Archive for June 2019
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CAFE VENICE – 339 WABASH AVE – ARTWORK – “SPLENDID ITALIAN DINNERS” – “AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE AUDITORIUM” – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK HOTEL – BISMARCK INN (NIGHTCLUB) – 128 N LA SALLE – NIGHTLY FUN FESTIVAL OF SONG – AROUND THE CORNER FROM CINERAMA – CARTOON OF BAND AND CUSTOMERS – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HEINLY’S RESTAURANT – NE CORNER DEARBORN AND MONROE – “THREE ENTRANCES” – “CHICAGO’S HIGH CLASS RESTAURANT” – MODERATE PRICES – SEVEN COURSE DINNER SIXTY CENTS – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL NEAR WATER TOWER – CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS NEAR SHOP LOWER LEFT – BUS – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – WATER TOWER – THE KIND OF IMAGE WITH THE BUS AND CROWD THAT JUST TAKES YOU BACK AS THOUGH YOU WERE THERE WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON AND CRAWFORD AVE – STREET LEVEL LOOKING NW – A WEST SIDE SHOPPING DISTRICT – THREE SISTERS STORE AND WALGREEN’S DRUG STORE – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – CLARK AND JACKSON BLVD – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FROM GROUND – SOME PEDESTRIANS – CARRIAGE – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – NORTHERLY ISLAND AND LAGOON WITH SOME OF CITY BEHIND – AERIAL PANORAMA – BLIMP AND SHADOW LOWER LEFT – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AMERICAN MUSIC HALL – VAUDEVILLE – THREE-QUARTER VIEW STREET LEVEL – ADDRESS UNKNOWN – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENTS ABOUT LOCATION – TINTED – 1910s 5 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – EXCURSION STEAMER LEAVING FOR A LAKE TRIP – TUG BOAT – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL – EARLIER VICTORIAN CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS – ADDRESS UNKNOWN – AERIAL PANORAMA -TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – 1401 S SACRAMENTO DRIVE – HAVLICEK MONUMENT – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND BLVD FROM 35TH STREET – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – CROWD OF CARRIAGES AND PEDESTRIANS AND A BICYCLE – NOTE STREET LIGHT – TINTED – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – BUILDINGS ON RANDOLPH AND MICHIGAN IN BACKGROUND – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ATLANTIC – CLARK NEAR JACKSON BLVD – LOBBY – 450 ROOMS – 300 WITH BATH – TWO DOLLARS A DAY AND UP – TINTED – MAYBE 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE WITH MANY SMALL BOATS – PART OF I WILL SERIES – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKINLEY PARK – W 37TH AND S ROBEY AND W 39TH AT S WESTERN BLVD AND ARCHER AVE – CROWD OF BOYS PLAYING IN LARGE WADING POOL – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD – LOOKING N FROM 22ND STREET GROUND LEVEL – PARKED CAR AND YOUNG MAN ON LEFT – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT – WOMAN ICE SKATER WEARING BALLET-LIKE OUTFIT IN DANCE POSE – HOME OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST ICE SKATERS – OPENED 1925 RAZED 1965 – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PEOPLES GAS BUILDING – 122 S MICHIGAN AT ADAMS – LOBBY INTERIOR – OPENED 1911 – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PLAZA HOTEL – NORTH AVE AND N CLARK – LOBBY AND OFFICE INTERIOR – OVERLOOKING LINCOLN PARK AND LAKE MICHIGAN – 600 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH – NEW FURNISHED ROOM WITH BATH $1.50 A DAY – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CHICAGO TEMPLE (SKYSCRAPER CHURCH) – FIRST METHODIST – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – CIVIC CENTER BEHIND BUILT WITH COR-TEN (WEATHERING) STEEL – 1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC – 6255 KIMBARK AVE – ALMA WILSON MCMAHILL – 