Posts tagged 1920's

Looking north on Columbus Drive, 1927, Chicago

Billy Stepler kissing his mother, Esther Stepler, on the cheek, 1929, Chicago

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Opening of the Michigan Ave Bridge, May 14, 1920 (ornamentation added later), Chicago.

Procession to the newly completed Field Museum, May 1921, Chicago

The recently completed Wrigley Building, Michigan Ave, 1921, Chicago.

Filming construction of the Chicago Daily News building, 400 W Madison, 1928, Chicago

Unemployed men gather in front of the Daily News office (at Madison and Wells) to get the first editions of the jobs wanted classifieds, 1921, Chicago.

Chicago was the center of the Flapper universe. Within the culture of jazz and prohibition, the flapper lifestyle thrived in Chicago.

Flappers even had their own magazine, published here in Chicago.

This is the cover for the October 1922 issue. “Not for Old Fogies”

Flappers on a train in the smoking car, 1922.

UPDATE: MAUDELYNNE notes this is a smoking car on a London train. Great pic nonetheless! 

Foggy morning on Michigan Ave, 1927, Chicago.

Lakeside at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Sheridan and Balmoral, 1921, Chicago.

Strange Worlds, 1928, Chicago. Todros Geller

Mexican Pool Room Chicago, 1927, Chicago. Herman Menzel

Dredging the lake for landfill, creating the park at Montrose Point, east of Lake Shore Drive, 1928, Chicago.

Untitled (Street corner), 1923, Chicago. Edgar Ruprecht