Monday, September 26, 2011

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CENTURY OF PROGRESS - TRAIN - DELAWARE AND HUDSON - HOODED STEAM ENGINE 653 - 1933


PHOTO - CHICAGO - LAKESHORE DRIVE - FIELD MUSEUM BACKGROUND - CARS AND BUSES STUCK IN SNOW - GREAT STORM OF 1967


PHOTO - CHICAGO - TRAINS - PENNSYLVANIA RR - TRAINS IN YARD BEHIND UNION STATION - c1960


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PART OF SKYLINE FROM NORTH AVE BEACH - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


PHOTO - CHICAGO - GOLD COAST - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - WOMAN AT PUNCH CARD ACCOUNTING MACHINE - PRETTY ADVANCED EQUIPMENT THEN - 1960


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - AERIAL - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO POLICE - NEW SQUAD CAR - c1950


Thursday, September 22, 2011

PHOTO - CHICAGO - CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN STATION - TRAIN SHED INTERIOR - STUNNING IMAGE - 1911


PHOTO - CHICAGO - DEARBORN STREET STATION - ORIGINAL TOWER - CARRIAGES - CAR - COBBLE STREET - NOTE AD ON RIGHT - c1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - TRAIN - CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN - VIADUCT OVER DES MOINES RIVER IOWA - 1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MADISON - NOTE VOGELSANG AND THOMPSONS RESTAURANTS - TANDEM STREETCARS - IMAGE WAS THE BASIS FOR A POSTCARD - c1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE - RENOVATION WORK - 1978


PHOTO - CHICAGO - NORTH SHORE DRIVE AND BEACHES - GOLD COAST BUILDINGS - LINCOLN PARK - AERIAL - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


POSTER - CHICAGO - VIEW ALONG NORTH SHORE - EVENING - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


POSTER - CHICAGO - CHICAGO HORSE SHOW - COLISEUM - 1902


Monday, September 19, 2011

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNKNOWN FLORSHEIM SHOE STORE - NORTH AVE - NIGHT


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - TWENTY MILE BIPLANE RACE - GRANT PARK - 1912


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE KEY CLUB - 150 E ONTARIO - CHRISTMAS - 1968


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE ASHLAND BLOCK - CLARK AND RANDOLPH - NOTE OLYMPIC VAUDVILLE - AWNINGS AT CORNER SAY SODAWATER AND CIGARS - 1912


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - SWEDISH MISSION CHURCH - 59TH AND CARPENTER STREET - EARLY


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STEAMER ROOSEVELT - AT STATE STREET BRIDGE - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RIB ROOM RESTAURANT - EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL - c1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MCCORKLE MOTORS - 2820 N CICERO AVE - AT DIVERSEY - 1952


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MAIN STREET - EAST CHICAGO - NOTE NEWBERRY DIME STORE ON LEFT - MUCH RESEMBLES COMMERCIAL STREETS IN CITY PROPER - 1940s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LIPP'S LOWER LEVEL - 56 W MADISON - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LIFE SAVING STATION - CREWS LINED UP - BOATS - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK - HOTEL WINDEMERE - SHORELINE - AERIAL - EARLY


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOSPITAL CENTER OF THE WORLD - HARRISON AND OGDEN - IMAGES 10 HOSPITALS - 1914


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COLONNADE ROOM - INTERIOR - EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL - NICE VERSION - 1939


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COLES MARKET - 3516 W NORTH AVE - STAFF IN FRONT - 1914


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE - SCENE FROM THE PLAY MADAME X - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BURNHAM PARK HARBOR - BOATS - 1950s CARS - ORIGINAL MCCORMICK PLACE - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AVIATION WEEK - CHICAGO HARBOR - HYDRO-AEROPLANE IN COLLISION - 1914


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STREETCAR PCC TYPE - COTTAGE GROVE ROUTE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STREETCAR - ANOTHER PULLMAN - ASHLAND AVE NEAR 95TH - NOTE PEDESTRIAN ISLAND ON LEFT


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AND MADISON - ARMISTICE DAY 1953 - I LIKE THE PICTURE FOR ITS BACKGROUND DETAILS DESPITE THE POLITBURO - MCVICKERS THEATER - LOCAL LOAN - CARTER JEWELERS - STATE-MADISON CLOCK - 1953


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - MOUNTED POLICEMAN - STREETCAR - DOUBLE-DECKER BUS - 1924


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RAINBOW BEACH WATER SHOW - SOME OF THE QUEEN CONTESTANTS - 1969


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PICASSO SCULPTURE CIVIC CENTER - WHEN NEW - 1967


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PALMER HOUSE HOTEL - CELEBRATED BARBER SHOP - EARLY


PHOTO - CHICAGO - OLDER STYLE PULLMAN STREETCAR - ASHLAND AVE NEAR WEBSTER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MISS AMERICA CONTEST - NOT IN CHICAGO - MISS CHICAGO ON RIGHT - 1942


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MIDWAY AIRPORT - BOEING 727 JET MAKING TEST LANDING - 1964


PHOTO - CHICAGO - JOHN HANCOCK CENTER - MICHIGAN AVE - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - c1968