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Striking Photos Documented Life of African-Americans in Chicago’s South Side in 1941

March 27, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Migrations from 1910 to 1960 brought millions of African-Americans from the rural South to Chicago, where […]

Striking Black and White Photos of Chicago in 1941

March 25, 2022 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 […]

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40 Amazing Photos of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893

March 10, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe World’s Columbian Exposition was a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary […]

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23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Chicago Night Clubs’ Scene From the Mid-1970s

February 26, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBetween 1975 and 1977, sometimes five nights a week, photographer Michael Abramson traveled from his northern Chicago suburb […]

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Bike Keeps Family in Stitches, 1939

January 28, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCarrying four persons and a sewing machine, the world’s weirdest bicycle had a tryout in Chicago, Illinois, in […]

Pictures of Graf Zeppelin over Chicago that left the onlookers in complete awe, 1929

December 14, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photographs show the airship Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 flying over Chicago in August 1929, on the […]

The Great Chicago Fire and the unimaginable destruction seen through rare photographs, 1871

December 6, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn the evening of October 8, 1871, more than 300,000 weary residents of the great city of Chicago […]

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Collapsible Bike Trailer Has Comfortable Bunk for Camper, 1935

December 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA collapsible bicycle trailer which can be converted into comfortable sleeping quarters has been built by Joseph Dorocke, […]

Vibrant color photographs of Chicago’s Rail Yards taken by Jack Delano, 1940s

November 24, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942 and 1943, the Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spent time in the rail yards of […]

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In 1929, Prominent Woman Auto Racer Joan LaCosta Placed on Probation in Chicago Robbery Charge

November 7, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNovember 7, 1929 — Joan LaCosta, prominent woman auto racer, was held by police in Chicago, Illinois for […]

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30 Vintage Postcards Show Chicago’s Restaurants in the 1950s and ’60s

October 11, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen American servicemen returned home from World War II, they brought with them stories and souvenirs from the […]

Fascinating Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Tri-Taylor Neighborhood, Chicago in the 1970s

September 25, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs were taken by Lou Fourcher, a University of Chicago Ph.D. psychology student, for a project sponsored […]

20 Photos of Sheffield Garden Walk, Chicago in the Late 1980s

September 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Garden Walk was a vital part of the promotion of Sheffield as an attractive urban neighborhood. The […]

Photos of Southern Railway 4501 Visiting Chicago in June 1973

August 26, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe photos from Marty Bernard were taken from the Roosevelt Road Viaduct and the trains were on the […]

April 15, 1964: Gail Wise Was the First Person to Buy a Ford Mustang

August 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 15, 1964, two days before the Ford Mustang was officially supposed to go on sale, one […]

35 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1950s

August 9, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMayor Richard J. Daley, a Democrat, was elected in 1955, in the era of machine politics. In 1956, […]

Beautiful Vintage Kodachrome Photos of Mid-Century Chicago

August 7, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese Kodachrome photographs were taken by Harold Mayer, a pioneer of urban geography and specialist in urban and […]

Chicago in the early 1970s Through Amazing Black and White Photos

July 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteLife was good during the late ’60s and early ’70s. Railroad provided employment, church’s influenced a lot of […]

The Midget Club at 4016 W. 63rd St in Chicago, 1968

June 18, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe bar was run by Chicago native Parnell St. Aubin, who’d played a Munchkin soldier in The Wizard […]

40 Photos Show What Chicago Looked Like in the Mid-1990s

June 1, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1990s, Chicago transformed itself from a would-be Rust Belt casualty to the global metropolis it is […]

30 Funny ”Your Ideal Love Mate” Arcade Cards From the 1940s

May 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUsually, people seek answers to questions such as when and where they will magically find true love. These […]

Amazing Vintage Photos of the Marine Angel Going Through Drawbridges on the Chicago River in 1953

May 10, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, the 600-foot-long, 70-foot-wide Marine Angel transited the Chicago River. The freighter had only seven inches of […]

Stunning Vintage Black-and-White Photos of Chicago in 1988

April 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“A look at a man plunged into a rugged city in the diversity of his urbanism” is how […]

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 […]

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