Tuesday, April 25, 2017

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL - LOOKING N FROM MADISON - CROWDS SHOPPING - BUSES - TAXIS - SNAPSHOT - 1966


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AT RANDOLPH - LOOKING N - MARSHALL FIELD'S WALGREEN'S CHICAGO AND LOOP THEATERS - CHRISTMAS SEASON - SNAPSHOT - 1966


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AND ROOSEVELT - PCC STREETCAR LETTING OFF PASSENGERS AT ISLAND - 1948


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET BRIDGE - LIFTED FOR STEAMER ROOSEVELT ON RIVER - TINTED - 1915


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE - LIFTED FOR STEAMER WITH MAST - TINTED - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE - LIFTED FOR EXCURSION STEAMER - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - FROM WOOLWORTH TO MARINA CITY - SHOPPING CROWDS - FLAGS - NICE VERSION - MID 1960s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING - LOOKING N FROM NEAR MADISON - STREETCARS - CARS - TINTED - 1927


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MENTOR BUILDING - STATE STREET AT MONROE - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910


BOX - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX - THEY WERE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR - YEAR UNKNOWN


Friday, April 21, 2017

BOX - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX - THEY WERE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR - YEAR UNKNOWN - LIKELY 1960s


AD - CHICAGO - WILLOUGHBY AND HILL DEPARTMENT STORE - MADISON AND CLARK - BUILDING-CUTAWAY DIAGRAM - 240 POUNDS OF BUTTER MADE EACH MORNING - OYSTER HOUSE - 1889


PHOTO - CHICAGO - AUTO SHOW - DESOTO EXHIBIT - 1951


PHOTO - CHICAGO - BOSTON DEPARTMENT STORE - CORNER AERIAL VIEW - NW CORNER STATE AND MADISON - 1946


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - LAKE STREET BRIDGE - CTA ELEVATED TRAIN 2000 SERIES - 1964


PHOTO - CHICAGO - FOUR WOMEN AT LUNCH HOUR WATCHING CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR EQUITABLE BUILDING - E SIDE OF MICHIGAN AVE JUST N OF RIVER - EDITED FROM A SUN-TIMES IMAGE - 1963


PHOTO - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - PARK WORKER CLEARING SNOW FOR UNKNOWN PURPOSE - MICHIGAN AVE TRAFFIC BEHIND - MID-1950s


PHOTO - CHICAGO - GROUP OF WOMEN POSING BY UNKNOWN LOCATION ON LAKEFRONT - SNAPSHOT - 1940


PHOTO - CHICAGO - LESS-THAN-ENTHUSIASTIC WAITRESS OFFERING A WORLD'S FAIR SANDWICH TO A COLLEGE-BOY GUIDE - CHOPPED BACON AND MAYONNAISE - HALL OF SCIENCE - 1933


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PARADISE THEATER - 231 N CRAWFORD AVE (LATER N PULASKI) W GARFIELD PARK - LINE-UP UNDER MARQUEE - OPENING YEAR 1928


PHOTO - CHICAGO - SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY HEAD OFFICE - CASHIER'S DEPARTMENT - NUMBER 28 OF A SERIES CALLED COUNTING THE MONEY - STEREO IMAGE - c1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY HEAD OFFICE - EMPLOYEES' HOSPITAL - NUMBER 50 OF A SERIES CALLED A CORNER IN THE EMPLOYEES' HOSPITAL - STEREO IMAGE - c1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - THE FAIR STORE - 128 S STATE STREET - NIGHT - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - 1961


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - LOOKING E FROM THE W END OF THE DOWNTOWN BRANCH - MERCHANDISE MART - 1968


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DOUGLAS PARK - CONSERVATORY - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NORTH AMERICAN OYSTER HOUSE AND RESTAURANT - DINING ROOM - NW CORNER STATE AND MONROE - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - SIEGEL COOPER AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE - STATE STREET AND VAN BUREN - LATER THE BUILDING BECAME THE MAIN SEARS STORE - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE JEWEL LAUNDRY - 1730 GREENLEAF AVE - BUILDING FROM STREET - DELIVERY WAGON ON SIDE - TINTED - 1917