Posts tagged 1900's

Ghosts, 1905, Chicago. G.S. Smallwood

Ghosts, 1905, Chicago. G.S. Smallwood

Mrs. C. Merit, mother of man who was killed by a policeman, standing, leaning on a cabinet in a room, 1906, Chicago.
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Mrs. C. Merit, mother of man who was killed by a policeman, standing, leaning on a cabinet in a room, 1906, Chicago.

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Playing craps outside the Phoenix Lunch Room, 424 Sherman (now Financial Place @ Congress), 1908, Chicago.

Playing craps outside the Phoenix Lunch Room, 424 Sherman (now Financial Place @ Congress), 1908, Chicago.

Train station, Clark, Carroll and Wells, 1907, Chicago.

Train station, Clark, Carroll and Wells, 1907, Chicago.

Lincoln, Belmont and Ashland, 1905, Chicago.

Lincoln, Belmont and Ashland, 1905, Chicago.

Graduates of Siebel’s Brewing Academy, 1907, Chicago.

Second photo at Siebel’s, 1909

Established in Chicago in 1868 and now known as the Siebel Institute of Technology, is one of the world’s oldest brewing schools.

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State Street by Night (looking north from Jackson), 1906, Chicago.
How would you like it here?

State Street by Night (looking north from Jackson), 1906, Chicago.

How would you like it here?

Sailboats, Chicago, 1903-05, Chicago. Henri Edmond Cross

Sailboats, Chicago, 1903-05, Chicago. Henri Edmond Cross

Entrance to the White City amusement park, 63rd and South Park (MLK Dr.), 1905, Chicago.

Entrance to the White City amusement park, 63rd and South Park (MLK Dr.), 1905, Chicago.

Looking north on Halsted from North Ave, 1900, Chicago
This scene is dramatically different today.
Ryerson and Burnham Archive, Art Institute of Chicago

Looking north on Halsted from North Ave, 1900, Chicago

This scene is dramatically different today.

Ryerson and Burnham Archive, Art Institute of Chicago

Twin Gateway Buildings proposal, North Michigan Ave, 1910, Chicago. A. N. Rebort.
Of course we got the Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower instead…

Twin Gateway Buildings proposal, North Michigan Ave, 1910, Chicago. A. N. Rebort.

Of course we got the Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower instead…

Easter procession of Italian immigrants, near Taylor St., 1903, Chicago.

Easter procession of Italian immigrants, near Taylor St., 1903, Chicago.

A blind newsboy delivers papers with the help of his trusty canine, 1902, Chicago.

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A blind newsboy delivers papers with the help of his trusty canine, 1902, Chicago.

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Randolph Street Bridge construction, 1903, Chicago.
via Chicago Magazine

Randolph Street Bridge construction, 1903, Chicago.

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Riverview Amusement Park (Belmont and Western), 1908, Chicago.

Riverview Amusement Park (Belmont and Western), 1908, Chicago.