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Beautiful Vintage Photos of Cloris Leachman as Miss Chicago in 1946

January 27, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended Illinois State University and […]

Michigan Loggers Pose Alongside Their World Record Haul, a Load of More Than 36,000 Board-Feet of Lumber Destined for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

January 21, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTo show off Michigan’s forest industry at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, lumberjacks from the Great Lakes State […]

Potato Chip Distributor Wearing 2-Pound Container Tin Barrel at National Potato Chip Institute Convention, 1949

November 30, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePotato Chip distributor wearing two pound container and arriving for National Potato Chip Institute convention at the Edgewater […]

Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1970s Through Amazing Photos

October 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCharles William (Bill) Brubaker (1926-2002) was a member of the Chicago-based architecture firm Perkins & Will from 1950 […]

Woman Sitting on an Iron Girder Atop the Wrigley Building, 1920

October 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter finding the bricklaying business too full of ups and downs, this amazing young girl decided to take […]

John Vachon’s Chicago in candid photos, 1941

August 31, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the hardships caused by the Great Depression, the American government created the Farm Security Administration to help […]

Cabinet Card of a Provocative Woman on a Fainting Couch in Chicago, Illinois

July 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis cabinet card features a young smiling woman lying on a fainting couch. The image is quite risque […]

Found Photos Capture Young Women of Chicago in Swimsuits From the late 1940s

May 31, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe bikini was officially invented in 1946 and named after the Bikini Atoll in the south Pacific, where […]

24 Amazing Color Photos Capture Chicago’s Street Scenes During the Blizzard of 1979

May 30, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January […]

50 Color Found Snaps That Show the 1948-1949 Chicago Railroad Fair

March 31, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Chicago Railroad Fair was an event organized to celebrate and commemorate 100 years of railroad history west […]

Beautiful Vintage Photos of Chicago in the 1950s by Mildred Mead

March 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMildred Mead, born in 1910, was a professional photographer, both freelance and by contract. During the 1950s, she […]

45 Fascinating Color Photos Capture Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1960s

March 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1960s, white residents in several neighborhoods of Chicago left the city for the suburban areas – […]

40 Amazing Color Pics Capture Chicago During the 1967 Blizzard

March 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Chicago blizzard of 1967 struck northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 26–27, 1967, with a record-setting […]

The Auto Wash Bowl in Chicago, ca. 1920s

December 7, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere’s a photo from 1924 and shows a newfangled type of car wash that stood at the northwest […]

Robert Plant’s Sexy “Food Play” Ice Cream Photos, Chicago, 1977

July 5, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitesitophilia (food play) – a form of sexual fetishism in which participants are aroused by erotic situations involving […]

Mary Wallace: The First Female Bus Driver for Chicago Transit Authority, Beginning in 1974

May 26, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1974, Englewood native, Mary Wallace, drove into history when she became the first woman to drive a […]

Amazing Pics That Show Interior of a Chicago House During the 1960s

April 26, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing pics were found by Ryan Khatam that show interior of a Chicago house during the 1960s. This […]

Chicago in 1971 Through an Australian Traveler’s Lens

August 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA small photo collection from lindsaybridge that captured street scenes of Chicago when he traveled there 1971. Street level […]

Rare Portraits of Men and Women Around the World in Their Tradition Costumes at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

May 14, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere’s a rare set of large-format photographic portrait images of the different ethnic people who represented various countries […]

29 Color Found Snaps of Chicago in the 1960s

December 22, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese found snapshots from Mark Susina that capture street scenes of Chicago from the 1960s.

Chicago in 1941 Through John Vachon’s Lens

December 10, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the depths of the Great Depression, the United States government created the Resettlement Administration to help provide […]

Vivid Color Photos Capture the Cityscapes of New York and Chicago in the 1970s and ’80s

November 25, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteChicago-born photographer Wayne Sorce began capturing the people and places of urban landscapes while at the Art Institute […]

Beach Time: Glass Plate Negatives That Show Chicago Beauties in Swimsuits From the 1920s

November 2, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteRenowned as the greatest visual chronicler of the circus in the American 20th century, American photographer Harry A. […]

56 Fascinating Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1970s

November 1, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA fascinating photo collection from David Wilson that shows street scenes of Chicago in the 1970s.

24 Stunning Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1980s

October 21, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteJeff Wassmann is an American artist, writer and theorist, currently living in Melbourne, Australia. His first novel, The […]

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