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOAT LANDING – STEAMER FERRY LANDED – LINCOLN PARK BOAT LINE – HUGE CROWD ON SHORE – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARAGON BALLROOM – 1106 W LAWRENCE – INTERIOR – OPENED 1926 – MANY BIG BANDS PLAYED HERE – 20 000 SQUARE FEET OF THE FINEST DANCE FLOOR IN THE WORLD – THE CLOUDS ON THE CEILING WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE STARS – TINTED – 1940s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – S MICHIGAN AVE AND CONGRESS – A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING – COMPLETED 1889 – LOBBY WITH OFFICE – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BREVOORT HOTEL – 120 W MADISON STREET E OF LA SALLE – OPENED 1906 AS SECOND LARGER HOTEL OF THAT NAME – PRIVATE DINING ROOM -TINTED – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – BELGIAN VILLAGE EXHIBIT – PEOPLE WALKING – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO METHODIST TEMPLE – 77 W WASHINGTON – SKYSCRAPER CHURCH – OPENED 1924 – SANCTUARY INTERIOR – ORGAN HAS 6300 PIPES – NOONDAY ORGAN MEDITATIONS DAILY – CHURCH OPEN EVERY DAY FOR MEDITATION AND PRAYER – NICE VERSION Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM – 15TH AND WABASH – INTERIOR – ELECTRICAL SHOW – HUGE LIGHT DISPLAY ON TENTED CEILING – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COMMERCIAL AVE- SOUTH CHICAGO – LOOKING N – THE HEAVY TINTING MAKES IT LOOK A BIT LIKE A UTRILLO PAINTING – NOTE: SOUTH CHICAGO WAS AN AREA OF HEAVY INDUSTRY SUCH AS STEEL MILLS – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING – ADAMS S LA SALLE QUINCY AND FIFTH AVE – THREE-QUARTERS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED GROUND VIEW – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING S W FROM N OF RIVER – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ON LEFT – CALLED CITY OF TOWERS – STYLIZED TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD SCENE – WOMAN WITH BABY IN CARRIAGE – SUN-DAPPLED WALKWAY – ULTIMATE IN URBAN GRACEFULNESS -TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FERNAL MANUFACTURERS – 316 W 105TH PLACE – AD FOR FERNAL RED DRAGON ELECTRICAL HEATING FURNACES – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIRST SUBWAY – STATE STREET – TRAIN PLATFORM AND TRAIN – NOTE: CHICAGO NEVER DID BUILD MUCH SUBWAY – IT DEPENDED, STARTING IN THE EARLY 1890s, ON THE ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT (THE “L”) – LATER IT WAS AN INNOVATOR IN BUILDING RAPID TRANSIT LINES DOWN THE CENTER MEDIANS OF EXPRESSWAYS – HOWEVER CHICAGO ALSO HAD A REMARKABLE PARALLEL SYSTEM OF REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROADS WHICH IN PART ALSO SERVED THE CITY SINCE AT LEAST THE 1920s – MANY OF THESE WERE ELECTRIFIED FROM THE START AS THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL COMMUTER (THE “IC”) AND THE CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER (“THE SHORE LINE”) – THERE WERE SUCH COMMUTER RAILROADS FANNING OUT IN MANY DIRECTIONS (ROCK ISLAND LINE, NORTH SHORE LINE, NORTHWESTERN COMMUTER) – OF COURSE THEY WERE BASED ON THE HUGE TRACKAGE OF WHAT WAS THE WORLD’S GREATEST RAILROAD CITY FOR SOME TIME – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1947 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE – SOUTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER – IN RAISED POSITION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – 67-71 W RANDOLPH STREET – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – CHAIRS ARE DIFFERENT THAN LATER VERSIONS OF THE CARD – ROOM THE SAME EXCEPT CEILING STOPPED BEING PINK – TINTED – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – N W CORNER W RANDOLPH AND N CLARK STREET – THE FOURTH OF FIVE SHERMAN HOUSE HOTELS – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW ELEVATED – TINTED – 1911 – 1925 WHEN REPLACED BY STILL ANOTHER AND LARGER HOTEL SHERMAN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT – MICHIGAN AVE AT 12TH STREET – S END OF GRANT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL PEDESTRIANS SEATED ON BENCHES TOWARDS LAKE – SOME CARS – GERMAN BUILDING FROM 1893 WORLD’S FAIR IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – SCENE FROM BOAT HOUSE – PEOPLE WAITING ON PIER – SMALL PLEASURE BOAT WITH AWNING – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOHN G SHEDD AQUARIUM – 1200 S LAKESHORE DRIVE – TINTED – OPENED 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – N W CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – PRESIDENTIAL SUITE PARLOR INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – OPENED 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE STREET – 31ST TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR – TEMPORARY ARCH OVER STREET – IT WAS A BIG AFFAIR WITH A HUGE PARADE – THERE WERE ALSO TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND DECORATIONS ON STATE STREET AND ON MICHIGAN AVE (NOTE: THERE ARE OTHER CARDS ON THE SITE ABOUT IT) – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LINCOLN MONUMENT BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – ELEPHANT BATHING IN POOL – CROWD BEHIND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL PARK AT BROOKFIELD – THE ELEPHANTS – LARGEST COLLECTION OF LARGE LAND ANIMALS IN THE WORLD – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – DINING ROOM – PACKED WITH PEOPLE – WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN – NICE VERSION – TINTED – MAYBE 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – A DELUXE BEDROOM – HOTEL OF PERFECT SERVICE – 1944 OUTSIDE ROOMS WITH BATH – 3400 ROOMS WHEN COMPLETED – $2.50 PER NIGHT AND UP – TINTED – OPENED 1925 – RAZED 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – THEN TEMPORARILY FIELD MUSEUM UNTIL NEW BUILDING BUILT – HAD BEEN ART GALLERY FOR 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – SOUTH FACE BY LAGOON – BOATERS – DRAMATIC DARK TINT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – THEN TEMPORARILY FIELD MUSEUM – HAD BEEN ART GALLERY FOR THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – SOUTH-FACING SIDE ON LAGOON – JACKSON PARK WITH 540 ACRES – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER STATION – MADISON STREET ON W SIDE OF RIVER – CITY’S LARGEST AND FINEST WHEN OPENED – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS GOLD COAST SKYLINE – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ADAMS – MOUNTED POLICEMAN IN FOREGROUND – BIG CROWDS WALKING – TINTED – c1920 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – CATTLE STALLS – COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – AERIAL PANORAMA – OVER STALLS TOWARDS PROCESSING PLANTS – YARDS EXTENDED FROM 39TH STREET TO 43RD AND WEST FROM HALSTED COVERING 400 ACRES – TINTED – c 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – HISTORIC STONE GATE – CARS JUST INSIDE – SOME PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – ENTRANCE GATE – HERD OF SHEEP – A NUMBER OF HERDERS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – ENTRANCE GATE – WITH WHIMSICAL DRAWING OF CATTLE HEAD – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – 4-H HITCH – 8 HORSE WAGON TEAM – CROWD IN WAGON WITH FLAGS – IN FRONT OF STOCK YARD INN (WHICH HAD QUITE A FINE RESTAURANT) – TINTED – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION STOCK YARDS – SIX HORSE TEAM – COURTYARD STOCK YARD INN (WHICH HAD QUITE A FINE RESTAURANT) – TINTED – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – ENTRANCE WITH CAPTURED SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR GUNS – MAN WOMAN AND BABY – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNION PARK – 1501 W RANDOLPH – TWO CARS ON STREET – WOMAN AND GIRL WALKING – SOMEONE APPEARS TO BE SLEEPING ON A BLANKET IN THE GRASS NEAR THE WALKERS – MY MOTHER TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO THAT WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO CHICAGO FROM INDIANA AS A YOUNG WOMAN ON HOT NIGHTS MANY PEOPLE WOULD SLEEP IN THE PARKS OR ON FIRE ESCAPES – OF COURSE NO ONE WOULD THINK OF DOING THAT NOW – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON BLVD – GROUND LEVEL VIEW – STREET OF BIG HOMES – CONTINUATION OF WASHINGTON STREET – THROUGH UNION AND GARFIELD PARKS – TINTED – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WASHINGTON PARK – BETWEEN COTTAGE GROVE AND GRAND BLVD FROM 51ST STREET TO 63RD – BOAT HOUSE – PANORAMA FROM ACROSS LAGOON – 371 ACRES – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WEST SIDE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING YMCA – 1804 W CONGRESS STREET – THREE-QUARTER SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA LINCOLN BELMONT DEPARTMENT – 3333 N MARSHFIELD AVE – CARS PARKED IN FRONT – AERIAL PANORAMA – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SAINT PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH – 2127 W 22ND STREET – DRAMATIC GROUND-LEVEL VIEW – 1930 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – MONROE THEATRE – MONROE AT DEARBORN – 57 W MONROE – IN THE OLD INTER-OCEAN NEWSPAPER BUILDING – ALSO THE CLARK THEATRE – LIKELY THEY WERE OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY – I REMEMBER GOING TO THE CLARK IN THE 1960s WHEN IT WAS A REVIEW CINEMA FOR OLD FILMS – NOTE THAT BOTH HERE RUN SHOWS FROM FAIRLY EARLY MORNING TO EVENING Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK – BELMONT AVE AND WESTERN AVE – ONE FREE TRIAL Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – EARLY EVENING – IN ITS HEYDAY – LOOKING W FROM STATE GROUND LEVEL – 1956 – EDITED FROM A MICHAEL GORTH IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – ELEVATED PERSPECTIVE LOOKING NW FROM MONROE – CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE HOTEL – THE MAYFAIR ROOM – A HEDRICH BLESSING PHOTO – 1952 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – POMPEIAN GRILL ROOM RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GASTIS RESTAURANT – 3259-61 N CLARK – BUFFET TABLE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – GRILL ROOM RESTAURANT – A REALLY BEAUTIFUL DINING ROOM OF ITS TYPE – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AND COMPANY (CHICAGO MEAT PACKING COMPANY) TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANTS JUST FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR – OVERLOOKING THE MIDWAY AND THE LAKE – BIG CROWD EATING AT TABLES OUTSIDE WITH PARASOLS – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR (CHICAGO’S SECOND WORLD’S FAIR – OTHER ONE WAS IN 1893) – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SURF TEA ROOM – SURF STREET AND PINE GROVE AVE – DINING ROOM INTERIOR WITH WINDOWS ON THE STREET – CHARMING ROOM – AT LEAST THROUGH THE 1950s “TEA ROOM” WAS A FAIRLY COMMON NAME FOR A KIND OF RESTAURANT – IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SWEDISH INFLUENCE SINCE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SWEDISH RESTAURANTS WITH THAT TERM IN THEIR NAMES – “TRULY AN UNUSUAL TEA ROOM” – TINTED – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BOSTON STORE DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND MADISON OVER TO DEARBORN – GRILL ROOM – ADJOINING RESTAURANT – CHEERFUL DINING ROOM WITH CHECK TABLECLOTHS – CHARMINGLY GERMANIC-LOOKING – TINTED – MAYBE 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – TERRACE GARDEN WONDER RESTAURANT – MADISON AND CLARK – LARGE CROWD ON DANCE FLOOR – IN THE 1920s DANCING AT RESTAURANTS WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA WAS VERY COMMON – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – OPENED 1925 – RAZED 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – TERRACE GARDEN WONDER RESTAURANT – MADISON AND CLARK – ICE SKATING CARNIVAL – PERFORMERS AT FRONT IN COSTUME – NICE