Monday, July 29, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - OAK STREET BEACH - "WITH NORTH SHORE SKYLINE" - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING W - BIG CROWD - NICE VERSION - 1961


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LA SALLE HOTEL - LA SALLE AND MADISON - ENTRANCE AREA - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S - NIGHT AND LIGHTS - CARS AND PEDESTRIANS - WATERCOLOR PAINTING - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE CHICAGO TEMPLE - FIRST METHODIST CHURCH - CLARK AND WASHINGTON - THE SKYSCRAPER CHURCH - ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER VIEW - FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - TINTED - 1934


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - CHINESE PAGODA AT MINERAL SPRING - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - MONUMENT WITH LADY LIBERTY AND INDIANS AND A BUFFALO - A HANDSOME GROUP BUT I IMAGINE THE INDIANS MIGHT HAVE SOME OBJECTIONS - TINTED - REALLY NICE VERSION - 1908


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WILSON AND COMPANY PACKERS - CHAMPION SIX-HORSE TEAM FROM THE UNION STOCK YARDS - TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT IN BACKGROUND FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - OVERLOOKED MIDWAY AND LAKE - 1933-4


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NE TOWARDS LAKE FROM OVER W END OF THE MIDWAY - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1941


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AETNA DISTRIBUTORS - 4600 W BELLE PLAINE - AETNA'S 1961 WHOLESALE CATALOG - 1960


PHOTO - CHICAGO - 71ST STREET AND JEFFERY - SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD - ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTER STATION AND TRAIN (THE "IC") - CROWD ON STATION STAIRS - NOTE TRAIN GATES DOWN FOR JEFFERY TRAFFIC - JEFFERY THEATER - 1955 - EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


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


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - VINE RESTAURANT - 614 W NORTH - CORNER STREET LEVEL VIEW - DINE AND DANCE - NOTE: 100% AIR CONDITIONED SIGN - TINTED - REALLY NICE VERSION - 1939


Saturday, July 27, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NAVY PIER - 600 E GRAND - AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E - NOTE: NOT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO YET (1945-65) - GARDENS - PARKED CARS - 3300 FEET LONG - BUILT 1916 AS MUNICIPAL PLEASURE PIER - TINTED - EARLY 1940s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRAY LINE BUS TOURS - BUSES LINED UP WITH SKYLINE BACKGROUND AND EDGE OF LAKE - "REALLY SEE CHICAGO" - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - SKYLINE ON LAKE MICHIGAN - PANORAMA FROM WATER LOOKING NW (MAINLY W) - BOATS IN HARBOR - BUILDINGS ON MICHIGAN AVE AND RANDOLPH STREET IN DISTANCE - PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - 1964


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


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MISS LINDQUIST CAFE - THE BROADVIEW HOTEL - 5540 S HYDE PARK BLVD (NOTE: E AND W HYDE PARK BLVD ARE 51ST STREET) - DINING ROOM INTERIOR - SMORGASBORD - REALLY NICE VERSION - c1940s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK - TOUR CAR-TRAIN LOADED WITH PEOPLE - BIG FARE SIGN - CARD CALLED "ALL ABOARD" - TINTED - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK BEACH - PANORAMA OF BEACH AND WATER FROM UNDER TREES - PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - c1964


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JIM FONG CHOP SUEY TAKE-OUT - 2931 W TOUHY - OWNER STANDING IN ENTRANCE AREA HOLDING TAKE-OUT MENU - "BEST IN THE MIDWEST" - 1975


Tuesday, July 23, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEE HIVE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING COMPANY - STREET IMAGE OF PLANT AND PARKED TRUCK - CUSTOMER SERVICE CALL REQUEST CARD - FREE POSTAGE - "WET WASH TO COMPLETE FINISH" - TINTED - c1930


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 1601 N CLARK - LINCOLN PARK - CHICAGO AND AMERICAN HISTORY - TINTED - MAYBE 1950s


