POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE MARBLER - MARBLE DEALERS' HEADQUARTERS - DREXEL BLVD AND SOUTH CHICAGO AVE - LODGING AND TWO GOOD CLEAN MEALS - ONE DOLLAR PER DAY - INTERESTING ODDITY - c1910
A LARGE COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS ABOUT CHICAGO. MUCH OF THE BUILT-ENVIRONMENT OF THE EARLIER POSTCARDS SURVIVED INTO THE 1950-60s, THE TIME OF MY GREATEST INTEREST.
INCLUDED ALSO ARE MENUS, MATCHBOOKS, AND OTHER ITEMS REFLECTING CITY LIFE IN THE 1950s AND 1960s. IT IS HOPED THESE PRESERVE SOMETHING OF THE SENSE OF WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE THE CHICAGO OF THAT TIME WAS IN WHICH TO GROW UP.
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