In 1962 the commons (‘Caf’) opened with a bowling alley downstairs. Then in 1975 for a couple of years a pub replaced the bowling alley. Can you imagine that the mailroom used to be a bowling alley and a pub? The pub was closed when the…
This Main Street Half Day, Illinois Postcard shows the businesses along the main throughfare. A car is parked at a business next to the general store. A sign for gasoline and oil is in front of the general store. They might have sold it there. Past…
A catalogue of advertising cuts to assist stores in selling Lyon & Healy musical instruments. Some of the art work was done by W.L. [sic] Clute, W.M. Dewitz, Frederick Fursman, W.M. Carqueville, Frank Hazenplug, and George Ethridge.
Edward H. Bennett labeled this photograph from 1913-1915 on the verso of the photographic print. The photograph is one of a series by planner Bennett in preparation for the design of Wacker Drive and redevelopment of the banks of the Chicago River…