VERSION – TINTED – OPENED 1925 – RAZED 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RED STAR INN RESTAURANT – 1528 N CLARK – INTERIOR DINING ROOM AND SMALL INSET OF STREET VIEW – AGAIN THE GERMAN INFLUENCE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HO SAI GAI RESTAURANT – MING ROOM – SECOND FLOOR 85 W RANDOLPH – A RATHER SPECTACULAR INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GUEY SAM CHINESE RESTAURANT – 2205 WENTWORTH AVE – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – SINCE 1901 – “HEART OF CHINATOWN” – QUITE AN ELEGANT PLACE – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KING JOY LO RESTAURANT – 57 W RANDOLPH – NOTE ADDRESS HAS CHANGED FROM CARD BELOW – LOOKS LIKE THE SAME PLACE – LIKELY THE CITY RENUMBERED STREETS BETWEEN THE DATES OF THE TWO CARDS – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – c1910 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KING JOY LO RESTAURANT – 100-102 RANDOLPH – OPPOSITE GARRICK THEATRE – DINING ROOM CROWD FOR NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATION – NICE VERSION – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAUER SISTERS’ RESTAURANT – 63RD AND NORMAL BLVD – INTERIOR OF “MODERNE ROOM” – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PIT RESTAURANT – 1139 N DEARBORN – CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS AND BARBECUED RIBS – STREET VIEW ARTWORK – NICE VERSION – 1960 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PICKLE BARREL RESTAURANT – 1423 N WELLS – OLD TOWN – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – WHEN IT WAS NOT A CHAIN OPERATION – 1971 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TOM JONES RESTAURANT – 1755-177 JACKSON BLVD – 118-120 QUINCY STREET – EMBOSSED PROFILE PHOTO OF A SINGER NAMED LAURIE – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IRELAND’S OYSTER HOUSE RESTAURANT – 632-634-636-638 N CLARK – FOUR INTERIORS – THE GRILL – LOBSTER GROTTO – BANQUET ROOM – MARINE DINING ROOM – PROPRIETOR’S IMAGE – TINTED – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HEIDELBERGER FASS RESTAURANT – THREE IMAGES – STREET CORNER EXTERIOR – TWO INTERIOR DINING ROOMS – “HOSTS KURT AND MARGARET SCHEBESTA” – REALLY NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL AND ANNEX – DINING ROOM INTERIOR WITH GIANT CANDELABRA – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CLOUD ROOM RESTAURANT – MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY (THE DEPARTMENT STORE) HAD A GOOD REPUTATION FOR FOOD SERVICE – MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – PLANES VIEWED THROUGH THE WINDOWS – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
MAP – CHICAGO – CENTRAL CITY STREETS PARKS AND ATTRACTIONS – NICELY COLORED FOR GRAPHIC IMPACT – NICE VERSION – 1946 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE – KNITWEAR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN – APPEALING TO GRANDMOTHERS FOR GIFT-GIVING – NOTE THE OLD PAIR OF HANDS HELPING THE YOUNG GIRL DO MAKE A STRONG SENTIMENTAL IMAGE – SENTIMENTALITY, DESPITE THE STUFF ABOUT “HOG BUTCHER TO THE WORLD” AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND “THE OUTFIT,” FEATURED STRONGLY IN CHICAGO’S IDENTITY – 1968 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE DRAKE HOTEL AND SURROUNDINGS – ON THE BOULEVARD LINK – LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN AVE – OAK STREET BEACH WOULD BE IN BOTTOM FOREGROUND – PALMOLIVE BUILDING RIGHT BACKGROUND – AERIAL LOOKING SE – THIS VIEW HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST STRIKING – REALLY NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CONRAD HILTON HOTEL (FORMER STEVENS HOTEL) – MICHIGAN BLVD – IMAGE FROM BALBO DRIVE BRIDGE OVER TRACKS – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – OPENED AS STEVENS HOTEL 1927 WITH 3000 ROOMS AND 18-HOLE MINIATURE GOLF COURSE ON ROOF AND 5 LANE BOWLING ALLEY AND 1200-SEAT