Archive for July 2019
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – “WITH NORTH SHORE SKYLINE” – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING W – BIG CROWD – NICE VERSION – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – LA SALLE AND MADISON – ENTRANCE AREA – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S – NIGHT AND LIGHTS – CARS AND PEDESTRIANS – WATERCOLOR PAINTING – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CHICAGO TEMPLE – FIRST METHODIST CHURCH – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – THE SKYSCRAPER CHURCH – ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER VIEW – FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – CHINESE PAGODA AT MINERAL SPRING – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – MONUMENT WITH LADY LIBERTY AND INDIANS AND A BUFFALO – A HANDSOME GROUP BUT I IMAGINE THE INDIANS MIGHT HAVE SOME OBJECTIONS – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AND COMPANY PACKERS – CHAMPION SIX-HORSE TEAM FROM THE UNION STOCK YARDS – TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT IN BACKGROUND FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – OVERLOOKED MIDWAY AND LAKE – 1933-4 Leave a comment
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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NE TOWARDS LAKE FROM OVER W END OF THE MIDWAY – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1941 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AETNA DISTRIBUTORS – 4600 W BELLE PLAINE – AETNA’S 1961 WHOLESALE CATALOG – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 71ST STREET AND JEFFERY – SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTER STATION AND TRAIN (THE “IC”) – CROWD ON STATION STAIRS – NOTE TRAIN GATES DOWN FOR JEFFERY TRAFFIC – JEFFERY THEATER – 1955 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 71ST STREET – SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – ILLINOIS CENTRAL COMMUTER TRAIN (THE “IC”) – NOTE TRAIN GATES DOWN FOR SIDE STREET – SOME STORES – PEDESTRIANS – I DON’T RECOGNIZE EXACT LOCATION – THERE ARE NO LANDMARKS AND THE STREET SIGNS ARE NOT LEGIBLE BUT IT IS UNMISTAKABLY 71ST STREET – 1968 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VINE RESTAURANT – 614 W NORTH – CORNER STREET LEVEL VIEW – DINE AND DANCE – NOTE: 100% AIR CONDITIONED SIGN – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – 600 E GRAND – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E – NOTE: NOT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO YET (1945-65) – GARDENS – PARKED CARS – 3300 FEET LONG – BUILT 1916 AS MUNICIPAL PLEASURE PIER – TINTED – EARLY 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAY LINE BUS TOURS – BUSES LINED UP WITH SKYLINE BACKGROUND AND EDGE OF LAKE – “REALLY SEE CHICAGO” – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE ON LAKE MICHIGAN – PANORAMA FROM WATER LOOKING NW (MAINLY W) – BOATS IN HARBOR – BUILDINGS ON MICHIGAN AVE AND RANDOLPH STREET IN DISTANCE – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – READING AND WRITING AND REST ROOMS – THIRD FLOOR – “SEND LETTERS TELEGRAMS CABLES – CHECK TIME TABLES – BUY THEATER TICKETS AND TRAVEL CHEQUES” – c1930 – NOTE: THE BIG DEPARTMENT STORES IN THOSE DAYS WERE LIKE CITIES WITHIN A CITY – ALMOST ANY SERVICE YOU CAN THINK OF WAS AVAILABLE AT MARSHALL FIELD’S STORE FROM WATCH AND SHOE REPAIR TO PICTURE FRAMING – FOOD SERVICES INCLUDED LUXURY BAKED GOODS AND CANDY AND SOME WINES TO A RANGE OF RESTAURANTS FROM MODEST TO LUXURIOUS – ALL THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN LINES OF GOODS SUCH AS CLOTHES SEWING NOTIONS SHOES TOYS FURNITURE CARPETS DISHES BOOKS JEWELRY DECORATIVE ITEMS FANCY GIFTS – THEY WERE AMAZING PLACES UP THROUGH THE 1960s – SEE READER COMMENT AND MY RESPONSE FOR MORE INFORMATION 5 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MISS LINDQUIST CAFE – THE BROADVIEW HOTEL – 5540 S HYDE PARK BLVD (NOTE: E AND W HYDE PARK BLVD ARE 51ST STREET) – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – SMORGASBORD – REALLY NICE VERSION – c1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – TOUR CAR-TRAIN LOADED WITH PEOPLE – BIG FARE SIGN – CARD CALLED “ALL ABOARD” – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – PANORAMA OF BEACH AND WATER FROM UNDER TREES – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JIM FONG CHOP SUEY TAKE-OUT – 2931 W TOUHY – OWNER STANDING IN ENTRANCE AREA HOLDING TAKE-OUT MENU – “BEST IN THE MIDWEST” – 1975 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEE HIVE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING COMPANY – STREET IMAGE OF PLANT AND PARKED TRUCK – CUSTOMER SERVICE CALL REQUEST CARD – FREE POSTAGE – “WET WASH TO COMPLETE FINISH” – TINTED – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 1601 N CLARK – LINCOLN