Posts tagged 1940's

Kodachrome looking south on Rush from Pearson toward Chicago Ave, 1948, Chicago.

Skyline from the lake, 1943, Chicago

Club Alabam, 747 N Rush, 1947, Chicago.

“Always 68 degrees and a 9 course deluxe dinner for $1.00.”

The Palmolive Building and it’s Lindbergh beacon is in the background.

Kodachrome looking south on Wabash from Erie, 1948, Chicago

White Sox Luke Appling and Orville Grove, 1943, Chicago

The Open Door Cocktail Lounge, 100 E Superior at Rush, 1947, Chicago

South Side Beach, 1947, Chicago. Wayne Miller

On-leave servicemen and their girlfriends playing volleyball at North Ave Beach, 1943, Chicago

Japanese Americans who had been “relocated” to Chicago during WW 2, enjoy a day at Oak Street Beach, 1949.

Proposal for an unrealized amphitheater in Grant Park, 1940’s, Chicago

Mother watching her child receive a tonsillectomy at Provident Hospital, 1942, Chicago. Jack Delano

Chicago, 1941, Russell Lee

Looking south on Michigan Ave, 1948, Chicago.

Light and Dark (Wrigley and Tribune), 1948, Chicago

Untitled (Nelson Algren and friend, silhouettes), 1949, Chicago. Art Shay