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Tinted view looking north east at Michigan Ave and the river, 1935, Chicago

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Looking south on State from Randolph, Christmas 1968, Chicago.

Black Jesus is playing at the Roosevelt, 110 N. State.

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Christmas on State Street, 1962, Chicago. Lee Balterman

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Looking north on State at Lake, December 1965, Chicago

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Chicago Coliseum, October 30, 1927, Chicago

Original caption:

One of the greatest attractions at the National Radio Show, held at the Coliseum this week will be Saturday night when Bernays Johnson sits in the death chair for the second time in his life. There will be three times as much electrical current passed through his body as is required to run an ordinary street car. Photo shows left to right, Officer William McCullough, Bernays Johnson in chair, and Adolph Girsch, testing the switch

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The Rose Bowl night club, 865 N Rush @ Chestnut, 1943, Chicago

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Un Ballon Foudroyé a Chicago, (A balloon is struck (by lightning) in Chicago).

French newspaper cartoon, 1891.

This reminds me of Chicago native and Frances Parker alum, Edward Gorey’s drawings.

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Skyline, looking south west from the top of the Hancock Tower, 1971, Chicago

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Looking north along the ‘L’ tracks above Wabash from Adams, 1981, Chicago

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Stebbins Hardware, 15 W Van Buren, 1972, Chicago.

Harold Washington Library stands here now.

Found an interesting article from the Sunday Trib, June 22, 1919 that mentions Stebbins: Girls Get Day to Shop!

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Collage of Old Town businesses, 1960s Chicago

Which ones do you remember?

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Looking east on Polk St. @ Dearborn Station, 1900, Chicago

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Old St. Pat’s, NW corner of Adams and Des Plaines, 1861, Chicago

One of Chicago’s oldest buildings, construction on Old St. Pat’s began in 1853 and was then dedicated in 1857. The Great Fire of 1871 missed the church by two blocks.