Friday, July 12, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COLOSIMO'S RESTAURANT AND NIGHT CLUB - 2126 S WABASH - DINING ROOM AND STAGE - A LAVISH PLACE NOTED FOR MAFIA ASSOCIATIONS - SHOW WITH "COLOSIMO'S CUTIES" - "LARGEST ELEVATING DANCE FLOOR" - "BIG JIM" OPENED A SALOON IN 1909 AT ANOTHER LOCATION - HE SHORTLY MOVED HERE INTO WHAT WAS A SMALL HOTEL CALLED THE HARMON - HE REMODELLED IT INTO A REAL SHOWPLACE IN 1913 - IN 1920 "BIG JIM" WAS SHOT IN HIS RESTAURANT - THE RESTAURANT CONTINUED IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL ABOUT 1960 - WE CAN SEE HERE THAT IN THE MID-1940s IT WAS STILL A REAL SHOWPLACE - TINTED - 1944