Wednesday, September 11, 2019

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He writes with a passionate desire for honesty, the rule of reason, and concern for human decency. John regards it as a badge of honor to have left the United States as a poor young man from the South Side of Chicago when the country embarked on the pointless murder of something like 3 million Vietnamese in their own land because they embraced the wrong economic loyalties. He lives in Canada, which he is fond of calling “the peaceable kingdom.”

John’s writing appears regularly on many Internet sites. He has been translated into at least ten languages and has been regularly translated into Italian and Spanish. Several of his essays have been published in book collections, including two college texts. He has published a book, The Decline of the American Empire and the Rise of China as a Global Power, published by Constable and Robinson, London. John also writes book reviews.

Apart from his writing since retiring from the oil industry, John has taught university courses in economics, done a good deal of private tutoring, served as a professional newspaper restaurant reviewer (he likes cooking), followed his favorite hobby of photography, and created a popular family of image blogs on the Internet.

John may be reached directly at:  formersouthsideboy@gmail.com

SOME INTERNET SITES FROM JOHN CHUCKMAN:


CHUCKMAN'S PLACES ON WORDPRESS: FEATURING THE BELOVED URBAN VILLAGE OF SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: TORONTO NOSTALGIA

CHUCKMAN’S MONTREAL

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORD PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S KODACHROMES ON WORDPRESS: JOHN AND BOBBY LONG AGO

CHUCKMAN'S PORT STANLEY

CHUCKMAN'S BAYFIELD

CHUCKMAN'S GODERICH

CHUCKMAN'S ILES DE LA MADELEINE (MAGDALEN ISLANDS)

CHUCKMAN'S ART

CHUCKMAN'S ROBOTS

CHUCKMAN'S GALLERY OF GROTESQUES

CHUCKMAN'S CARTOON COMMENTS

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: POLITICAL ESSAYS

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: COMMENTS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S MISCELLANEA OF WORDS

CHUCKMAN'S NON-SPORTS TRADING CARDS OF THE 1950S VOLUME 01 (OF 4 VOLUMES)





ME, ROUGHLY: THE DECLINE IS RAPID NOW

PHOTO - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN - EVENING WITH COLORED LIGHTS - 1953 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - APARTMENT BUILDING - BACKYARD FIRE ESCAPES - NOTE CLOTHES LINES - LOCATION UNKNOWN - WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SET-UP IN ANY OF THE APARTMENTS WHERE I LIVED - 1956 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PRINCESS MARY HARTLINE - IN A COSTUME ON A SET FOR ONE OF HER TELEVISION SHOWS FOR CHILDREN - SHE BECAME A BIG EARLY TELEVISION STAR - WE THOUGHT HER DELIGHTFUL - EARLY 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - CRAB APPLE TREES NEAR MICHIGAN AVE IN BLOSSOM - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - NOTE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNFINISHED - IT OPENED AT THE END OF 1955


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS PRUDENTIAL BUILDING - PART OF "CITY BEAUTIFUL" SERIES - c1964


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - FLOWER BEDS - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NW - PART OF "CITY BEAUTIFUL" SERIES - c1964


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LA SALLE THEATRE - 137 W MADISON - STAGE SCENE OF PLAY "THE FLIRTING PRINCESS" WITH ADELE ROWLAND AND HARRY PILCER AND THE THEATRE'S "PERFECT SHOW GIRLS" - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT- 900 N MICHIGAN - THE CHATEAU ROOM - INTERIOR FILLED WITH PEOPLE - UNDOUBTEDLY A POSED PHOTO WITH MODELS - JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE WOMEN'S HAIRSTYLES - "A FAVORITE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS"


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - YE BALTIMORE INN - RESTAURANT DINING ROOM INTERIOR - QUINCY STREET BETWEEN STATE AND DEARBORN - TINTED - 1914


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KITTY BUCKLEY RESTAURANT - 2415 CARMEN AVE - "CONNOISSEUR OF GOOD FOODS" - EXTERIOR STREET LEVEL - ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A COTTAGE ON FARMLAND - SHE WAS STILL IN BUSINESS IN 1961 WHEN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE DID A REVIEW - OPENED IN 1924 - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ZUM DEUTSCHEN ECK RESTAURANT - 2914-2924 N SOUTHPORT AVE - "IMPORTED BEERS ON TAP" - "SING-ALONG ON FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS" - 1969


CUP - CHICAGO - HENRICI CAFETERIA - BEFORE HE HAD A RESTAURANT ON RANDOLPH, PHILIP HENRICI STARTED A COFFEE SHOP ON STATE STREET ACROSS FROM MARSHALL FIELD'S - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE CUP IS FROM THERE - BUT THE RESTAURANT WAS CALLED A CAFE AND NOT A CAFETERIA AS WE SEE ON THIS CUP'S LOGO - WHATEVER THE CASE, HENRICI'S WAS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST BELOVED SPOTS FOR DECADES - I BELIEVE MAYOR RICHARD J DALEY USED TO HOLD BREAKFAST MEETINGS THERE


TOKEN - CHICAGO - EDELWEISS RESTAURANT - 104-106 MADISON - FIVE CENTS - YOU CAN SEE A SIGN FOR EDELWEISS ON A NUMBER OF OLD POSTCARDS