Wednesday, December 15, 2010

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WOODLAWN AVE - NORTH FROM 58TH STREET - SEPIA - 1915

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON BLVD AND TURNER AVE - APARTMENT BUILDING - SEPIA - c1910

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FISHER BUILDING - STREETCARS - ELEVATED - CARRIAGES - EARLY

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COMMUTER TRAIN ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS - PEOPLE COMING UP STAIRS - ART INSTITUTE IN BACKGROUND - 1913

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CENTURY OF PROGRESS - SKYRIDE - INTERIOR AND OUTSIDE PANORAMA - 1933

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BOWMANVILLE BANK - LINCOLN LAWRENCE AND WESTERN - CARS PARKED - PEDESTRIANS

PHOTO - CHICAGO - TWO STUDENTS IN SNOW - BRUSHING OFF CAR - THE CLOTHES AND THE WAY OF CARRYING BOOKS ARE ICONIC OF THE THE TIME - c1960

PHOTO - CHICAGO - THE CABLE BUILDING - ELEVATED STRUCTURE

PHOTO - CHICAGO - TERMINAL BARBER SHOP - IN THE MERCHANDISE MART - INTERIOR - CUSTOMERS AND BARBERS - 1941

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STERLING TRUCKS - BLUE ROCK BEVERAGES - 1920s

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STEAM TRAIN ON EVANSTON AVE - THERE WAS ALSO ONE ON COTTAGE GROVE AND ON 55TH LATER - 1864

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - BEFORE OR AFTER CHRISTMAS PARADE - 1951

PHOTO - CHICAGO - SOUTH WATER STREET MARKET - AT 15TH - AERIAL - TRUCKS LINED UP - TRAIN TRACKS TO LEFT - 1950s

PHOTO - CHICAGO - SENN HIGH SCHOOL - SOFTBALL GAME IN COURTYARD - 1939

PHOTO - CHICAGO - LAKEFRONT - STORM - NOT TOO OLD JUDGING BY BUILDINGS

PHOTO - CHICAGO - LAKEFRONT - NORTH SIDE - TWO MEN WALKING - 1936

PHOTO - CHICAGO - KAY MARTIN SHOP - 2545 W DEVON - INSIDE - CLERK SERVING CUSTOMER - NOTE THE HAIRDOS - THE CUSTOMER'S RESEMBLES A NAUTILUS SHELL - 19

PHOTO - CHICAGO - CROWD IN HYDE PARK TO SEE QUEEN ELIZABETH II RIDE BY - QUEEN CAME TO CHICAGO FOR OPENING OF ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY - 1959

PHOTO - CHICAGO - COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION - THE AXEL FOR THE FERRIS WHEEL - 1893

PHOTO - CHICAGO - COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION - AERIAL VIEW ALONG LAKESHORE - 1893

PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT - HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK - 1950

PHOTO - CHICAGO - BLACK CHILDREN LINED UP FOR SHOW - ALL DRESSED UP - COLORIZED - 1941

Monday, December 13, 2010

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY - ARCADE CARD - PIN-UP - WOMAN SITTING IN VEIL MATERIAL ONE ARM UP - PURPLE - 1929

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY - ARCADE CARD - PIN-UP - WOMAN IN DANCE POSE WITH AZTEC-LIKE HEAD DRESS - BROWNISH - 1920s

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY - ARCADE CARD - PIN-UP - WOMAN AS WAITER WITH TRAY - PART OF WORKING GIRL SERIES - BLUE-GREY - c1930

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY - ARCADE CARD - PIN-UP - WOMAN AS RAILWAY BAGGEMAN - PART OF WORKING GIRL SERIES - BLUE-GREY - c1930

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY - ARCADE CARD - PIN-UP - WOMAN AS PAINTER WITH LADDER - PART OF WORKING GIRL SERIES - BLUE-GREY - c1930

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PHELPS AND PHELPS RESTAURANT AND TEA ROOM - 6324 WOODLAWN - 1423 E 63RD - MULTI-IMAGE - 1933

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MOTHER CABRINI CHURCH - SOUTH SACRAMENTO BLVD - c1950

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KLAS' RESTAURANT - 5734 W CERMAK ROAD - INTERIOR - BAR - INSET OF OWNER

PHOTO - CHICAGO - WABASH AVE - NEW STREET LIGHTS - I REMEMBER THEM GOING UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS AS A BOY - SEVERAL SIGNS INCLUDING LANE BRYANT - 1953

PHOTO - CHICAGO - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - SEPIA - 1889

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - PARADE WITH HOPALONG CASSIDY ON HORSE - POLICE AROUND - STORE SIGNS - 1950s

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - GOLDBLATT DEPARTMENT STORE - STILL CALLED DAVIS STORE - ENTRANCE AREA - CAR PARKED - 1935

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - CROWD WATCHING PARADE - NEAR CHARLES STEVENS - PERHAPS CHRISTMAS - 1959

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AND HURON - NOTE FIRE PLUG - GARBAGE BASKET - 1958

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STAGECOACH OMNIBUS - ROCKFORD-CHICAGO LINE - VERY EARLY

PHOTO - CHICAGO - SOUTH SHORE APARTMENTS - HIGH LAKE LEVEL - 1952

PHOTO - CHICAGO - SOUTH CHICAGO - NOTE E J AND E TRAIN - FROM DISTRICT WATERWAY - 1959

PHOTO - CHICAGO - NANKIN RESTAURANT - STREET VIEW - 230 N DEARBORN - 1958

PHOTO - CHICAGO - ILLINOIS CENTRAL SIGNAL TOWER - AT 43RD STREET - 1896

PHOTO - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - SNOWY NIGHT - NOTE PRUDENTIAL SIGN - 1963

PHOTO - CHICAGO - DE KOVAN STREET - MRS O'LEARY OF FIRE FAME LIVED HERE - PARKED CARS - PEOPLE WATCHING - 1950s

PHOTO - CHICAGO - DAILY NEWS BUILDING - NORTH WESTERN STATION SIGN ON LEFT - BUTLER BROTHERS RIGHT - FROM ACROSS RIVER - 1950

PHOTO - CHICAGO - BUS - MAN GETTING OFF IN SNOW - BLATZ BEER SIGN ON BUS - 1959

PHOTO - CHICAGO - BLACK FOREST RESTAURANT - INTERIOR - BAR NEAR FRONT WINDOW - 1955

PHOTO - CHICAGO - 4575 LAKE PARK AVE - LOUIS SULLIVAN FAMILY HOME - THIS IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM OLD GEORGE HARDING MUSEUM - c1950