Wednesday, January 2, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - 1219-25 E 52ND STREET - BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH LITTLE GIRL IN FRONT - YOUNG TREES - 1910s - GENERAL NOTE ON POSTCARDS WITH PHOTOS OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS: THESE WERE THE "MLS LISTINGS" OF THEIR DAY - USED BY RENTERS AND BUYERS TO SELECT SITES TO VISIT - PEOPLE ALSO MADE THESE CARDS PRIVATELY USING KITS THAT WERE AVAILABLE - YOU OFTEN SEE FAIRLY CRUDE HANDWRITTEN LABELS ON SUCH CARDS


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ADLER PLANETARIUM - GRANT PARK - CLOSE GROUND VIEW - CROWDS ON STAIRS - CARS - STYLIZED AND TINTED - FINE VERSION - 1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E FROM ABOVE S BRANCH OF RIVER - 1975


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEACH - NOT IDENTIFIED - LIKELY FOR CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL - CHILDREN ALONG SHORE - PIER WITH MANY WOMEN UNDER PARASOLS - TINTED - VERY NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING - KENMORE AND LELAND SE CORNER - WOMAN IN FRONT - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING - KENMORE AND THORNDALE AVES - S E CORNER - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH STRIPED AWNINGS - 4525 DOVER STREET - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL BUILDING - IDOL HOUR CAFE - WESTERN AVE AND BELMONT - 1908


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHINATOWN - LOOKING S ON WENTWORTH FROM CERMAK ROAD GROUND LEVEL - NIGHT - TIME EXPOSURE - c1980


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHINATOWN - THE CHINESE TEMPLE - LOOKING S ON WENTWORTH FROM 22 ND - 1964


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHINATOWN - WENTWORTH AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS CERMAK ROAD WITH CHINESE GATE - c1980


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CITY HALL SQUARE BUILDING - 139 N CLARK - STOOD WHERE DALEY CENTER IS LOCATED - AERIAL VIEW DOWN STREET - NOTE PALACE THEATER IN BUILDING - NEXT DOOR GEORGE COHAN'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE - TINTED - 1914


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CLARK LOOKING N - METHODIST TEMPLE IN THE DISTANCE - TINTED - 1926


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CLUB EL BIANCO RESTAURANT - 2747 W 63RD - INTERIOR LENGTH OF BAR AND SOME TABLES - TINTED - 1951


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ROGERS PARK - TWO GIRLS AT STREET CORNER - 1913


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DOWNTOWN - CALLED BIRD'S-EYE VIEW - LOOKING MAINLY E - NOTE OLD FEDERAL BUILDING AND POST OFFICE AT BOTTOM - YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS ON ROOFTOPS - NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE - TINTED - FINE VERSION - 1948


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DRAKE HOTEL LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN - AERIAL SLIGHTLY SURREALISTIC LOOKING S E - TINTED - 1935


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FIELD MUSEUM - CALLED MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - ELEVATED VIEW LOOKING N W - PART OF MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE IN BACKGROUND - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - TOBOGGAN SLIDE - CROWD - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HIGH AERIAL PANORAMA WITH PRUDENTIAL BUILDING AT CENTER SHOWING HUGE RAIL YARDS - LOOKING N - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL PLANTERS RESTAURANT INTERIOR - CLARK AND MADISON - THE BURLESQUE HOUSE IN THE HOTEL BECAME THE CLARK THEATER - OPENED 1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KING YEN LO RESTAURANT - CLARK AND VAN BUREN - DINING ROOM - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK LAKE SHORE - SUNDAY AFTERNOON - HUGE CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS AND CARS - MAX RIGOT IMAGE - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - CALLED LOOKING S FROM VAN BUREN BUT THE VIEW IS MORE W - CONGRESS HOTEL - AUDITORIUM HOTEL - STUDEBAKER HALL - FINE ARTS BUILDING - TINTED - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N FROM BRIDGE GROUND LEVEL - WRIGLEY AND TRIBUNE - 1961


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N FROM LAKE STREET - CARS BUSES PEDESTRIANS - TINTED - PART OF WORLD'S FAIR 1933 SERIES


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ART INSTITUTE - LINE PEOPLE CROSSING MICHIGAN AND ON STAIRS TO ART INSTITUTE - NICE VERSION - 1961


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM BLACKSTONE HOTEL- TINTED - 1915


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL NEAR ART INSTITUTE - AMOCO BUILDING ON RIGHT WAS COMPLETED 1973


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - N FROM 26TH GROUND LEVEL - JUST A FEW CARS - TREE-LINED - BIG HOMES - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE S E CORNER PYLON - REGENERATION BAS-RELIEF COMMEMORATES THE CITY'S REBUILDING AFTER GREAT FIRE OF 1871 - PART OF A SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD'S FAIR


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING N W FROM STEPS OF ART INSTITUTE - HUGE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE STREET - SOME PEDESTRIANS - NOTE WHERE LION IS LOCATED - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) - ELEVATED VIEW LOOKING NE TOWARDS ART INSTITUTE - CARS AND BUSES - TINTED - NICE VERSION -1940s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) - LOOKING S AND GRANT PARK - GROUND LEVEL PANORAMA FROM ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS - TINTED - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) - LOOKING SW FROM RANDOLPH - AIRPLANE AND FLAGS DRAWN IN - 1930s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) - N FROM 14TH STREET - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) LOOKING N HIGH AERIAL - THE DRAKE AND BLACKSTONE HOTELS FEATURED - NOTE LARGE COLONNADE IN FOREGROUND - TINTED - PART OF WORLD FAIR 1933 SERIES


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - N MICHIGAN AVE - COUPLE WALKING - NIGHT WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - 1970s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - N MICHIGAN AVE - NIGHT - AERIAL FROM RIVER - 1959


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NAVY PIER - WHEN IT WAS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - AERIAL - NOTE GYM BUILDING ON RIGHT - 1964


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NEWBERRY LIBRARY - N CLARK STREET AERIAL PANORAMA - 1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - OLD SPINNING WHEEL TEA ROOM - 421 E OGDEN AVE HINSDALE - LIST OF MOST POPULAR NATIONALLY KNOWN CHICAGO RESTAURANTS - FOOD FOR THOUGHT - c1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PRAIRIE AVE S OF 113 TH ROSELAND - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH AND STREET OF NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS AND TREES - 1916


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PUBLIC LIBRARY - MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NW - CABLE CARS - WAGONS - PEDESTRIANS - TINTED - c1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH STREET - LOOKING W FROM JUST W OF STATE - 1957


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - SOLDIERS FIELD AND FIELD MUSEUM - AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NW - MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE - TINTED - 1939


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL VIEW FROM MADISON - LOOKING N - BOSTON STORE ON LEFT - BIG CROWDS - WAGONS - STREETCARS - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM MADISON ELEVATED - BOSTON STORE - CABLE CAR - BIG CROWDS - FIELDS NEW BUILDING IN DISTANCE ONLY HALF FINISHED - MASONIC TEMPLE JUST BEYOND FIELDS - TINTED - c1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING S FROM CHICAGO AND STATE LAKE THEATERS AERIAL - 1947