURANT CAFETERIA – 180 W RANDOLPH – DAILY SPECIALS – AN EARLY CHAIN FOR FAST FOOD – IN THE 1920s THERE WERE NEARLY FIFTY IN THE CITY – YOU SEE THEIR STREET SIGN ON SOME OLD POSTCARDS – THE COMPANY STOPPED USING THIS IDENTITY IN THE 1950s – MAYBE 1940s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE SOMMER RESTAURANT – 17 N WABASH – COVER – 1962 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – THE SOMMER RESTAURANT – 17 N WABASH – INSIDE – 1962 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAURICE’S RESTAURANT – 175 W MADISON – FEATURING SMORGASBORD – ALL YOU CAN EAT – CARTOON COVER – 1948 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – MAURICE’S RESTAURANT – 175 W MADISON – FEATURING SMORGASBORD – ALL YOU CAN EAT – INSIDE – 1948 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LAGERLOF RESTAURANT – 300 W WASHINGTON – MERCANTILE EXCHANGE BUILDING – COVER – “YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE THE BEST” – 1953 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LAGERLOF RESTAURANT – 300 W WASHINGTON – MERCANTILE EXCHANGE BUILDING – INSIDE – “YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE THE BEST” – 1953 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN – RANDOLPH STREET STATION – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – PASSENGERS ON PLATFORM – SNOWY DAY – A CHARMING URBAN IMAGE – 1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – I’VE DONE SOME RESTORATION WORK OWING TO IMAGE DAMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – ELEVATED LOOKING W FROM BRIDGE – TOUR BOAT DOCK ON LOWER LEFT – I THINK IT WAS MERCURY TOUR BOATS ON THE S SIDE OF RIVER – SUN-TIMES BUILDING ON RIGHT – 1970s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – THE EVANSTON EXPRESS TWO-UNIT TRAIN – ARMITAGE STATION ON ELEVATED STRUCTURE – 1966 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SID LUCKMAN MOTORS – CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH – 3651 W OGDEN – LUCKMAN WAS A FAMOUS CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL STAR – CTA PULLMAN STREETCAR STOPPED WITH PEOPLE – ELEVATED VIEW – 1951 – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE ON THE OLD MOTOR SITE 4 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BAMBOO INN RESTAURANT – RANDOLPH AND CLARK – ONE OF OUR MANY BEAUTIFUL DINING ROOMS – INTERIOR – TINTED – 1930s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – 12TH STREET BASCULE BRIDGE – OPEN FOR STEAMER LOADED WITH EXCURSION PASSENGERS – GROUND LEVEL – NICE VERSION – 1900 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – A VERY PRETTY MISS CHICAGO TELEVISION – LUCILLE REED IN HER BATHING SUIT AND HOLDING A BOUQUET – ALWAYS IN THOSE DAYS A NEW BEAUTY CONTEST TITLE BEING CREATED – 1951 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SANTA FE DIESEL TRAIN UNITS STOPPED ON TRACKS BY UNION STATION – GROUND LEVEL -1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AMTRACK DIESEL TRAIN UNITS ON TRACKS NEAR UNION STATION – ELEVATED VIEW – SOME SKYLINE IN BACKGROUND – 1978- EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN FROM GROUND LEVEL – 1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA PCC STREETCAR ON MONROE-DEARBORN ROUTE – GROUND LEVEL – NEAR A DE METS CANDIES STORE – LOCATION UNKNOWN – 1949 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PULLMAN STREETCARS – GROUND LEVEL – NAVY PIER AS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – 1948 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – ISABELLA STATION – 4000-SERIES TRAIN AT PLATFORM – GRANDPA COULD WELL HAVE BEEN THE OPERATOR – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – ANOTHER TRAIN (6000-SERIES) IN DISTANCE – EDITED FROM A UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – 1966 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – BELMONT STATION WITH 6000-SERIES TRAIN PULLED UP – NOTE THE SIGN AT FRONT OF TRAIN: BASEBALL TODAY – AERIAL VIEW – PEOPLE WAITING ON PLATFORM – ANOTHER TRAIN ON A SIDING – 1968 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – UNKNOWN STATION ALONG AN EXPRESSWAY MEDIAN ROUTE – 6000-SERIES TRAIN – ELEVATED VIEW – SNOW – 1989 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – ELEVATED STRUCTURE – ADAMS AND WABASH – 2200-SERIES TRAIN – TRACKS AND BUILDINGS ALONG STRUCTURE INTO THE DISTANCE – 1970 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 