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
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
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND MADISON – BIG CROWDS – HEAVY TRAFFIC – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE ON RIGHT – LOOKING N SOMEWHAT ELEVATED – TINTED – NICE VERSION – LATE 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD FEDERAL BUILDING – ELEVATED PANORAMA WITH SURROUNDINGS – LOOKING S W FROM ABOVE ADAMS AND DEARBORN – OPENED IN 1905 – RAZED 1965 – NICE VERSION – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ADLER PLANETARIUM – BUILDING FINISHED – GROUND NOT PAVED OR LANDSCAPED – THE PLANETARIUM WAS FUNDED BY MAX ADLER AN EXECUTIVE OF SEARS – IT WAS AMERICA’S FIRST OF A KIND OF INSTITUTION WHICH HAD ALREADY BECOME POPULAR IN GERMANY – OPENED IN 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LEXINGTON AVE AND 58TH STREET – QUADRANGLE CLUB – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 2193 N SEELEY AVE – HANDSOME LARGE FRAME HOME ON TREE-LINED STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORSE AVE W NEAR PERRY – ROGERS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – LARGE HOMES ON TREE-LINED STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUBLE-ENTRANCE SIX-FLAT APARTMENT BUILDING – ADDRESS UNKNOWN – INTERESTING HYBRID STYLE – 1910s Leave a comment
BOX – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE CHRISTMAS BOX – DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR – HIGH-QUALITY LINED BOXES – YEAR UNKNOWN – THINK MID-1960s Leave a comment
AD – CHICAGO – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – TULA PEIGNOIR SET – THIRD FLOOR – THE AD IS SO CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TIME – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONRAD HILTON HOTEL (ORIGINALLY, THE STEVENS AND THEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOTEL) – LAKESIDE GREEN COCKTAIL LOUNGE – 1954 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE AND MADISON TO DEARBORN – BOSTON STORE DEPARTMENT STORE – THREE-QUARTERS ELEVATED VIEW – STREETCARS AND PEOPLE DRAWN IN – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD STORE – STATE AND WASHINGTON – CORNER VIEW LOOKING DOWN WASHINGTON – THREE-QUARTERS LOOKING NE AERIAL – SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1902 FINISH OF FIRST HALF OF NEW STORE N END AND 1905 START OF S END FINISHED IN 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AT WASHINGTON – MARSHALL FIELD’S – SHOPPERS ON STREET – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NE – BEFORE STONE WAS WASHED NOT LONG AFTER (THERE IS A CARD ON THE SITE SHOWING THAT UNDERWAY) – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – THIS IS ONE OF THOSE IMAGES THAT JUST LITERALLY TAKES YOU BACK TO THE TIME WHEN STATE STREET WAS SUCH A BUSTLING, EXCITING PLACE – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD’S – THE STORE FOR MEN – A SEPARATE BUILDING AT WASHINGTON (S SIDE) AND WABASH – FIRST FLOOR – OPENED 1914 – TINTED Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PORTION OF SKYLINE SEEN BEHIND RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS – NOTE THE WILDFLOWERS AT BOTTOM – I LIKE THIS PHOTO BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A STRONG REMINDER THAT CHICAGO IS ON THE PRAIRIES – SOMETHING THE BUZZING AND HUMMING AND THICK WILD FLOWERS IN “EMPTY LOTS” (USED AS LOCAL URBAN PLAYGROUNDS) SO STRONGLY IMPRESSED ON CHILDHOOD – 1970s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OUTER DRIVE BRIDGE OVER CHICAGO RIVER FROM OUT IN WATER – SOME SKYLINE – NEW STANDARD OIL BUILDING – 1974 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FATHER TIME CLOCK – ON PURE OIL OR LONDON GUARANTEE OR JEWELERS BUILDING – 35 E WACKER DRIVE FACING RIVER – BUILT AND DONATED BY ELGIN WATCH COMPANY OF ILLINOIS WHICH HAD OFFICES HERE WHEN JEWELERS BUILDING OPENED IN 1926 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING S FROM MEDINA ATHLETIC BUILDING N OF RIVER – GIANT URBAN CATHEDRAL – WRIGLEY BUILDING ON RIGHT – PURE OIL BUILDING IN MIDDLE (AKA LONDON GUARANTEE AND JEWELLERS BUILDING) – TRIBUNE TOWER ON LEFT – NICE VERSION – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SVITHIOD SINGING CLUB – LOUNGE INTERIOR – 624 WRIGHTWOOD – 1943 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – REAR