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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Vintage Chicago Photo from 1941

1941 photo of Chicago, Illinois

"Jaywalkers, Chicago, Illinois," a 1941 photo taken in Chicago's Loop by John Vachon. You can download a free high-resolution version from the Library of Congress.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Vintage Chicago Postcard: Underneath Marshall Field's

What's Under Marshall Field's in Chicago?

A cool vintage postcard that shows the levels below Chicago's Marshall Field's store, posted on Flickr by John Martine.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Vintage Chicago Postcard of O'Hare Airport

Chicago O'Hare International Airport - Vintage Postcard

A vintage postcard of Chicago's O'Hare Airport, posted on Flickr by Mark Susina.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Vintage Photo of Daley Plaza in Chicago

Apollo 11 astronauts in Chicago's Daley Plaza

The Apollo 11 astronauts -- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins -- are welcomed in Chicago's Daley Plaza on August 13, 1969, in a photo posted on Flickr by Richard Barry. The Chicago Tribune has a gallery with more photographs of the day.

The architect of Daley Center and Plaza, Jacques Brownson, passed away this week at age 88.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Vintage Chicago Postcard: Chicago's State Street in 1968

Chicago & State-Lake, Chicago IL, 1968

Another vintage postcard of Chicago's State Street. This one's from 1968, looking south from Lake Street, posted on Flickr by Roloff.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Vintage Chicago Postcard: Chicago's State Street in 1959

State Street, Chicago

A 1959 postcard of Chicago's State Street, looking north from Adams Street, posted on Flickr by the_mel.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Vintage Chicagoland Photo: The Blizzard of 1967

Elmhurst Blizzard 1967

A great shot taken in Elmhurst, IL after the blizzard of 1967. Posted on Flickr by ElectroSpark. Also see: Life magazine's coverage of the Chicagoland blizzard of 1967.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A Vintage Newsreel of Chicago in the 1930s

Via Lee Bey's WBEZ blog, a 1930s newsreel about Chicago:


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Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Beatles in Chicago



A WLS-TV news story about the Chicago Beatles concerts in 1964, 1965, and 1966.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Chicago's State Street in 1940

1940 photo of Chicago's State Street

Another 1940 John Vachon photograph from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs collection: Looking south on State Street, from the northwest corner of State and Randolph. You can download high-resolution versions of the photo here. The block with the movie theatre and jewelry store was the "Block 37" that sat vacant from 1989 to 2005. A new office tower (home of my office!) and shopping mall finally opened in late 2008.

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