MOVIE THEATER AND LENDING LIBRARY AND CANDY FACTORY PLUS VARIOUS SHOPS – AT TIME OF THIS PHOTO THERE IS A HELICOPTER PAD ON TOP LEFT – c1964 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE METROPOLE HOTEL – S MICHIGAN AVE AND 23RD STREET – BUILT 1891 – RAZED 1975 – IN 1925 AL CAPONE USED IT AS A HEADQUARTERS – TINTED – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE SEVILLE APARTMENTS – 4144 SHERIDAN ROAD – 1 AND 2 AND 3 ROOM KITCHENETTE APARTMENTS – MAID SERVICE AND TELEPHONE – RENTS 80 TO 225 PER MONTH – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BRYN MAWR APARTMENT HOTEL – 5550 N KENMORE AVE – ALL UNITS HAVE FULLY EQUIPPED KITCHENS – TRANSIENT RATES START AT FOUR DOLLARS A DAY – ONE BLOCK FROM LAKE – MAP – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORWOOD HOTEL – NORMAL BLVD AT 64TH STREET – 200 ROOMS – KITCHENETTE APARTMENTS – ENGLEWOOD ELEVATED STATION AT 63RD – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW ON GROUND – TOWER ADDED – COMPARE TO NEXT CARD – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – THREE-QUARTERS STREET VIEW – HOME OF THE TERRACE GARDEN WONDER RESTAURANT – OPENED 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – LOBBY AND MEZZANINE – MADISON AND CLARK – TINTED – OPENED 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE BLACKSTONE HOTEL – 636 S MICHIGAN AT BALBO – ROOM INTERIOR PARLOR AND BED CHAMBER – NOTE THE WAY THE LAMP IN MIDDLE OF TABLE IS CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE ST NICHOLAS HOTEL – 404 S ASHLAND BLVD – INTERIOR – “BRIGHT CLEAN COMFORTABLE” – “CONGENIAL REFINEMENT AT VERY MODERATE PRICES” – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – LOOKING SW – AERIAL LIKELY FROM RANDOLPH – MORNING LIGHT ON BUILDINGS – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WABASH AVE – LOOKING N FROM MONROE GROUND LEVEL – PEDESTRIANS – ELEVATED WITH RAPID TRANSIT TRAIN – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WABASH AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WABASH AVE – SHOWING ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT TRAIN STRUCTURE – LOOKING N – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – CAMEO BALLROOM – TABLES FILLED WITH PEOPLE – TINTED – 1926 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DE JONGHE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT – 43-45 E MONROE – 3 IMAGES – ENTRANCE – MAIN DINING ROOM – STREET FRONT – TINTED – EARLY 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PARK ROW RESTAURANT – CONRAD HILTON HOTEL – HILTON BOUGHT THE STEVENS IN 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PEARSON HOTEL – 190 E PEARSON – THE ENGLISH ROOM – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – DATE UNCERTAIN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CONGRESS HOTEL – 520 S MICHIGAN – OVERLOOKING GRANT PARK – THE GERMAN ROOM RESTAURANT – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE NEW HORIZON RESTAURANT – INTERIOR DINING ROOM AND BAR – IN THE HOTEL CONTINENTAL – 505 N MICHIGAN AVE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA HOTEL – 826 S WABASH – ORIOLE ROOM CAFETERIA – ROOM RATES FROM ONE DOLLAR TO TWO DOLLARS A DAY – THREE FLOORS RESERVED FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UPTOWN VILLAGE RESTAURANT – 4818-22 BROADWAY – ONE DOOR N OF UPTOWN THEATER – AMERICAN AND CHINESE – 4 IMAGES – DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN – FLORAL FRAME- c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KING YEN LO CO CHINESE RESTAURANT – CLARK AND VAN BUREN – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – A FEW PEOPLE AT TABLES – NICE VERSION – EARLY 1900s 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LIBBY MCNEIL AND LIBBY – CANNING DEPARTMENT – GROUP OF WOMEN WORKERS – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LIBBY MCNEIL AND LIBBY PLANT – EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE