Monday, August 27, 2018

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HARDING'S COLONIAL ROOM RESTAURANT - 21 S WABASH AVE - HOSTESS AND TWO WAITRESSES - "WONDERFUL FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES" - NICE VERSION - 1959


PHOTO - CHICAGO - WHITE CASTLE TRUCK - JOHN'S BAKE SHOP - 653-671 W 83RD - BUNS FOR WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS - TRUCK IN FRONT OF KRUMDICK AND SONS AUTO PAINTING - c1930


PHOTO - CHICAGO - GROUP OF FRIENDS POSED BEFORE OR AFTER SOFTBALL GAME - NOTE THE TWO SOFTBALLS HELD BY THE MAN WITH THE BATS - THEY APPEAR TO BE THE 16-INCH "CHICAGO SOFTBALLS" WE PLAYED WITH AS KIDS AND WHICH REQUIRED NO MITTS OR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT - 1913


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - J R BEIERSDORF AND BRO - PORK PACKERS CHICAGO - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - OUTER DRIVE LINK BRIDGE - AERIAL PANORAMA - SURROUNDING SKYLINE - YOU CAN SEE THE "BABY RUTH" SIGN ON THE FACTORY NEAR THE RIVER CLEARLY - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1950?


Sunday, August 26, 2018

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GREEN STREET - S OF 65TH - BEAUTIFUL TREE-LINED STREET OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS - CHICAGO AT ITS BEST - TWO WOMEN WITH BABY STROLLER - c1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - BOY IN SHIRT AND TIE KNEELING IN A WAGON WITH SIGN FOR THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS - c1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KIMBALL PIANOS - MYRTLE ELVYN SITTING AT A KIMBALL GRAND PIANO


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - KIMBALL PIANOS - BACK OF CARD WITH SLOGAN THE ARTIST'S FAVORITE


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HANDSOME FRAME HOUSE WITH FAMILY POSED ON PORCH - NOTE ON SIDE ENTRANCE SIGN FOR MARINCELLO BEAUTY SHOP - 1910s


POSTCARD- CHICAGO - WILSON BATHING BEACH (CALLED THAT) - PANORAMA - BIG CROWD - NOTE SIGN FOR NIGHT BATHING - c1908