Monday, July 29, 2019
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 - A HELPFUL READER HAS IDENTIFIED THE CROSS STREET AS OGLESBY AVE
Saturday, July 27, 2019
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
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
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
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