FROM ACROSS LAGOON IN JACKSON PARK – LOOKING N – NOTE U-505 GERMAN WW II SUBMARINE ON RIGHT SIDE (WHERE I TOOK TOURS AS A GUIDE ON WEEKENDS IN THE EARLY MID-1960s) – 1955 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM CAMPUS – SHEDD AQUARIUM (NOTE HOW NEW THE SHEDD LOOKS – IT OPENED IN 1930) – FIELD MUSEUM – AERIAL PANORAMA – GRANT PARK AND SKYLINE BACKGROUND – BLIMP – FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD – N FROM IRVING PARK – TREE-LINED WITH APARTMENT BUILDINGS – NOTE LITTLE WAGON PERHAPS FOR HORSE CLEAN-UP – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SHERIDAN ROAD FROM ALEXANDER PLACE – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDINGS – TREE-LINED STREET – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MINERVA AVE – S FROM WOODLAWN – WOODLAWN PARK CLUB – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM NEAR ADAMS – ART INSTITUTE LION FEATURED – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM S END OF GRANT PARK – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND BUILDINGS LOOKING S – AERIAL PANORAMA – 1992 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRADITIONAL FRAME HOME – WOMAN IN FRONT ON SIDEWALK – NAME GIVEN AS CARRIE ANDERSON – LOCATION UNKNOWN – c1920 – SEE INTERESTING READER COMMENT 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA PCC STREETCAR – HALSTED LINE – NIGHT – c1950 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TWO WOMEN ON BOAT DRESSED IN DUTCH TRADITIONAL CLOTHES – UNKNOWN WHETHER FROM HOLLAND OR LOCALS CELEBRATING THEIR HERITAGE – FOR ANNUAL VENETIAN LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL – c1970 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LIGHTED BOATS PARADING – ANNUAL VENETIAN NIGHT FESTIVAL – YEAR UNKNOWN – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TWO INSETS – MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING N AND LAKE FRONT DISTRICT (CALLED THAT) – JACK KNIFE BRIDGE (NOT IDENTIFIED) – 1903 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE AT ADAMS – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – RUSH HOUR SCENE – PEDESTRIANS – BUSES – NOTE STANDARD OIL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON RIGHT – CALLED “BIG STAN” BY CHICAGOANS WHO OFTEN USED TO HAVE NICKNAMES FOR BUILDINGS – ORIGINALLY THIS WAS CLAD IN WHITE MARBLE BUT THEY LATER RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH ITS DURABILITY AND DID A MAJOR PROJECT REPLACING THE MARBLE SLABS WITH LIGHT-COLORED GRANITE – SNAPSHOT – PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN – 1972 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – MAN AND WOMEN WALKING THROUGH EARLY GARDENS – GIRL IN YELLOW DRESS AND HAIR BOW – IT SO PERFECTLY CAPTURES ITS ERA – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLISEUM – WABASH AND 15TH STREET – PART OF THE BUILDING HAD BEEN A FAMOUS CONFEDERATE PRISON DURING THE CIVIL WAR – IT WAS TAKEN APART, BROUGHT TO THE CITY, AND REASSEMBLED AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION – IT SERVED IN THE FORM SEEN HERE AS A VENUE FOR MANY EVENTS AND CONVENTIONS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTELS WINDERMERE – 1642 E 56TH STREET – SEEN OVER TREES OF JACKSON PARK – ABOUT AS GLAMOROUS AS IT GETS -TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES BUILDING – EVENING – FROM RIVER LEVEL – WHERE TRUMP TOWER LOCATED NOW – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WORLD’S FAIR CENTURY OF PROGRESS – THE DAIRY BUILDING – HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DAIRIES – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – MEN’S DORMITORY AND CLASSICS BUILDING AND HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY – TWO WOMEN WALKING ON PATH – TINTED – 1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL BUILDING – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – MARSHALL FIELDS WOULD BE ON LEFT SIDE OUT OF VIEW – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – POLISH ALLIANCE BUILDING – 1406 DIVISION STREET – FLAG DRAWN-IN – FRONT FROM STREET – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEWBERRY LIBRARY – FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE – PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES – 901 N CLARK – PART OF I WILL SERIES – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NEW