PARK – CHICAGO AND AMERICAN HISTORY – TINTED – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LITTLE JACK’S RESTAURANT – DIE-CUT CHILDREN’S MENU – COVER – 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE – 1940s OR 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LITTLE JACK’S RESTAURANT – DIE-CUT CHILDREN’S MENU – INSIDE – 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE – 1940s OR 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOY LING LO RESTAURANT – 204 S STATE – SW CORNER OF ADAMS (NOTE: THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL BERGHOFF RESTAURANT IN 1890s BEFORE IT MOVED TO 17 WEST ADAMS) – “AFTER THE SHOW” – OPEN DAY AND NIGHT – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – FAKE NIGHT – LOOKING W FROM STATE ELEVATED – CARRIAGES – TRAMS – LIGHTED SIGNS – CALLED “NIGHT IN CHICAGO” – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UN SALUTO DAL RISTORANTE ROMA RESTAURANT – 146 STATE STREET (NOTE: ON THESE OLDER CARDS THE ADDRESSES DO NOT CORRESPOND TO CONTEMPORARY ONES – STREET NUMBERING WAS REVAMPED CLOSE TO THIS TIME) – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – ANOTHER VERSION – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HEALTH SPOT SHOES – 163 W RANDOLPH – “WHAT DO YOUR SHOES LOOK LIKE?” – SHOE TREES FOR MEN AND WOMEN – MAYBE 1940s Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – FRONT AND GENERAL INFORMATION – 1961 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION – 1961 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – SCHEDULE AND STOPS – 1961 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – INTERMISSION RESTAURANT – 17 W RANDOLPH – “TIME FOR A SNACK” – COVER – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – INTERMISSION RESTAURANT – 17 W RANDOLPH – “TIME FOR A SNACK” – INSIDE – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – “WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM” – LIGHTS TURNED DOWN ON DANCE FLOOR -1935 – NOTE: ALL THE PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT BUILDINGS (MOVIE THEATERS, BALLROOMS, DEPARTMENT STORES) OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN CHICAGO HAD A REAL GRANDEUR WE JUST DO NOT SEE ANYMORE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – “WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM” – LIGHTS TURNED ON DANCE FLOOR – NICE VERSION – 1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – INTERIOR OF GRAND SALON – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET – TINTED – NICE VERSION – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – LOBBY AND GRAND STAIRWAY – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET – TINTED – NICE VERSION – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PORTION OF SKYLINE – FEATURING MARINA CITY WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS – LOOKING S – FROM N OF CHICAGO RIVER – TWILIGHT – c1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN STANDING BY PROPS IN STUDIO PORTRAIT – THE UNION POSTAL STUDIO – 4639 S ASHLAND AVE – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GIMBEL’S RESTAURANT – 30 W RANDOLPH – LOUNGE INTERIOR – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BAY – FEW PEOPLE BY WATER FRONT – DORY-TYPE BOAT MOORED NEAR UNKNOWN BUILDING – TINTED – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WEST SIDE BALL PARK – BOUNDED BY POLK TAYLOR WOOD AND LINCOLN – PANORAMA – PLAYERS WARMING UP – BIG CROWD IN STANDS – CHICAGO CUBS – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – LOOKING E ON WASHINGTON BLVD – WEST SIDE PARK – 187 ACRES – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – S MICHIGAN AND CONGRESS – GROUND CORNER VIEW – A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING BUILT 1889 – THEY DID SOME RENOVATIONS IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1921) WHICH THE CARD BACK HIGHLIGHTED – NOTE THE BALCONY RESTAURANT ON MICHIGAN ABOVE THE ENTRANCE ARCHES – IT LOOKED OUT ON GRANT PARK – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – ELECTRIC TOWER AND BAND STAND – FAKE NIGHT – 63RD STREET AND SOUTH PARK AVE – NOTE: THE NAME “WHITE CITY” WAS TAKEN FROM THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR IN HYDE PARK – THE FAIR HAD THE WORLD’S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND WAS VERY POPULAR – THE AMUSEMENT PARK HOPED TO GAIN FROM THE NAME – IT OPENED IN 1905 AND WAS POPULAR – IT STARTED HAVING TROUBLE IN THE 1930s AND WAS CONDEMNED IN 1939 – ITS PROPERTY BECAME THE SITE OF A HOUSING PROJECT IN THE 1950s – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE LIBRARY – 4904 S LAKE PARK – KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD – LIBRARY OPENED 1904 – REALLY NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT AND NIGHT CLUB – 2126 S WABASH – DINING ROOM AND STAGE – A LAVISH PLACE