
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 - SOUTH SHORE - CHICAGO - 74TH PLACE - W OF COLES TO RR AVE (CALLED THAT - MAYBE EXCHANGE?) - NEW HOMES AND TREES - 1910 - A NOTE ON OLD REAL ESTATE AND APARTMENT CARDS: THESE WERE THE MLS LISTINGS OF THEIR DAY - PEOPLE USED THEM TO DECIDE WHICH PROPERTIES TO VISIT - THEY WERE ALSO MADE PRIVATELY BY PEOPLE TO SHOW DISTANT FRIENDS OR RELATIVES WHERE THEY LIVED - THERE WERE KITS YOU COULD BUY TO CONVERT PHOTOS INTO POSTCARDS - THE PRIVATE ONES EXPLAIN THE OFTEN POORLY-WRITTEN LABELS
