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PLEASE STOP…   2 comments

TO THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DEFACING POSTS ON THE SITE, PLEASE STOP.

 

IF I OFFENDED YOU IN SOME WAY, AS IN USING AN IMAGE YOU THINK I SHOULDN’T HAVE USED, I AM SORRY. I NEVER OFFEND PEOPLE DELIBERATELY.

 

I AM AN OLD MAN AND A FAIRLY SICK ONE. THE DEFACING IS STRESSFUL.

 

DESPITE COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK OVER THE YEARS, I MAKE NOT ONE PENNY FROM THIS SITE.

 

IT HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE JUST TO ENJOY.

 

I AM REMOVING PERMANENTLY THE POSTS YOU DEFACED, ASSUMING YOU SELECTED THEM FOR A REASON. CAN WE PLEASE LEAVE IT AT THAT?

 

THANK YOU, JOHN CHUCKMAN

 

 

Posted October 10, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARY HARTLINE – CHILDREN’S TELEVISION HEARTTHROB OF THE EARLY 1950s – ONE OF THE FIRST BIG STARS OF EARLY TELEVISION – THIS STUDIO PORTRAIT BEFORE HER CAREER TOOK OFF HAS THE “LAUREN BACALL” LOOK – NOTE HER TRADEMARK PLATINUM WAVY HAIR IS MISSING – LATE 1940s   Leave a comment

PHOTO - CHICAGO - MARY HARTLINE - CHILDREN'S TELEVISION HEART THROB OF THE EARLY 19500s - STUDIO PORTRAIT BEFORE HER CAREER - NOTE THE TRADEMARK PLATINUM HAIR IS MISSING - LATE 1940s

Posted October 9, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH AT STATE STREET – LOOKING NE FROM ELEVATION – CROWDS – CARS – STREETCARS – ONE STREETCAR TURNING S INTO STATE – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE CLOCK UPPER RIGHT – NOTE THE LINE OF CARS PARKED NEAR MARSHALL FIELD’S MARQUEE – “EL” (ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT) STATION ON WABASH IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913   Leave a comment

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH AT STATE STREET - LOOKING NE - TINTED - 1913

Posted October 6, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A BIT OF MOSCOW RESTAURANT – 18 N CLARK – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – “DINE AND DANCE” “NO COVER CHARGE” – c1920   Leave a comment

X POSTCARD - CHICAGO - A BIT OF MOSCOW RESTAURANT - 18 N CLARK - DINING ROOM INTERIOR - DINE AND DANCE NO COVER CHARGE - c1920

Posted October 4, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

PHOTO – CHICAGO – DRIVER AND NEDLOG BEVERAGE TRUCK – UNKNOWN LOCATION – SNAPSHOT – NEDLOG WAS A LOCAL BOTTLER OF NON-CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS – LATE 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER   1 comment

X PHOTO - CHICAGO - DRIVER AND NEDLOG BEVERAGE TRUCK - UNKNOWN LOCATION - SNAPSHOT - NEDLOG WAS A LOCAL BOTTLER OF NON-CARBINATED SOFT DRINKS - LATE 1950s

Posted October 4, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

POSTCARD – CHICAGO – “AMERICAN INDIAN EQUESTRIAN STATUE” – SCULPTOR IVAN MESTROVIC – ERECTED IN GRANT PARK – THERE ARE TWO OF THESE HUGE AND STRIKING STATUES – A BOWMAN AND A SPEARMAN FACING EACH OTHER AT A DISTANCE IN CONGRESS PLAZA IN GRANT PARK ON MICHIGAN AVE – PART OF A SERIES ON ARTWORKS BY THE ART INSTITUTE – c1920   Leave a comment

X POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AMERICAN INDIAN EQUESTRIAN STATUE - IVAN MESTROVIC - ERECTED IN GRANT PARK - c1920

Posted October 1, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR (ITS SECOND FAIR) – A CENTURY OF PROGRESS – NORTHERLY ISLAND AREA – CHRYSLER MOTORS BUILDING – NIGHT UNDER LIGHTS – 1933-34   Leave a comment

X POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR CENTURY OF PROGRESS - NORTHERLY ISLAND AREA - CHRYSLER MOTORS BUILDING - NIGHT UNDER LIGHTS - 1933-34

Posted October 1, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND MADISON AND E TO WABASH – STREET VIEW PANORAMA – THREE-QUARTER VIEW SOMEWHAT ELEVATED -TINTED – NICE VERSION – LATE 1910s   Leave a comment

X POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE - STATE AND MADISON - STREET VIEW - LATE 1910S

Posted October 1, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized