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Thursday, March 14, 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...

PHOTO - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AT ADAMS - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - RUSH HOUR SCENE - PEDESTRIANS - BUSES - NOTE STANDARD OIL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON RIGHT - CALLED "BIG STAN" BY CHICAGOANS WHO OFTEN USED TO HAVE NICKNAMES FOR BUILDINGS - ORIGINALLY THIS WAS CLAD IN WHITE MARBLE BUT THEY LATER RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH ITS DURABILITY AND DID A MAJOR PROJECT REPLACING THE MARBLE SLABS WITH LIGHT-COLORED GRANITE - SNAPSHOT - PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN - 1972

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Friday, March 08, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - MAN AND WOMEN WALKING THROUGH EARLY GARDENS - GIRL IN YELLOW DRESS AND HAIR BOW - c1960

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WORLD'S FAIR CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 - THE DAIRY BUILDING - HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DAIRIES - TINTED

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - MEN'S DORMITORY AND CLASSICS BUILDING AND HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY - TWO WOMEN WALKING ON PATH - TINTED - 1923

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL BUILDING - STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON - MARSHALL FIELDS WOULD ON THE LEFT SIDE OUT OF VIEW - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE COLISEUM - WABASH AND 15TH STREET - PART OF THE BUILDING HAD BEEN A CONFEDERATE PRISON BROUGHT TO THE CITY AS TOURIST ATTRACTION - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - POLISH ALLIANCE BUILDING - 1406 DIVISION STREET - FLAG DRAWN-IN - FRONT FROM STREET - TINTED - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NEWBERRY LIBRARY - FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE - PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES - 901 N CLARK - PART OF I WILL SERIES - TINTED - 1912

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NEW CHICAGO CITY BANK - 6233-6235 S HALSTED - THREE-QUARTERS VIEW - PEOPLE ON STREET - 1909

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LOOKING S ON MICHIGAN AVE AERIAL FROM WRIGLEY BUILDING - RIVER BRIDGE AND SKYLINE - INTERESTING TINT - 1932

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LA SALLE HOTEL - THREE-QUARTER DRAWING FROM ACROSS THE STREET GROUND LEVEL - 1945

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - IN POLISH - LINE DRAWING OF UNKNOWN BUILDING IN AVONDALE NEIGHBORHOOD - PERHAPS SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH - 1910s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTELS WINDERMERE - 1642 E 56TH STREET - SEEN OVER TREES OF JACKSON PARK - TINTED - c1950s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY - MICHIGAN AVE AND 16TH STREET - GROUND-LEVEL THREE- QUARTERS VIEW - VENUE FOR LARGE FUNCTIONS - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY - THREE-QUARTERS STREET-LEVEL VIEW - ASHLAND AVE - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES BUILDING - EVENING - FROM RIVER LEVEL - WHERE TRUMP TOWER LOCATED NOW - c1960

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR 1933 - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING INTERIOR - BOEING MONOPLANE AND JOHN BULL STEAM ENGINE

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - AERIAL PANORAMA - LOOKING N FROM CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING - DRAMATIC TINTING - 1944

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PHOTO - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING - 6021 KIMBARK AVE - WOMAN STANDING BY GATEWAY - CAR PARKED - SNAPSHOT - c1950

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ILLUSTRATION - CHICAGO - DEDICATION OF THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING - COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1893 - HARPER'S WEEKLY - OCT 1892

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ILLUSTRATION - CHICAGO - WORKMEN AND VISITORS AT THE SITE OF COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893 - ROOF OF THE WOMEN'S BUILDING - HARPER'S WEEKLY - JAN 1892

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATES RESTAURANT - 52 ADAMS - CARD TO EXPLAIN THE NAME - UNITED STATES IN MINIATURE - MUSIC - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON - AERIAL LOOKING SE - HUGE CROWDS - DOUBLE-DECK BUSES - FIELD'S CLOCK - NOTE STREET CLOCK AT SE CORNER - TINTED - PART OF SERIES FOR 1933 WORLD'S FAIR

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - NIGHT - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM MADISON - CROWDS - TRAFFIC - TWO COPS IN SHORT SLEEVES - PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - VERY NICE VERSION - c1964

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - NIGHT - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S FROM NEAR CHICAGO THEATER - LOOP THEATER - STATE LAKE THEATER - PARKED CARS - MARS LIGHTS - PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES - NICE VERSION - 1963

