Friday, October 05, 2018

PHOTO - CHICAGO- MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - PEDESTRIANS AND CARS - 1955 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH AND STATE - LOOKING NW - PEDESTRIANS - VAUGHAN'S SEEDS - SHOPPERS CORNER - c1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KING JOY LO MANDARIN RESTAURANT - 57 W RANDOLPH - INTERIOR - NICE VERSION - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AUDITORIUM HOTEL - MICHIGAN AND CONGRESS - LOUIS SULLIVAN - SUMMER RESTAURANT - PEOPLE EATING - CARS PARKED BELOW - TINTED - 1916


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ASHLAND BLOCK - RANDOLPH AND CLARK NE CORNER - DANIEL BURNHAM - I WILL SERIES - TINTED- 1912


MATCHBOOK - CHICAGO - LE MECK'S RESTAURANT - 5300 LAKE PARK - 5460 S HALSTED


MENU - CHICAGO - HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT - 75 W RANDOLPH - INSIDE PORTION OF MENU - 1941


MENU - CHICAGO - L'AIGLON RESTAURANT - INSIDE A LA CARTE - CLOSED EARLY 1960s


MENU - CHICAGO - L'AIGLON RESTAURANT - CLOSED EARLY 1960s


MENU - GARDEN MENU - ART INSTITUTE - MAYBE 1960s


Monday, September 17, 2018

ENGRAVING - CHICAGO - LA SALLE STREET TUNNEL UNDER THE CHICAGO RIVER - TWO IMAGES - 1890


AD - CHICAGO - HOTEL LA SALLE - MAGAZINE AD FEATURING NEW ROOF GARDEN - 1922


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LA SALLE STREET - AERIAL - WAGONS PEDESTRIANS - ILLINOIS TRUST AND SAVINGS ON RIGHT - TINTED - ESPECIALLY NICE - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HENRICI'S RESTAURANT - 67-71 W RANDOLPH - INTERIOR DINING ROOM - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1940s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MONROE STREET - W FROM WABASH GROUND LEVEL - PART OF AN ARTIST SERIES RESEMBLING IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS - WAGONS CROWDS - TINTED - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LA SALLE STATION - WITH ELEVATED STATION - AERIAL - THREE-QUARTER VIEW - TINTED - 1947


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HAYMARKET - W RANDOLPH STREET - ELEVATED VIEW DOWN CROWDED STREET - TINTED - c1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HAYMARKET - W RANDOLPH STREET - ELEVATED IMAGE ACROSS A SEA OF WAGONS - TINTED - 1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FIRST NATIONAL BANK - MONROE AND DEARBORN - AERIAL - THREE-QUARTER VIEW - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DEARBORN STREET - LOOKING S FROM MONROE - AERIAL - TINTED - c1910


Saturday, September 15, 2018

PHOTO - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AND ROOSEVELT - CTA STREETCAR - TRAFFIC COP - TWIN COACH - 1953


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ART INSTITUTE - MICHIGAN AND ADAMS - CARRIAGES PEDESTRIANS - STREET LEVEL LOOKING NE - NOTE NO TAFT GREAT LAKES STATUE YET - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LEWIS INSTITUTE - A COLLEGE ENDOWED BY ALLEN C LEWIS - MADISON AND ROBEY - TINTED - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MADISON AND STATE - AERIAL LOOKING W - LOOKING TOWARDS MORRISON HOTEL - THEN CALLED WORLD'S TALLEST - PART OF A SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD'S FAIR - MCVICKERS THEATER - TINTED


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MADISON STREET BRIDGE - AERIAL - PEOPLE WAGONS - PART OF I WILL SERIES - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AND MONROE - AERIAL LOOKING N - A 1937 PHOTO USED ON A LATER POSTCARD


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - GRANT PARK- NOTE NO TREES YET AND BUILDING AT RANDOLPH - TINTED - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM AUDITORIUM ANNEX - GRANT PARK - YOUNG TREES - WAGONS - 2 MEN WALKING - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AND WACKER DRIVE - RIVER BRIDGE - AERIAL - NOTE THE WAY CARSWERE STOPPED FOR BRIDGE BY A MOVABLE BARRIER - 1934


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STERLING BUILDING - 737 N MICHIGAN AT SUPERIOR - STERLING INSURANCE COMPANY - AERIAL CORNER VIEW - NOTE OBSERVATORY DOME - TINTED - c1950


Wednesday, September 12, 2018

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RICKETT'S RESTAURANT AND BAR - 2727 N CLARK - 2 INTERIOR IMAGES - NOTE THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE MAN (LOWER RIGHT AT THE BAR) TO CARY GRANT - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EITEL'S MARINE ROOM RESTAURANT INTERIOR (NOTE THE EITEL FAMILY ALSO OWNED THE ORIGINAL OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT AND THE BISMARCK HOTEL) - FIELD BUILDING - c1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - SWISS CHALET RESTAURANT - BISMARCK HOTEL - COUPLE BEING SERVED DESSERT AT TABLE BY WAITER IN TUX - c1955


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LOTUS ROOM RESTAURANT - LA SALLE HOTEL - COUPLE BEING SERVED DINNER AT TABLE BY WAITER IN TUX - 1950s


COCKTAIL NAPKIN - CHICAGO - STOUFFER'S TOP OF THE ROCK - 41ST FLOOR - PRUDENTIAL BUILDING - c1960


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CTA ELEVATED TRAIN TURNING ON TRACKS - AERIAL - 1954 - LOOKING E DOWN LAKE - PAULINA JUNCTION - I THINK THIS IMAGE ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN FOR GIVING A "FEEL" FOR WHAT THE ELEVATED WAS LIKE WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED IT - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER