CALUMET 412

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

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

Christmas on State Street, 1962, Chicago. Lee Balterman

Looking north on State at Lake, December 1965, Chicago

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which ones do you remember? 

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

In the first photo, Jefferson looks impassable to street traffic.

Skyline view just south of North Ave Beach, 1951 and 2018, Chicago

Buckingham Fountain, 1953, Chicago

Looking south on Lake Shore Drive from Diversey, 1890, Chicago