drinking fountain at SE corner of courthouse square, Fifth and Adams streets, Montgomery Ward store at 506-510 E. Adams under construction in back at left, circa 1930
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semioticapocalypse: Memorial Day at Camp Butler National Cemetery, May 30, 1929 [::SemAp Twitter || SemAp::]
Frank and Marie Micholowsky, several weeks into a dance marathon in Chicago, January, 19, 1931
Mary (Marie) Louise Rennen of Chicago, Illinois
Mrs Belva Gaertner standing and looking through jail cell bars, Chicago, Illinois, March 13, 1924 She inspired the fictional character Velma Kelly/Velma Wall in the play Chicago
The Invention of Morel, an opera based on the 1940 novella by Adolfo Bioy Casares, with a Louise Brooks inspired character (Faustine, played by Valerie Vinzant), is currently playing at […]
Frank Moy, the ‘mayor of Chinatown’, celebrates the Chinese New Year with children in Chicago, 1934
candidates for the title of Miss Great Lakes seen here on State Street, Chicago circa July 4, 1935
Buddy Rogers, formerly of the films, took an old friend of Hollywood days, Claire Windsor, for a boat ride in the World’s Fair lagoon in Chicago, June 6, 1933, when […]
chicagohistorymuseum: A group of rapt listeners keep score of a Cubs game being broadcasted in the Chicago Tunnel under State and Madison Streets. Photograph by the Chicago Daily News,1929 Learn […]