When we're on the road, I look for old postcards of Chicago in Antique shops. At home, they're too expensive.
Here are a selected few, showing a Chicago you can't see any more.
More to come, if I can find my Garfield Goose postcard.
Here's another site I found (actually found me) with nationwide postcards!
The County Building - Without City Hall! |  |
McCormick Place, the first time around, circa 1962 |  |
Grand Park Bandshell, before it was renamed and rebuilt. |  |
Navy Pier, 1935. Look at the el tracks going in! |  |
The Old Northwestern Station, before Jahn and Tishman got to it. Circa 1923 |  |
"Cocktails in the Clouds" at the Stouffer "Top of the Rock" Prudential Building Lounge |  |
Union Stockyards El Station |  |