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


Thursday, August 11, 2016

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AT WASHINGTON - LOOKING N - ON A BUSY DAY - CROWD BY MARSHALL FIELDS - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING S FROM NEAR WASHINGTON - AERIAL - FIELDS ON LEFT - COLUMBUS BUILDING NEXT - CROWDS AND TRAFFIC - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK - SCENES - THE GERMAN BUILDING FROM 1993 WORLD'S FAIR - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MONROE - W FROM WABASH - IMPRESSIONIST-STYLE PAINTING - 1908


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - AERIAL - LOOKING NE - TINTED - 1947


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BALABAN AND KATZ CHICAGO THEATER - 175 N STATE - AERIAL - OPENED 1921 THE YEAR OF THE DEMILLE MOVIE BEING SHOWN - 3880 SEATS


Wednesday, February 3, 2016

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL - LOOKING N - VJ DAY CROWD - 1945


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL - LOOKING N - HUGE CROWDS - TRAMS - NOTE MARSHALL FIELD'S JUST-COMPLETED SECOND - 1907


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE LAKE THEATER - SIGN FOR DITTMAR'S OPENING SOON - ARMORED CAR - 1957


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AT WASHINGTON - MARSHALL FIELD'S CLOCK - POPULAR MEETING PLACE - 1947 - EDITED FROM A DAILY NEWS IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AT WASHINGTON - CHRISTMAS SEASON - HUGE CROWDS - TAXI - STREETCARS - SUBWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION - EARLY 1940s


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AT MADISON - LOOKING SE - CARSON PIRIE SCOTT - YELLOW CAB - SNAPSHOT - 1961


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE AT ADAMS - LOOKING NW - CHRISTMAS SEASON - THE FAIR STORE - SNAPSHOT - 1961