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- Chicago Club: 1906
- Circa 1906. "The Chicago Club, Chicago."A number of spectral pedestrians here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... View full size.
Built as the Art Institute of Chicago This handsome Richardsonian Romanesque building at the southwest ...
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2012 - 12:26pm -
- Chicago: 1956
- "Chicago, November 1956." 35mm Kodachrome from the Kermy & Janet archive, ... a set of standard viewing locations for photographing Chicago railroading. This isn't one of them, and is thus valuable. It was probably shot from the train.
Chicago experts should be able to fill in the details, and the exact location, ...
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2013 - 9:20pm -
- Chicago: 1905
- Chicago circa 1905. "12th Street Bascule Bridge." Dinosaurs of the ... for this steamer. The permit for its travels between Chicago and Lockport was revoked for the drunken rowdiness of its passengers.
From Proceedings of the Chicago Sanitary District Board of Trustees. June 4, 1902
PRESIDENT ...
Posted by Dave - 11/05/2018 - 1:47pm -
- Pabst Over Chicago: 1943
- ... Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
... behind the Pabst sign at the right edge of the sign is the Chicago Tribune building, and across from it (underneath the main part of the ...
Posted by Dave - 05/07/2017 - 2:11pm -
- Switchcraft: 1943
- March 1943. "Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen riding one of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ... , completed 12/12/1939
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 04/22/2024 - 11:36pm -
- Hybrid EV: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and North Western Railroad streamliner diesel electric locomotives. ... head-end-power (HEP) came into vogue.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/10/2024 - 2:58pm -
- Chicago: 1915
- Chicago circa 1915. "Van Buren Street Station. View north along Michigan ... Jackson Drive would become the very start of Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles!
The next two buildings are today known as the Sante Fe Building and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
And of course the Art Institute overlooks the ...
Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 10:07pm -
- The Hump Master: 1942
- Chicago, December 1942. "Hump master in a Chicago & North Western railroad yard operating a signal switch system ... March 1940.
(Technology, The Gallery, Kodachromes, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/20/2024 - 11:24am -
- Feed Me: 1943
- January 1943. "Nelson, Illinois. Chicago and North Western Railroad freight en route from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago. Stopping for coal and water to give passenger trains the right of ...
Posted by Dave - 04/12/2024 - 2:49pm -
- Office Cubicle: 1911
- ... personal injury lawsuits were invented.
At home in Chicago This style is from the Chicago School of architecture, which emphasizes the building's structural ...
Posted by Dave - 11/13/2023 - 2:36pm -
- Forest Brook: 1956
- ... I was in 5th grade at the time, in a far western suburb of Chicago. What I remember was the enormous spending on shiny new schools back ... in 1st grade at that time and our classroom in suburban Chicago looked very much like this one. Someone mentioned getting called down ...
Posted by Dave - 02/14/2013 - 7:14am -
- The Hump Master: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which ... favorite day of the week..
(Technology, The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/20/2024 - 11:27am -
- Chicago Bound: 1960
- ... sunny Saturday afternoon at the Lake Bluff stop of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee interurban railroad. The North Shore was one ... train for a weekend of fun and relaxation in downtown Chicago. The attentive motorman is keeping an eye on the conductor for the ...
Posted by prrvet - 03/28/2018 - 8:33pm -
- Red Comb Feeds: 1943
- ... at a siding of the Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard south of Chicago." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War ...
Posted by Dave - 04/13/2024 - 9:40pm -
- Hump Office: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk working on his lists in the hump office at a Chicago and North Western railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View ... survive tropical or desert conditions.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/20/2024 - 11:19am -
- Icing on the Freight: 1943
- ... Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Blue Island Yard south of Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. ...
Posted by Dave - 04/17/2024 - 2:26pm -
- Southside Easter: 1941
- Happy Easter from Chicago, and from Shorpy.
April 1941. "Negro boys on Easter morning, Southside Chicago." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ...
Posted by Dave - 04/17/2022 - 8:16am -
- Boilermakers: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Boiler makers inside the firebox of a locomotive on which they have been working in the roundhouse at a yard of the Chicago and North Western Railroad." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the ... Asbestos got them, he'd say. Who knew?
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/17/2024 - 3:57pm -
- Boston Market: 1909
- ... negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
CHICAGO DRESSED? what is CHICAGO DRESSED? building on right.
Re: CHICAGO DRESSED Read the rest of ...
Posted by Dave - 06/06/2016 - 4:51pm -
- Feeding Station: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Chicago & North Western Railroad switching and classification freight ... trembles when he rushes by.
Engine mislabeled The Chicago and North Western Class E-4 was a class of nine streamlined 4-6-4 ...
Posted by Dave - 03/11/2024 - 11:06am -
- Winter Light: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. In the roundhouse at a Chicago and North Western railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the ... and silhouette better than Jack Delano.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/18/2024 - 3:39pm -
- Icy Loco: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Switching and classification freight yards. Engineer and fireman thawing out air compressors on a cold morning at a Chicago and North Western railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the ... at the left edge of the photograph.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/15/2024 - 4:48pm -
- Ebby's Diner: 1942
- ... The Lancaster Stockyards, the largest stockyard east of Chicago, was located about a mile north of here along the PRR mainline between ...
Posted by Dave - 02/25/2024 - 3:47pm -
- Checkin Tender: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Engineer taking a last look at the tender before going out on the road from a Chicago and North Western railyard." Medium format acetate negative by Jack ... of War Information. View full size.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/18/2024 - 10:36am -
- Frosty Freight: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Switching and classification freight yards. Looking out toward the icehouse from the freighthouse at a yard of the Chicago and North Western Railroad." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the ... of War Information. View full size.
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 03/16/2024 - 8:56pm -
- Chicago: 1901
- Chicago circa 1901. "The lakefront from Illinois Central Station." Panorama of ... Lakeshore Delta If you Google-Maps "901 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605" you can see that all the Lake Michigan waterfront ... but its steep sloping roof was lopped off long ago.
Chicago: 1901 That statue of the soldier is General Logan, the Civil War ...
Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 3:36pm -
- Churches of Chicago: 1942
- April 1942. "Chicago, Illinois" is all they wrote for this one; it seems to be a Sunday. ... to provide the punchline.
The Sainte-Chapelle of Chicago Over near the far left margin of this photograph, in the shadows ... a school belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Completed in 1919, this building is clearly modeled on the Gothic ...
Posted by Dave - 01/27/2023 - 1:49pm -
- Whiskey Wine Brandy Gin: 1939
- ... like it. Merely decorative? Whatever, I love it.
"Chicago Service" What is it?
Blimey! Whiskey, wine, brandy, ... was in business for a while after that job!
Chicago Service Does the cafe feature surly waiters? Or is that called "New ...
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2011 - 6:13pm -
- Kitchen Patrol: 1957
- Chicago circa 1957, and it looks like somebody's getting written up for Kitchen ... or cost savings.
Use of Milnot is not allowed in Chicago - Here's your ticket! You must use standard evaporated milk. No ... I see an empty jar of Ann Page Damson Plum preserves.
Chicago blue(s) This lady was not a criminal, but a mere victim. She called ...
Posted by Dave - 09/19/2015 - 2:22pm -
- Illinois Central: 1942
- November 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Locomotives in an Illinois Central Railroad yard." Medium ... self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's "City of New Orleans" ...
(The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ...
Posted by Dave - 01/31/2024 - 4:09pm -