NOTED FOR MAFIA ASSOCIATIONS (NOTE THAT IN CHICAGO THE NAME TRADITIONALLY USED FOR THE MAFIA IS “THE OUTFIT”) – SHOW WITH “COLOSIMO’S CUTIES” – “LARGEST ELEVATING DANCE FLOOR” – “BIG JIM” OPENED A SALOON IN 1909 AT ANOTHER LOCATION – HE SHORTLY MOVED HERE INTO WHAT WAS A SMALL HOTEL CALLED THE HARMON – HE REMODELLED IT INTO A REAL SHOWPLACE IN 1913 – IN 1920 “BIG JIM” WAS SHOT IN HIS RESTAURANT – THE RESTAURANT CONTINUED IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL ABOUT 1960 – WE CAN SEE HERE THAT IN THE MID-1940s IT WAS STILL A REAL SHOWPLACE – TINTED – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO YACHT CLUB HOUSE – GRANT PARK FRONT – AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS LAKE – LOTS OF PEOPLE – LOOKS LIKE A BIG EVENT WITH LOTS OF BOATS BEHIND – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO’S PICASSO – CIVIC CENTER PLAZA – 50 W WASHINGTON – BUILDING OPENED IN 1965 – SCULPTURE ADDED IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1967) – THE SPECIAL COR-TEN STEEL USED GRADUALLY WEATHERS FROM THE BRIGHT COLOR SEEN HERE TO A TEXTURED PURPLISH DEEP BROWN – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – GROUND LEVEL VIEW DOWN STREET – BUILDINGS BEHIND TREES – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – S FROM MONROE – ELEVATED VIEW – HEAVILY TINTED – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS – 19 N CLARK – ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER STREET VIEW – ONE CAR PARKED – GREATEST VALUE HOTEL – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB – INTERIOR LOUNGE ROOM – OLYMPIA FIELDS IS A FAIRLY FAR SOUTH SUBURB – CLUB HOUSE BUILT 1924 – TINTED – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AIRWAYS FIREPROOFING – DUCTWORK CLEANED – “WHEN GREASE STARTS TO DRIP” – CARTOON OF RESTAURANT KITCHEN WITH DRIPPING GREASE – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MASSAGIC SHOE STORE – STORE IN LA SALLE HOTEL – 160 W MADISON – AIR CUSHION SHOES – X-RAY FITTING – $6.95 TO $7.50 – TINTED – 1941 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATH IGLER’S CASINO – 1627-29 MELROSE – HALF BLOCK N OF LINCOLN AND BELMONT – W OF LINCOLN – CHICAGO’S GAYEST NIGHT SPOT – FEATURING ART KOCH PIANIST – MUSIC UNTIL 4 AM – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BOATHOUSE AND LANDING – WATER LEVEL VIEW – SMALL AWNING-COVERED PLEASURE BOAT WAITING – SOME PEOPLE STANDING – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EVANSTON POSTCARD CLUB – MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT CARD – LOVELY FRENCH NUDE DRAWING – 1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ASHLAND BLVD – GROUND LEVEL – GRACIOUS TREE-LINED NEIGHBORHOOD – NOTE STONE BLOCKS FOR GETTING IN AND OUT OF CARRIAGES LOWER LEFT – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BENNERT’S CAFE – 80 E JACKSON BLVD – CARTOON OF BOY AND GIRL AND DOG EATING AT TABLE WITH TABLECLOTH AND FLOWERS – “THERE AIN’T AGOIN TO BE NO LEAVINS” – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL – STATE AND SUPERIOR – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LANE HIGH SCHOOL – DIVISION AND SEDGWICK – STREET LEVEL THREE-QUARTER VIEW – CROWD OF PEOPLE IN FRONT- OPENED 1908 -TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – BREVOORT HOTEL – CRYSTAL TAP – MADISON E OF LA SALLE – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE GEORGIAN HOTEL – ALBERT PICK HOTEL – HINMAN AND DAVIS – WATERCOLOR DRAWING – EVANSTON – CRYSTAL DINING ROOM – DUNCAN HINES RECOMMEND – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – QUALITY MARKET – 6102 MILWAUKEE AVE – WEEKLY SPECIALS AND DELIVERY – 1952 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUSH TEMPLE – 108 W CHICAGO AVE AT N CLARK STREET – NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS – NOTE AWNINGS ALONG SIDEWALK – BUSH AND GERTS PIANO COMPANY – BUILT 1901 – STREETCAR – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – C W GILSON RESTAURANT – 535 S LASALLE – AT HARRISON – INTERIOR – STAFF ALL LINED UP IN LONG WHITE APRONS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL SQUARE – JUST S OF E 51ST BETWEEN COTTAGE GROVE AVE AND DREXEL BLVD – FOUNTAIN – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – TWO BABY ELEPHANTS – CHARMING IMAGE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LOVER’S LANE – GROUND LEVEL – I WILL SERIES (NOTE: “I WILL” IS THE CITY MOTTO) – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – NE CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE GRAND BALLROOM – INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – BUILDINGS ALONG LEXINGTON AVE – MANDEL HALL – HUTCHINSON TOWER – REYNOLDS CLUB – BARLETT GYMNASIUM – HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DUTCH VILLAGE – AERIAL VIEW – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 