reena
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Post by reena on Feb 16, 2015 12:01:16 GMT
What wonderful postcards. I'll see what I have in my collection and maybe add to this.
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 16, 2015 12:12:21 GMT
Please do.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Feb 16, 2015 13:06:29 GMT
Wow !! Real nice,My only visit to Chicago was passing through at 5p.m. not the best time to drive anywhere on this planet.I had been elected to drive Mom to Iowa to visit her half brother,I think I was eighteen.I lead such a sheltered live I never go anywhere.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 16, 2015 13:29:11 GMT
Thanks for sharing, zipper. Many of those scenes bring back childhood memories, especially the exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry. |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 16, 2015 13:52:17 GMT
Wasn't it wonderful? I loved Yesterday. Not much left of it. Much smaller now, no nickelodeon.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Feb 16, 2015 14:16:22 GMT
In the Postcard "Maxwell Street" Chicago, about 2 o'clock, are my eyes deceiving me?
It looks like a shop called "Swift Stamps"
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 16, 2015 14:20:56 GMT
I believe you're right.
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Post by Admin on Feb 16, 2015 18:25:32 GMT
In the Postcard "Maxwell Street" Chicago, about 2 o'clock, are my eyes deceiving me? It looks like a shop called "Swift Stamps" I just had a half hour trip on Maxwell street, I think you have eyes like a eagle it does look like Swift stamps. Question for Steve, Zipper and others from the windy city. Was there ever a Swift Stamp Store? Great postcards, found myself wondering around old Chicago for a good hour. Postcards complement stamps, always nice to see the lay of the land in a bygone age. |
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Feb 16, 2015 19:28:12 GMT
I do remember seeing a submarine outside a museum as I drove by on what I assume was Riverside Drive?? Always wanted to go back to check it out.We have what is maybe the only WWII destroyer escort left in Albany. My wife's father a naval vet did tour and some upkeep duties until he was physically unable.Looking at the size of the ship must have been very uncomfortable on ocean duties, not at all a large vessel.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 16, 2015 21:11:48 GMT
The captured German submarine U-505, on display at the Museum of Science and Industry (which is adjacent to Lake Shore Drive) was another of my childhood favorites. I've spent about as much time as Jack did and have been unable to find anything related to stamps on Maxwell Street in the 1940s/early 1950s. For anyone interested, this clip from the documentary film Cheat you Fair, shows the history of Maxwell Street. |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 17, 2015 3:19:11 GMT
Steve, thank you so much for the video! I used to shop there every Sunday morning when I had an antique store. It's great to be able to go back again! I haven't been to the new market since they moved it.
Jack, I don't know anything about Swift's stamps.
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 17, 2015 3:22:58 GMT
Frog, the sub was on 57th street beach until they moved it into the Museum. We kids played on it until someone would catch us and make us scatter.
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Post by jamesw on Feb 21, 2015 21:41:10 GMT
Zipper let me add to your Chicago display. Here's one sent in 1908 with a nice Kinzie Stn. cancel. But the real fun is on the front...
  Looks like Jim and Clara are enjoying their visit to the big city! |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Feb 22, 2015 2:56:11 GMT
Good one, James. That looks as though it was taken at an amusement park, probably Riverview or the White City. Had one of myself and some friends taken back in the 1960's.
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Post by BC on Feb 22, 2015 4:20:37 GMT
Great cards Zippper. Thanks for sharing!
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 10, 2015 1:36:31 GMT
Today's mail. This is how downtown looked when I hung there. Probably 1961, "Mondo Cane" is showing, and Paul Newman possibly in "Hud" |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Mar 10, 2015 2:08:28 GMT
My bad. Didn't start hanging there till 1966.
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AirmailEd
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Post by AirmailEd on Mar 10, 2015 20:01:57 GMT
Today's mail. This is how downtown looked when I hung there. Probably 1961, "Mondo Cane" is showing, and Paul Newman possibly in "Hud" Looks like a '62 Pontiac in the background. That would have come out in the fall of 1961. |
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Post by irishjack on Mar 10, 2015 21:43:41 GMT
I say late October 1962, kind of has a fall look to it. Some men are wearing jackets and I think I can see some foliage turning colour.
Ian Flemings James Bond is being shown which was released in early October.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 17, 2015 7:55:13 GMT
Check out the cool car and the gorgeous colors. The building on the left, with the clock jutting out, was Marshall Fields. They had a great stamp department. Your postcard lives here, too......... www.pdxhistory.com/html/marshall_fields.html |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Mar 17, 2015 8:25:16 GMT
Thanks for the link. Marshall Fields was THE store in Chicago. I have many happy memories of shopping and dining in the Walnut Room.
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Londonbus1
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 19, 2015 7:57:17 GMT
Zipper, I am not a postcard collector but seeing these cards has given me the urge. Real beauties. That last one had me staring lovingly at the computer screen for at least 10 minutes. My daughter was ready to call the doctor !!  |
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Mar 19, 2015 8:32:44 GMT
Wish I had lived back then. What luxury!
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 24, 2015 10:27:44 GMT
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Mar 24, 2015 12:47:29 GMT
Thanks for the link.
So many beautiful buildings here died to make way for developers' profits. The City Hall building in the postcard is gone, too.
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 19, 2015 0:51:46 GMT
I Keep forgetting to tell you guys…
I view these full screen. Try it, you'll love it!
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 19, 2015 1:09:36 GMT
Haymarket Square, Chicago That would have been a great place, for top dressing on my lawn.... |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 19, 2015 1:56:46 GMT
I Keep forgetting to tell you guys… I view these full screen. Try it, you'll love it! I throw them on the 55 inch TV.  |
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Post by Doe on Jan 30, 2016 14:59:16 GMT
Very cool collection Zipper. My mom has a small collection of Woolworths on postcards. |
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Post by Doe on Feb 26, 2016 14:31:28 GMT
1906 Postcard St. Lukes School Zipper's Virtual Chicago Collection  |
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