RESTAURANT – MANY WORKERS AT TABLES – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDARIN INN GARDEN RESTAURANT – 202 W 22ND STREET – MAIN DINING ROOM INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LIBBY MCNEILL AND LIBBY – RECEPTION ROOM FOR VISITORS – GUIDES FOR PLANT TOURS – LOCATION UNKNOWN – LIBBY’S MAIN PLANT WAS AT 13636 S WESTERN IN BLUE ISLAND – IT WAS BUILT IN 1917 – CARD DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE VIEW AND LINCOLN PARK – NEAR FULLERTON BLVD – GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING AWAY ON SIDEWALK – WOMAN AND LITTLE GIRL NEAREST US – BIG HOMES – AWNINGS – ELEGANT IMAGE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE STREET BRIDGE OVER CHICAGO RIVER – ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT TRAIN ON TOP – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – CLARK AND RANDOLPH – BALLROOM GROUP IMAGE OF BUYING CONVENTION OF THE RCU SYNDICATE – TINTED – BUILT 1911 – CARD 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS – 19 N CLARK – JUST N OF MADISON – FIRST WITH AIR-CONDITIONED GUEST ROOMS – RATES FROM $2.50 – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL MIRA-MAR – 6212 – 22 WOODLAWN AVE – 350 ROOMS – BATHS – ONE-FIFTY TO FOUR-FIFTY DAILY – HYDE PARK AT ITS FINEST – TINTED – DATE UNCERTAIN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – OFFICE AND CLERK’S DESK – LOBBY SEATING – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – N W CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – GERMAN CLUB ROOM – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – N W CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – GERMAN CLUB ROOM – ANNOUNCEMENT BACK OF CARD FOR LUNCHEONS SERVED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL KAISERHOF – 3 IMAGES – ELEVATED STREET VIEW – LADIES’ CAFE – BAUERNSTUBE – LOBSTER DRAWING – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL HOLLAND – 53RD STREET AND LAKE AVE – HYDE PARK – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL DEL PRADO – AERIAL PANORAMA – “ON THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOULEVARD IN AMERICA” THE MIDWAY BOULEVARD (CALLED THAT) – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL CRILLON – MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) AT 13TH STREET – GROUND LEVEL THREE-QUARTERS VIEW – GIANT ANTENNA ON ROOF – RADIO IN EVERY ROOM – PADDOCK BAR – ONE BLOCK FROM IC – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL CASS – 640 N WABASH AVE – TWO BLOCKS W OF MICHIGAN – – 250 ROOMS – ALL PRIVATE BATH – “THE BEST LITTLE HOTEL IN CHICAGO” – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ALCAZAR – 3000 WASHINGTON AT SACRAMENTO BLVD – ONE OF CHICAGO’S FINE SMALL HOTELS – GROUND LEVEL THREE-QUARTERS VIEW – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOLLENDEN HOTEL – 61ST AND WENTWORTH – GROUND STREET VIEW – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARMONY CAFETERIAS – THE PINE PALM DINING ROOM – 27 S DEARBORN – ALSO AT 15 S WABASH AND 845 S WABASH – RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN HINES – AIR-CONDITIONED – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – JACKSON AND CLARK – INTERIOR EMPIRE ROOM RESTAURANT – THERE WAS AN EMPIRE ROOM BEFORE “THE” EMPIRE ROOM – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EXECUTIVE HOUSE HOTEL – 71 E WACKER DRIVE – DRAWING – NICE VERSION – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELEVATED LOOP ON WABASH AVE- TRACK-LEVEL VIEW – TRAINS – DRAMATIC PERSPECTIVE WITH STRUCTURE AND PEOPLE WALKING BELOW – PART OF I WILL SERIES – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL ARMS HOTEL – DREXEL AND OAKWOODS BLVDS – CORNER GROUND-LEVEL VIEW- TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEFOREST’S TRAINING – 2735 N ASHLAND – SCENES FROM LABORATORIES – TELEVISION – RADIO – ELECTRONICS – 1953 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN