Thursday, March 14, 2019

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He writes with a passionate desire for honesty, the rule of reason, and concern for human decency. John regards it as a badge of honor to have left the United States as a poor young man from the South Side of Chicago when the country embarked on the pointless murder of something like 3 million Vietnamese in their own land because they embraced the wrong economic loyalties. He lives in Canada, which he is fond of calling “the peaceable kingdom.”

John’s writing appears regularly on many Internet sites. He has been translated into at least ten languages and has been regularly translated into Italian and Spanish. Several of his essays have been published in book collections, including two college texts. He has published a book, The Decline of the American Empire and the Rise of China as a Global Power, published by Constable and Robinson, London. John also writes book reviews.

Apart from his writing since retiring from the oil industry, John has taught university courses in economics, done a good deal of private tutoring, served as a professional newspaper restaurant reviewer (he likes cooking), followed his favorite hobby of photography, and created a popular family of image blogs on the Internet.

John may be reached directly at:  formersouthsideboy@gmail.com

SOME OTHER SITES BY JOHN CHUCKMAN:

CHUCKMAN'S PLACES ON WORDPRESS: FEATURING THE BELOVED URBAN VILLAGE OF SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: TORONTO NOSTALGIA

CHUCKMAN’S MONTREAL

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORD PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S KODACHROMES ON WORDPRESS: JOHN AND BOBBY LONG AGO

CHUCKMAN'S PORT STANLEY

CHUCKMAN'S BAYFIELD

CHUCKMAN'S GODERICH

CHUCKMAN'S ILES DE LA MADELEINE (MAGDALEN ISLANDS)

CHUCKMAN'S ART

CHUCKMAN'S ROBOTS

CHUCKMAN'S GALLERY OF GROTESQUES

CHUCKMAN'S CARTOON COMMENTS

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: POLITICAL ESSAYS

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: COMMENTS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S MISCELLANEA OF WORDS

CHUCKMAN'S NON-SPORTS TRADING CARDS OF THE 1950S VOLUME 01 (OF 4 VOLUMES)



ME, ROUGHLY: THE DECLINE IS SO RAPID NOW

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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