Saturday, August 12, 2017

PHOTO - CHICAGO - WOODS THEATER - 54 W RANDOLPH - HENRICI'S AND TOFFENETTI'S ON RIGHT - 1949


PHOTO - CHICAGO - UNITED ARTISTS THEATER - 45 W RANDOLPH - 1700 SEATS - ORIENTAL IN BACKGROUND - 1946


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM ELEVATED - CHICAGO AND STATE LAKE THEATERS - BUSES - 1957


PHOTO - CHICAGO - ROOSEVELT THEATER - 110 N STATE - 1954


PHOTO - CHICAGO - ROOSEVELT THEATER - 110 N STATE - 1946


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RIALTO THEATER - 336 S STATE AT W VAN BUREN - VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE - 1500 SEATS


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH THEATRE - 14-16 W RANDOLPH - SITE LATER OF OLD HEIDELBERG - 1926


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MONROE THEATER - 57 W MONROE - THE FORMER INTER-OCEAN NEWSPAPER BUILDING - BUDWEISER INN NEXT DOOR - ONLY 950 SEATS - 1936


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MCVICKERS THEATER - 25 W MADISON - OPENED IN 1922 AFTER SEVERAL THEATERS AT THE SITE - OVER 2000 SEATS - 1923


PHOTO - CHICAGO - COMMODORE THEATER - 3105 W IRVING PARK ROAD - NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER WITH JUST UNDER 1000 SEATS - 1924


PHOTO - CHICAGO - CLARK THEATER - 11 N CLARK - HOTEL PLANTERS - WIMPY'S - 1960 - EDITED FROM A STEVE LEWANDOWSKI IMAGE


MENU - CHICAGO - HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT - 75-85 W RANDOLPH - INSIDE ONE - 1941


MENU - CHICAGO - HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT - 75-85 W RANDOLPH - INSIDE TWO - 1941


MENU - CHICAGO - HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT - 75-85 W RANDOLPH - INSIDE THREE - 1941


MENU - CHICAGO - ST CLAIR HOTEL - 1943


Wednesday, March 22, 2017

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL - NOT THE ORIGINAL - EAST HYDE PARK BLVD AND THE LAKE - AERIAL PANORAMA - TINTED


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK BEACH - CROWDS - TINTED - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK BEACH - GIRLS IN DRESSES IN WATER - PEOPLE SITTING ON BEACH - PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES BY TREES - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK BEACH - HIGH WAVES - THREE MEN WALKING ALONG - REFECTORY IN DISTANCE - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RAINBOW BEACH (CALLED THEN MANHATTAN BATHING BEACH) - 75TH AND LAKE - HUGE CROWD - NOTE FAIR STORE AD ON PAVILION - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNKNOWN BEACH - CALLED BEACH BATHERS IN LAKE MICHIGAN - AERIAL - BIG CROWD - BOATS - LOOKING OUT TOWARDS LAKE - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WILSON AVENUE BATHING BEACH - AERIAL PANORAMA - HUGE CROWD - TINTED - 1917


POSTER - CHICAGO - WOMAN ON BEACH WITH ARMS UP TO SUN - STYLIZED - NORTH AVENUE BEACH - 1920s


PHOTO - CHICAGO - SHELL SERVICE STATION - UNKNOWN CORNER LOCATION - HEAVY SNOW CHRISTMAS SEASON - 1962


PHOTO - CHICAGO - ELEVATED PASSING OVER EXPRESSWAY - PANORAMA -1960s