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Friday, July 12, 2019

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

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John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He...

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AUDITORIUM HOTEL - S MICHIGAN AND CONGRESS - GROUND CORNER VIEW - A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING BUILT 1889 - THEY DID SOME RENOVATIONS IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1921) WHICH THE CARD BACK HIGHLIGHTED - NOTE THE BALCONY RESTAURANT ON MICHIGAN ABOVE THE ENTRANCE ARCHES - IT LOOKED OUT ON GRANT PARK - TINTED - VERY NICE VERSION - 1921

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK - ELECTRIC TOWER AND BAND STAND - FAKE NIGHT - 63RD STREET AND SOUTH PARK AVE - NOTE: THE NAME "WHITE CITY" WAS TAKEN FROM THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN HYDE PARK - THE FAIR HAD THE WORLD'S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND WAS VERY POPULAR - THE AMUSEMENT PARK HOPED TO GAIN FROM THE NAME - IT OPENED IN 1905 AND WAS POPULAR - IT STARTED HAVING TROUBLE IN THE 1930s AND WAS CONDEMNED IN 1939 - ITS PROPERTY BECAME THE SITE OF A HOUSING PROJECT IN THE 1950s - TINTED - 1916

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BLACKSTONE LIBRARY - 4904 S LAKE PARK - KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD - LIBRARY OPENED 1904 - REALLY NICE VERSION - TINTED - c1910

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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

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO YACHT CLUB HOUSE - GRANT PARK FRONT - AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS LAKE - LOTS OF PEOPLE - LOOKS LIKE A BIG EVENT WITH LOTS OF BOATS BEHIND - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO'S PICASSO - CIVIC CENTER PLAZA - 50 W WASHINGTON - BUILDING OPENED IN 1965 - SCULPTURE ADDED IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1967) - THE SPECIAL COR-TEN STEEL USED GRADUALLY WEATHERS FROM THE BRIGHT COLOR SEEN HERE TO A TEXTURED PURPLISH DEEP BROWN - 1967

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DREXEL BLVD - GROUND LEVEL VIEW DOWN STREET - BUILDINGS BEHIND TREES - TINTED - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DEARBORN STREET - S FROM MONROE - ELEVATED VIEW - HEAVILY TINTED - 1900s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL PLANTERS - 19 N CLARK - ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER STREET VIEW - ONE CAR PARKED - GREATEST VALUE HOTEL - TINTED - c1940

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB - INTERIOR LOUNGE ROOM - OLYMPIA FIELDS IS A FAIRLY FAR SOUTH SUBURB - CLUB HOUSE BUILT 1924 - TINTED - c1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AIRWAYS FIREPROOFING - DUCTWORK CLEANED - "WHEN GREASE STARTS TO DRIP" - CARTOON OF RESTAURANT KITCHEN WITH DRIPPING GREASE - 1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MASSAGIC SHOE STORE - STORE IN LA SALLE HOTEL - 160 W MADISON - AIR CUSHION SHOES - X-RAY FITTING - $6.95 TO $7.50 - TINTED - 1941

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MATH IGLER'S CASINO - 1627-29 MELROSE - HALF BLOCK N OF LINCOLN AND BELMONT - W OF LINCOLN - CHICAGO'S GAYEST NIGHT SPOT - FEATURING ART KOCH PIANIST - MUSIC UNTIL 4 AM - 1950s

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Sunday, July 07, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - JACKSON PARK - BOATHOUSE AND LANDING - WATER LEVEL VIEW - SMALL AWNING-COVERED PLEASURE BOAT WAITING - SOME PEOPLE STANDING - TINTED - 1919

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EVANSTON POSTCARD CLUB - MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT CARD - LOVELY FRENCH NUDE DRAWING - 1970s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ASHLAND BLVD - GROUND LEVEL - GRACIOUS TREE-LINED NEIGHBORHOOD - NOTE STONE BLOCKS FOR GETTING IN AND OUT OF CARRIAGES LOWER LEFT - TINTED - 1911

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BENNERT'S CAFE - 80 E JACKSON BLVD - CARTOON OF BOY AND GIRL AND DOG EATING AT TABLE WITH TABLECLOTH AND FLOWERS - "THERE AIN'T AGOIN TO BE NO LEAVINS" - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING - TINTED - 1933

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL - STATE AND SUPERIOR - PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - 1964

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LANE HIGH SCHOOL - DIVISION AND SEDGWICK - STREET LEVEL THREE-QUARTER VIEW - CROWD OF PEOPLE IN FRONT- OPENED 1908 -TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - BREVOORT HOTEL - CRYSTAL TAP - MADISON E OF LA SALLE - MAYBE 1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE GEORGIAN HOTEL - ALBERT PICK HOTEL - HINMAN AND DAVIS - WATERCOLOR DRAWING - EVANSTON - CRYSTAL DINING ROOM - DUNCAN HINES RECOMMEND - 1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - QUALITY MARKET - 6102 MILWAUKEE AVE - WEEKLY SPECIALS AND DELIVERY - 1952

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Wednesday, July 03, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BUSH TEMPLE - 108 W CHICAGO AVE AT N CLARK STREET - NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS - NOTE AWNINGS ALONG SIDEWALK - BUSH AND GERTS PIANO COMPANY - BUILT 1901 - STREETCAR - SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - C W GILSON RESTAURANT - 535 S LASALLE - AT HARRISON - INTERIOR - STAFF ALL LINED UP IN LONG WHITE APRONS - TINTED - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DREXEL SQUARE - JUST S OF E 51ST BETWEEN COTTAGE GROVE AVE AND DREXEL BLVD - FOUNTAIN - DOUBLE-DECKER BUS - TINTED - 1925

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK ZOO - TWO BABY ELEPHANTS - CHARMING IMAGE - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK - LOVER'S LANE - GROUND LEVEL - I WILL SERIES (NOTE: "I WILL" IS THE CITY MOTTO) - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL LA SALLE - NE CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON - THE GRAND BALLROOM - INTERIOR - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1911

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - BUILDINGS ALONG LEXINGTON AVE - MANDEL HALL - HUTCHINSON TOWER - REYNOLDS CLUB - BARLETT GYMNASIUM - HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1914

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DUTCH VILLAGE - AERIAL VIEW - CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - TINTED - 1933

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CAFE VENICE - 339 WABASH AVE - ARTWORK - "SPLENDID ITALIAN DINNERS" - "AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE AUDITORIUM" - c1960

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BISMARCK HOTEL - BISMARCK INN (NIGHTCLUB) - 128 N LA SALLE - NIGHTLY FUN FESTIVAL OF SONG - AROUND THE CORNER FROM CINERAMA - CARTOON OF BAND AND CUSTOMERS - 1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HEINLY'S RESTAURANT - NE CORNER DEARBORN AND MONROE - "THREE ENTRANCES" - "CHICAGO'S HIGH CLASS RESTAURANT" - MODERATE PRICES - SEVEN COURSE DINNER SIXTY CENTS - 1916

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Sunday, June 23, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NORTH MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL NEAR WATER TOWER - CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS NEAR SHOP LOWER LEFT - BUS - PALMOLIVE BUILDING - WATER TOWER - THE KIND OF IMAGE WITH THE BUS AND CROWD THAT JUST TAKES YOU BACK AS THOUGH YOU WERE WALKING THERE - CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - c1964

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MADISON AND CRAWFORD AVE - STREET LEVEL LOOKING NW - A WEST SIDE SHOPPING DISTRICT - THREE SISTERS STORE AND WALGREEN'S DRUG STORE - c1950

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL - CLARK AND JACKSON BLVD - THREE-QUARTERS VIEW SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FROM GROUND - SOME PEDESTRIANS - CARRIAGE - TINTED - REALLY NICE VERSION - 1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR - NORTHERLY ISLAND AND LAGOON WITH SOME OF CITY BEHIND - AERIAL PANORAMA - BLIMP AND SHADOW LOWER LEFT - 1933

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AMERICAN MUSIC HALL - VAUDEVILLE - THREE-QUARTER VIEW STREET LEVEL - ADDRESS UNKNOWN - TINTED - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - EXCURSION STEAMER LEAVING FOR A LAKE TRIP - TUG BOAT - TINTED - 1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL - EARLIER VICTORIAN CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS - ADDRESS UNKNOWN - AERIAL PANORAMA -TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1912

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DOUGLAS PARK - 1401 S SACRAMENTO DRIVE - HAVLICEK MONUMENT - VERY NICE VERSION - TINTED - c1920

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRAND BLVD FROM 35TH STREET - SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW - CROWD OF CARRIAGES AND PEDESTRIANS AND A BICYCLE - NOTE STREET LIGHT - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN - BUILDINGS ON RANDOLPH AND MICHIGAN IN BACKGROUND - CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - c1964

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL ATLANTIC - CLARK NEAR JACKSON BLVD - LOBBY - 450 ROOMS - 300 WITH BATH - TWO DOLLARS A DAY AND UP - TINTED - MAYBE 1940s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK - BOATHOUSE WITH MANY SMALL BOATS - PART OF I WILL SERIES - NICE VERSION - TINTED - 1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MCKINLEY PARK - W 37TH AND S ROBEY AND W 39TH AT S WESTERN BLVD AND ARCHER AVE - CROWD OF BOYS PLAYING IN LARGE WADING POOL - TINTED - c1920

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD - LOOKING N FROM 22ND STREET GROUND LEVEL - PARKED CAR AND YOUNG MAN ON LEFT - TINTED - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MORRISON HOTEL - MADISON AND CLARK - TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT - WOMAN ICE SKATER WEARING BALLET-LIKE OUTFIT IN DANCE POSE - HOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ICE SKATERS - OPENED 1925 RAZED 1965 - TINTED - 1920s

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