CHICAGO CITY BANK – 6233-6235 S HALSTED – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW – PEOPLE ON STREET – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LOOKING S ON MICHIGAN AVE AERIAL FROM WRIGLEY BUILDING – RIVER BRIDGE AND SKYLINE – INTERESTING TINT – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – THREE-QUARTER DRAWING FROM ACROSS THE STREET GROUND LEVEL – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – IN POLISH – LINE DRAWING OF UNKNOWN BUILDING IN AVONDALE NEIGHBORHOOD – PERHAPS SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY – MICHIGAN AVE AND 16TH STREET – GROUND-LEVEL THREE- QUARTERS VIEW – VENUE FOR LARGE FUNCTIONS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY – THREE-QUARTERS STREET-LEVEL VIEW – ASHLAND AVE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR 1933 – TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING INTERIOR – BOEING MONOPLANE AND JOHN BULL STEAM ENGINE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N FROM CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING – DRAMATIC TINTING – 1944 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING – 6021 KIMBARK AVE – HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – WOMAN STANDING BY GATEWAY – CAR PARKED – SNAPSHOT – c1950 Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – CHICAGO – DEDICATION OF THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING – COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – HARPER’S WEEKLY – OCT 1892 Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – CHICAGO – WORKMEN AND VISITORS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1893 WORLD’S FAIR SITE – ROOF OF THE WOMEN’S BUILDING – HARPER’S WEEKLY – JAN 1892 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S FROM NEAR CHICAGO THEATER – LOOP THEATER – STATE LAKE THEATER – PARKED CARS – MARS LIGHTS – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – NICE VERSION – 1963 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM MADISON – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – TWO COPS IN SHORT SLEEVES – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – VERY NICE VERSION – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN – A REALLY NICE VERSION – EARLY- TO MID-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON – AERIAL LOOKING SE – HUGE CROWDS – DOUBLE-DECK BUSES – FIELD’S CLOCK – NOTE STREET CLOCK AT SE CORNER – TINTED – PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD’S FAIR Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATES RESTAURANT – 52 ADAMS – CARD TO EXPLAIN THE NAME – UNITED STATES IN MINIATURE – MUSIC – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ROCK ISLAND GM AEROTRAIN ENGINE FROM 1950s – IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION – OPERATOR LOOKING OUT CAB SIDE WINDOW – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PHOTO OF PANAMA LIMITED TRAIN WITH PASSENGERS AT REAR READY TO LEAVE ILLINOIS CENTRAL STATION IN 1916 – USED FOR A LATER CARD Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHURCH DEACONESS STEWARDESS HOME – 4834 FORESTVILLE AVE Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOUTH SHORE ICE COMPANY – 7025 STONY ISLAND – WAGON AND HORSES AND FAMILY POSED ON A STREET – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIELD MUSEUM – GROUND LEVEL FROM A DISTANCE ACROSS GRANT PARK – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE – LONG PANORAMA LOOKING NW FROM STEPS OF FIELD MUSEUM – NOTE PARKING LOT – 1940s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – WET NIGHT SCENE (RESTORED) – LOOKING S FROM ART INSTITUTE – THIS WAS AN ART INSTITUTE ITEM – 1912 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA RAPID TRANSIT 6000 SERIES – LONG RUSH HOUR TRAIN – AERIAL VIEW WITH CARS ON HIGHWAY – SNOWING – 1985 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT PULLING INTO AN UNKNOWN STATION ON A SNOWY DAY – CTA EMPLOYEE ON PLATFORM WITH SHOVEL – I AM VERY FOND OF THIS IMAGE – 1979 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET BRIDGE OVER CHICAGO RIVER – TWO-UNIT CTA RAPID TRANSIT 6000 SERIES CROSSING – LOOKING E DOWN RIVER – 1956 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – OUTSIDE E END – U-505 SUBMARINE AND BURLINGTON ZEPHYR TRAIN – AS THEY USED TO BE DISPLAYED – SNAPSHOT – 1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BUS