Posts tagged vintage

State Street, 1956, Chicago

State Street, 1956, Chicago

Clarendon Beach, 1919, Chicago

Clarendon Beach, 1919, Chicago

Two magazine covers by JC Leyendecker, 1916 and 1936.

Leyendecker was a Chicago artist who rose to fame for his magazine and fashion illustrations. His subjects were varied, but he is most famous for his portraits of athletes and the military.

He often used Chicago beachfront lifeguards as his models.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Leyendecker

Suspected prostitutes hiding their faces at a city hall court house, 1936, Chicago
Chicago Tribune Archives

Suspected prostitutes hiding their faces at a city hall court house, 1936, Chicago

Chicago Tribune Archives

Kodachrome, looking north on Michigan Ave, 1946, Chicago.

Kodachrome, looking north on Michigan Ave, 1946, Chicago.

Inside the offices of the architectural firm, Bertrand Goldberg and Associates, 1965, Chicago.
Bertrand Golberg Archives

Inside the offices of the architectural firm, Bertrand Goldberg and Associates, 1965, Chicago.

Bertrand Golberg Archives

Tinted lantern slide of Clarendon Beach, between Wilson and Montrose, 1916, Chicago.
Update: Thanks to the Friends of Cuneo for correcting the time frame.
Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago

Tinted lantern slide of Clarendon Beach, between Wilson and Montrose, 1916, Chicago.

Update: Thanks to the Friends of Cuneo for correcting the time frame.

Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago

Smoking pot on Lake Shore Drive, 1976, Chicago. Lee Balterman

Smoking pot on Lake Shore Drive, 1976, Chicago. Lee Balterman

Checking out the new monkey exhibit, Lincoln Park Zoo, 1894, Chicago

Checking out the new monkey exhibit, Lincoln Park Zoo, 1894, Chicago

Tennis lessons, 1969, Chicago
via University of Chicago Digital Archives

Tennis lessons, 1969, Chicago

via University of Chicago Digital Archives

Wilson Ave Beach, 1908, Chicago

Wilson Ave Beach, 1908, Chicago

Lifeguard training, Portage Park, 1949, Chicago

Lifeguard training, Portage Park, 1949, Chicago

Clarendon Beach, 1919, Chicago.

Clarendon Beach, 1919, Chicago.

Oak Street Beach, 1960, Chicago

Oak Street Beach, 1960, Chicago

Oak Street Beach, 1950, Chicago

Oak Street Beach, 1950, Chicago