AND RANDOLPH – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – CALLED BUSY DAY – CHAOS OF WAGONS STREETCARS AND PEOPLE – LOAD OF LOGS – MANY SIGNS INCLUDING CUNARD LINE OFFICES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1915 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CUYLER AVE – S OF ROBEY STREET – FAIRLY LARGE HOMES ON TREE-LINED STREET – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONGRESS HOTEL – 520 S MICHIGAN – LOBBY – ORIGINAL PORTION OPENED IN 1893 FOR COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION WORLD’S FAIR – NOTE THE SPITTOONS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO YACHT CLUB – SHORELINE OF GRANT PARK ON THE NORTHERN END – LOOKING E – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE HOTEL – 636 S MICHIGAN AT BALBO – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW FROM GROUND LEVEL LOOKING W – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUGUSTANA HOSPITAL – LINCOLN GARFIELD AND CLEVELAND – CORNER GROUND VIEW – PEOPLE IN FRONT – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL AND PANORAMA DOWN MICHIGAN AVE FROM GRANT PARK – TINTED – 1904 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALLERTON HOTEL – 701 N MICHIGAN AVE – NEAR NORTH SIDE – NICE AERIAL THREE-QUARTERS IMAGE – MELLOW LIGHT – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ALLERTON HOTEL – 701 N MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA OF SURROUNDINGS INCLUDING BEACHES AND LINCOLN PARK – TINTED – DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 17TH CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE – 55 E WACKER DRIVE – NEAR MICHIGAN – HARRY WEESE ARCHITECT – BUILT 1968 Leave a comment
STAMP – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – ADVERTISING STAMP – HOTEL OWNER JOHN SHERMAN WITH SON INFAMOUS GENERAL SHERMAN – 1911 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – AERIAL FROM COURT HOUSE – ON LEFT IS SHERMAN HOUSE HOTEL – OWNED BY THE FATHER OF THE CIVIL WAR GENERAL – 1898 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MAXWELL STREET MARKET – CAR PARTS FOR SALE – DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND – DATE UNKNOWN – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MAN STANDING ON UNKNOWN STREET IN FRONT OF HIS PETERSON’S LAUNDRY BUSINESS – NEXT DOOR TO A STORE CALLED E F RIBLER ELECTRICIAN AND LOCKSMITH – 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT – TWO-CAR TRAIN – WELLS STREET – TRACK-LEVEL VIEW – 1949 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT – NEW-LOOKING 4000 SERIES CAR – LOCATION UNKNOWN – ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CINCINNATI CAR IN 1922-24 – SOME REBUILT IN EARLY 1950s BY CTA AND SERVED TO 1973 – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BURLINGTON ZEPHYR TRAIN STOPPED AT STATION IN LINCOLN NEBRASKA – 1957 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – HOTEL VICTORIA – CLARK AND VAN BUREN – MODERATE RATES Leave a comment
COVER – CHICAGO – MODEL RAILROADER MAGAZINE – WELLS STREET LEG OF UNION LOOP BETWEEN JACKSON AND VAN BUREN – A BEAUTIFUL HO-SCALE MODEL – 1976 Leave a comment
COVER – CHICAGO – MEN IN THE LOBBY OF A CHICAGO HOTEL – FUR COATS – DRAWING – HARPER’S WEEKLY – 1893 Leave a comment
COVER – CHICAGO – COVER OF RAPID TRANSIT MAP – 1946 Leave a comment
COVER – CHICAGO – BOOK ABOUT RAPID TRANSIT HISTORY – FEATURES COVER OF RAPID TRANSIT MAP IN COLOR – PERHAPS 1932 MAP – 1995 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – 51ST AND LAKE SHORE – AD IN MCCLURE’S MAGAZINE FOR STAYING AND RESTING AT THE HOTEL AFTER SEEING THE ST LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR – THE GRAND DAYS OF CHICAGO’S BEACH-FRONT HOTELS -1904 Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – AD FOR SHERATON HOTELS – FEATURES THE BLACKSTONE WHICH WAS NOT PART OF A CHAIN ORIGINALLY – 1958 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 