MENU - CHICAGO - LITTLE JACK'S RESTAURANT - DIE-CUT CHILDREN'S MENU - COVER - 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE - 1940s OR 1950s


MENU - CHICAGO - LITTLE JACK'S RESTAURANT - DIE-CUT CHILDREN'S MENU - INSIDE - 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE - 1940s OR 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JOY LING LO RESTAURANT - 204 S STATE - SW CORNER OF ADAMS (NOTE: THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL BERGHOFF RESTAURANT IN 1890s BEFORE IT MOVED TO 17 WEST ADAMS) - "AFTER THE SHOW" - OPEN DAY AND NIGHT - 1911


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH STREET - FAKE NIGHT - LOOKING W FROM STATE ELEVATED - CARRIAGES - TRAMS - LIGHTED SIGNS - CALLED "NIGHT IN CHICAGO" - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UN SALUTO DAL RISTORANTE ROMA RESTAURANT - 146 STATE STREET (NOTE: ON THESE OLDER CARDS THE ADDRESSES DO NOT CORRESPOND TO CONTEMPORARY ONES - STREET NUMBERING WAS REVAMPED CLOSE TO THIS TIME) - DINING ROOM INTERIOR - TINTED - ANOTHER VERSION - 1900s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HEALTH SPOT SHOES - 163 W RANDOLPH - "WHAT DO YOUR SHOES LOOK LIKE?" - SHOE TREES FOR MEN AND WOMEN - MAYBE 1940s


BROCHURE - CHICAGO - SANTA FE RAILROAD'S EL CAPITAN TRAIN - CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY - 1938-1971 - FRONT AND GENERAL INFORMATION - 1961


BROCHURE - CHICAGO - SANTA FE RAILROAD'S EL CAPITAN TRAIN - CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY - 1938-1971 - FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION - 1961


BROCHURE - CHICAGO - SANTA FE RAILROAD'S EL CAPITAN TRAIN - CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY - 1938-1971 - SCHEDULE AND STOPS - 1961


MENU - CHICAGO - INTERMISSION RESTAURANT - 17 W RANDOLPH - "TIME FOR A SNACK" - COVER - MAYBE 1950s


MENU - CHICAGO - INTERMISSION RESTAURANT - 17 W RANDOLPH - "TIME FOR A SNACK" - INSIDE - MAYBE 1950s


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


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - TRIANON BALLROOM - COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND - "WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM" - LIGHTS TURNED ON DANCE FLOOR - NICE VERSION - 1935


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - TRIANON BALLROOM - INTERIOR OF GRAND SALON - COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET - TINTED - NICE VERSION - MAYBE 1930s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - TRIANON BALLROOM - LOBBY AND GRAND STAIRWAY - COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET - TINTED - NICE VERSION - MAYBE 1930s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PORTION OF SKYLINE - FEATURING MARINA CITY WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - LOOKING S - FROM N OF CHICAGO RIVER - TWILIGHT - c1965


PHOTO - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN STANDING BY PROPS IN STUDIO PORTRAIT - THE UNION POSTAL STUDIO - 4639 S ASHLAND AVE - 1918


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GIMBEL'S RESTAURANT - 30 W RANDOLPH - LOUNGE INTERIOR - TINTED - VERY NICE VERSION - 1933


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN TURNER HALL CAFE AND CAFETERIA - 1005 DIVERSEY PARKWAY - DINING ROOM INTERIOR - TINTED - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK BAY - FEW PEOPLE BY WATER FRONT - DORY-TYPE BOAT MOORED NEAR UNKNOWN BUILDING - TINTED - 1900s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WEST SIDE BALL PARK - BOUNDED BY POLK TAYLOR WOOD AND LINCOLN - PANORAMA - PLAYERS WARMING UP - BIG CROWD IN STANDS - CHICAGO CUBS - TINTED - 1911


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - LOOKING E ON WASHINGTON BLVD - WEST SIDE PARK - 187 ACRES - TINTED - 1914