
NOSTALGIC IMAGES FROM CHILDHOOD AND FROM HISTORY FOCUSING ON THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH SHORE IN CHICAGO AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, HYDE PARK. INCLUDED ARE MANY IMAGES FROM JOHN CHUCKMAN AND FRIENDS. NOTE THAT WHERE CREATORS OF IMAGES OR SITES OF ORIGIN ARE IDENTIFIED, THE CREATORS OR SITES OF ORIGIN RETAIN ALL COPYRIGHTS.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
CHUCKMAN'S PLACES - POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HYDE PARK - CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL - DRAMATIC GROUND-LEVEL VIEW - RED CAR IN DRIVEWAY - TINTED - ONE OF THE LAKE-FRONT GLAMOUR SPOTS OF ITS DAY - THERE WERE MANY IN THOSE DAYS BECAUSE CHICAGO'S BEACHES WERE A BIG DRAW FOR AFFLUENT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER BEFORE FLORIDA BECAME DEVELOPED - THIS IS NOT THE SAME BUILDING AS THE ONE WE KNEW IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - THAT WAS AN ADDITION IN THE 1920s WHICH LATER BECAME THE FIFTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS - THIS ONE WAS BUILT IN TIME FOR 1893 WORLD'S FAIR AND WAS RAZED AFTER THE NEW ONE OPENED - PRE-1910