ON MADISON STREET BRIDGE OVER RIVER – CIVIC OPERA BUILDING ON LEFT – 1970s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN STATION – DOUBLE-DECK COMMUTER TRAIN LEAVING TRAIN SHED – 1982 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING – 1216-22 CARMEN AVE – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – PANORAMA FROM STREET – CARRIAGE – CAR – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO ORPHAN ASYLUM – SOUTH PARK AVE AND 51ST HYDE PARK – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – CLARK AND RANDOLPH – STREET VIEW – 1600 ROOMS – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MONTROSE AND HERMITAGE AVES – SE CORNER – SHOP IN BOTTOM OF LARGE HOME – NOTE PHARMACY SYMBOL ON TOP OF CORNER POST – RAVENSWOOD – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING S – INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FROM N END GROUND LEVEL – HUGE CROWD – SKYLINE BACKGROUND – PLANE DRAWN IN – TINTED – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH – CALLED WINDSOR BATHING BEACH – AERIAL PANORAMA FROM JUST N OF 75TH – HUGE CROWD – RESEMBLES A BRUEGEL PAINTING – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO BEACH SCENE ROGERS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – SOME HOMES – ROUGH LAKE – LARGE CHIMNEYS BEHIND HOMES – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HUGE STEAMER (CALLED NYC FREIGHTER) PASSING RANDOLPH STREET BRIDGE – WATER-LEVEL VIEW – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – CHILDREN’S BATHING BEACH – BIG CROWD WITH POLICEMAN IN UNIFORM – TINTED – 1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – DRAMATIC GROUND-LEVEL VIEW – RED CAR IN DRIVEWAY – TINTED – PRE-1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BATHING BEACH – CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL – PANORAMA WITH BIG CROWD – ROW OF SEATS WITH AWNINGS NEAR GRASS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – PANORAMA – HUGE CROWDS OF PEDESTRIANS AND CARRIAGES – ALMOST A PARADE – MAYBE A SUNDAY – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK BEACH – CHILDREN’S DAY – CROWD – BOYS PULLING ON HEAVY ROPE – REFERENCE TO BABY SANITARIUM LOWER RIGHT – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING TOWARDS LAKESHORE FROM WATER – BIG CROWD – TINTED – TINTED – MAYBE 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND GOLD COAST – AERIAL FROM DRAKE HOTEL – TINTED – 1949 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE – AERIAL – LOOKING SE – PLANE DRAWN IN – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – CTA TWIN COACH BUS – 1967 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – SOME BUILDINGS ALONG RANDOLPH STREET AND THE DISTANT VIEW S ALONG LAKESHORE – AERIAL – 1980s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – BIG CROWD AROUND SEA LION COMPOUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1907 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N ON STATE STREET ELEVATED – HUGE SHOPPING CROWD- CHRISTMAS SEASON – SUBWAY BEING BUILT – NICE VERSION – OPENED IN 1943 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN ENGINE – ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD – BICENTENNIAL LIVERY – 1976 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ELLIS AVE – N FROM 63RD – HYDE PARK – HANDSOME ROW OF APARTMENTS ON TREE-LINED STREET – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – 46TH AND GREENWOOD – GREENWOOD SCHOOL – IN THE 1950s THIS WAS SHAKESPEARE ELEMENTARY WHERE I BRIEFLY WENT – TODAY IT’S CALLED ARIEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – C SCHULER AND SON TAILORS – 2758 STREET UNKNOWN – STOREFRONT AND PROPRIETOR – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEANE’S FULLERTON PARKWAY APARTMENTS – 523-31 FULLERTON PARKWAY – NOTE STREET LIGHTS – CAR PARKED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EGGLESTON AVE – LOOKING N FROM 71 ST STREET – VIEW WITH MORE OF SIDE OF NICE APARTMENT BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EGGLESTON AVE – LOOKING N FROM 71ST STREET – HAMILTON PARK – NICE APARTMENT BUILDING AND LARGE HOMES – NOTE STREET LIGHT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HANDSOME CORNER APARTMENT BUILDING – LOCATION UNKNOWN – NOTE YOUNG TREES – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HANDSOME SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING – UNKNOWN LOCATION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KENWOOD TERRACE APARTMENTS – 4816 – 4828 MADISON AVE – HANDSOME COURTYARD BUILDING – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LORADO TAFT’S FOUNTAIN OF TIME – WASHINGTON PARK – THE SCULPTURE WAS DEDICATED IN 1922 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NOTTINGHAM APARTMENTS – NW CORNER PINE GROVE AND CORNELIA AVES – CORNER VIEW – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STRATFORD HOTEL – MICHIGAN AND JACKSON – DUTCH ROOM DINING ROOM INTERIOR – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YMCA – WILSON AVE – 1921 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MADISON AVE – NIGHT – ELEVATED LOOKING E – LIGHTED SIGNS FOR MORRISON HOTEL – MCVICKERS THEATRE – BOSTON STORE – BASS CAMERA – STREETCAR TRACKS – 1920 – VERY ATMOSPHERIC IMAGE – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – LOOKING E – WRIGLEY BUILDING – PART OF TRIBUNE – EQUITABLE BUILDING – NIGHT – APPEARS TO BE CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH WREATHS ON BRIDGE PYLONS – LATE 1960s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BROOKFIELD ZOO – SOUTH GATE – CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL PARK – BROOKFIELD ILLINOIS – TINTED – LINCOLN PARK WAS THE SMALL AND CONVENIENT IN-CITY ZOO – BROOKFIELD IN A SUBURBAN LOCATION WAS THE REALLY SERIOUS ONE – 1941 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – AERIAL PANORAMA – THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT AS AN ART MUSEUM FOR 1893 WORLD’S FAIR, THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION – IT HAD EXTRA-THICK WALLS AS FIREPROOFING – AFTER THE FAIR IT BECAME THE TEMPORARY SITE FOR THE FIELD NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND IT WAS CALLED THE FIELD MUSEUM – THEY MOVED IN 1920 – JULIUS ROSENWALD WAS THE HEAD OF SEARS AND HAD SEEN A SCIENCE MUSEUM IN GERMANY HE WANTED TO COPY – THIS BUILDING WAS BY THEN IN BAD SHAPE (WORLD’S FAIR BUILDINGS ARE GENERALLY MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY) AND REQUIRED A LOT OF WORK – IT OPENED IN 1933 IN TIME FOR CHICAGO’S SECOND WORLD’S FAIR, THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS – THIS CARD LIKELY DATES TO THEN – I WORKED AS A WEEKEND GUIDE THERE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND WE RECEIVED A HISTORY LESSON AS PART OF TRAINING Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET E FROM RUSH – ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL APARTMENT BUILDING AND TREE-LINED STREET – THE CHICAGO VERSION OF PARIS, A PLACE MUCH IMITATED THEN IN THE CITY – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – AMERICAN IRONING MACHINE COMPANY CHICAGO – SIMPLEX 603 – FREE TRIAL OFFER AD – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ART INSTITUTE SOUTH END – LORADO TAFT’S FOUNTAIN OF THE GREAT LAKES – CREATED BETWEEN 1907-1913 – TAFT WAS A NATIVE OF CHICAGO AREA – HE SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING ON THE FOUNTAIN OF TIME ON THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE – HE LIVED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CAMPUS AND HIS HOME IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL TREE-LINED STREET – S ON 42ND AVE NEAR BELLE PLAINE – I DO LOVE THAT STREET NAME, “BELLE PLAINE” – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIFTH CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE – 4840 DORCHESTER – THE CITY HAD A NUMBER OF THESE VERY ESTABLISHMENT-LOOKING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES AT THE TIME – 1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CLARENDON – BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING SW CORNER CLARENDON AVE AND EDGECOMB PLACE – HAND-WRITTEN WELCOME TO 3RD FLOOR – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UPPER MICHIGAN AVE – OLD WATER TOWER AND PALMOLIVE BUILDING – NOTE STREETCAR – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N – AIRPLANE DRAWN IN – 1933 WORLD’S FAIR SERIES – NICE VERSION – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE MARBLER – MARBLE DEALERS’ HEADQUARTERS – DREXEL BLVD AND SOUTH CHICAGO AVE – LODGING AND TWO GOOD CLEAN MEALS – ONE DOLLAR PER DAY – INTERESTING ODDITY – c1910 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 