Sunday, August 6, 2017

AD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL - HYDE PARK BLVD ON THE LAKE SHORE - WOMAN WITH RIDING OUTFIT - EARLY 1900s


MENU - CHICAGO - OLD HEIDELBERG INN - EITEL - COVER - CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - 1933


MENU - CHICAGO - OLD HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT - WHEN EITEL - RANDOLPH JUST W OF STATE - NEW YEAR 1951


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CREW MEMBERS ON LAKE BOAT DOCKED IN CHICAGO CHOPPING ICE AFTER BIG STORM - 1940s


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CTA RAPID TRANSIT CROSSING WELLS STREET BRIDGE - 2012 - EDITED FROM A JAMES PHILLIPS PHOTO


PHOTO - CHICAGO - ELEVATED CTA RAPID TRANSIT - TRAIN TURNING FROM LAKE ONTO WABASH - DATE UNKNOWN BUT THESE 2000 SERIES TRAINS WERE USED STARTING FROM 1964 - SUN-TIMES BUILDING IN DISTANCE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - HOTEL DEL PRADO - THE ORIGINAL - 59TH AND DORCHESTER - BUILT FOR 1893 WORLD'S FAIR - FEW PEOPLE WALKING NEARBY - DEL PRADO NAME LATER REUSED AT 5307 S. HYDE PARK BLVD WHICH STANDS TODAY AS APARTMENTS - 1900


PHOTO - CHICAGO - LAKE STREET ELEVATED PASSING ABOVE MILWAUKEE ROAD PASSENGER TRAIN WITH DOME CARS - 1957


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MARINA CITY - DRAMATIC AERIAL VIEW - 1964


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MARINA CITY BEING BUILT - FAIRLY EARLY STAGE - FIRST TOWER COMPLETED 1962 AND SECOND 1963


PHOTO - CHICAGO - NORTH MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING S AT GROUND LEVEL - TWIN COACH BUS LETTING PASSENGERS - WATER TOWER GETTING REPAIRS OR MAINENANCE - LATE 1950s


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - 1972 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - TRIBUNE TOWER AND NEARBY BUILDINGS - AERIAL FROM ACROSS RIVER - NOTE AWNINGS PARKING - 1931


PHOTO - CHICAGO - WABASH - SHOPPERS UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE - MANY SIGNS - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GROUND-LEVEL VIEW ACROSS RIVER LOOKING N E - EVENING - WENDELLA BOAT RIDES - TRIBUNE TOWER - 1971


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK ZOO - AERIAL - BIG CROWD NEAR ELEPHANT COMPOUND - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S - WOMEN'S PETTICOAT DEPARTMENT - TINTED - PRE-1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S - MAIN AISLE STATE STREET - CHRISTMAS - NICE VERSION -1938


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE AND MONROE - AERIAL - CALLED PALMER HOUSE CORNER - CROWDS - DOUBLE-DECK BUS - TINTED - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL LOOKING S FROM S OF LAKE STREET - TINTED - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N - CROWD - STREETCARS - TINTED - 1910s


SIGN - CHICAGO - ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAINS - THE IC - STATION SIGN FOR 71ST AND 72 ND STREETS