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL LOOKING N FROM VAN BUREN - A REALLY NICE VERSION - EARLY- TO MID-1960s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PHOTO OF PANAMA LIMITED TRAIN WITH PASSENGERS AT REAR READY TO LEAVE ILLINOIS CENTRAL STATION IN 1916 - USED FOR A LATER CARD

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE - LONG PANORAMA LOOKING NW FROM STEPS OF FIELD MUSEUM - NOTE PARKING LOT - 1940s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FIELD MUSEUM - GROUND LEVEL FROM A DISTANCE ACROSS GRANT PARK - 1933

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHURCH DEACONESS STEWARDESS HOME - 4834 FORESTVILLE AVE

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PHOTO - CHICAGO - ROCK ISLAND GM AEROTRAIN ENGINE FROM 1950s - IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION - OPERATOR LOOKING OUT CAB SIDE WINDOW - 1964

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

PHOTO - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - WET NIGHT SCENE (RESTORED) - LOOKING S FROM ART INSTITUTE - THIS WAS AN ART INSTITUTE ITEM - 1912

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Friday, January 25, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UPPER MICHIGAN AVE - OLD WATER TOWER AND PALMOLIVE BUILDING - NOTE STREETCAR - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N - AIRPLANE DRAWN IN - 1933 WORLD'S FAIR SERIES - NICE VERSION - TINTED

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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

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN BLVD (CALLED THAT) AND GRANT PARK - LOOKING S SOMEWHAT ELEVATED - PLANES DRAWN IN - DOUBLE-DECK BUSES - THE IMAGE IS OF A VERY VIBRANT PLACE - TINTED - 1920s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE AND LONDON GUARANTEE COMPANY - FROM DOWN NEAR WATER LEVEL - TINTED - 1920s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE - NORTH APPROACH - PEDESTRIANS - COURTESY OF CHICAGO PLAN COMMISSION - TINTED - 1920s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AND MONROE - LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL FROM GRANT PARK - PEOPLES GAS BUILDING - LAKE VIEW BUILDING - ILLINOIS ATHLETIC CLUB - MONROE BUILDING - UNIVERSITY CLUB - REMARKABLY HANDSOME GROUP OF BUILDINGS - TINTED - 1915

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LOOKING TOWARDS MICHIGAN AVE FROM FREIGHT YARDS - SLIGHTLY ELEVATED - WAGONS LOADING - MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE IN DISTANCE - c1905

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LAKE MICHIGAN FROM JACKSON PARK BEACH - GROUND LEVEL VIEW E - WAVES - TINTED - 1908

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EUCLID AVE AND 70TH STREET SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD - LOOKING DIAGONALLY ACROSS STREET TOWARDS SMALL HOTEL-TOURIST HOME - WOMAN WITH BABY CARRIAGE ON SIDEWALK - c1920s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - FIRST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH - DREXEL BLVD - THREE-QUARTERS GROUND LEVEL - FROM THE NUMBER OF CARDS I'VE SEEN OF FAIRLY LARGE CHURCHES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE EARLY 1900s - TINTED - 1908

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOME FOR AGED JEWS - 66TH AND DREXEL AVE (CALLED THAT) - FRONT FROM STREET LEVEL - TINTED - 1908

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DREXEL BLVD - TWO WOMEN IN LARGE HATS WALKING IN PARK WITH FLOWER BEDS - NOTE: DREXEL BLVD WAS ALWAYS A ROMANTIC URBAN ICON IN MY MIND AFTER I FIRST SAW IT IN THE EARLY 1950s - IT WAS THEN NOT FAR FROM BEGINNING ITS SAD DECLINE - TINTED - 1906

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DREXEL BLVD - FROM COTTAGE GROVE AVE - FLOWER BED - HORSE AND BUGGY - TINTED - c1910

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY - WASHINGTON AND MICHIGAN AVE - GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N W FROM GRANT PARK - CARS BUS PEDESTRIANS - NOTE PUBLIC SIDEWALK CLOCK LOWER LEFT - TINTED - 1920s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN COMPANY - RANDOLPH STREET - AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY BECAME THE CABLE PIANO COMPANY WHICH OPERATED FOR ABOUT A CENTURY - STRIKING GRAPHIC DESIGN - 1890s

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BERNARD HOTEL - DREXEL BLVD AND 42ND PLACE - THREE-QUARTERS VIEW GROUND LEVEL - TINTED - 1927

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POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BEAUTIFUL COURTYARD APARTMENT BUILDING - THE PATTINGTON - IRVING PARK BLVD NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN - c1910

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