Chicago in the early 1940s was a city undergoing significant transformation. As the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Chicago emerged as a pivotal industrial and transportation hub, contributing massively to the war effort. The city’s factories were repurposed for wartime production, manufacturing everything from tanks to aircraft components. This industrial boomContinue reading “Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Chicago During the Early 1940s”
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46 Vintage Photographs Show Street Scenes in Chicago During the Early 1970s
Life was good during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Railroad provided employment, church’s influenced a lot of people, heavy duty industry was still in the city, keeping people busy and employed kept a lot of people out of trouble. On Diversey Parkway and Halsted Street, there used to be all kinds of small family-ownedContinue reading “46 Vintage Photographs Show Street Scenes in Chicago During the Early 1970s”
FREE ARTICLE – Amazing Vintage Photos of Chicago in 1941
In the depths of the Great Depression, the United States government created the Resettlement Administration to help provide relief for drought-stricken and impoverished farmers. The RA was restructured and renamed the Farm Security Administration in 1937. One of the FSA’s most notable efforts was its small team of documentary photographers, who traveled the country recordingContinue reading “FREE ARTICLE – Amazing Vintage Photos of Chicago in 1941”
Chicago in the 70s: A Snapshot of Change
Life was good during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Railroad provided employment, church’s influenced a lot of people, heavy duty industry was still in the city, keeping people busy and employed kept a lot of people out of trouble. On Diversey Parkway and Halsted Street, there used to be all kinds of small family-ownedContinue reading “Chicago in the 70s: A Snapshot of Change”
23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Chicago Night Clubs’ Scene From the Mid-1970s
Between 1975 and 1977, sometimes five nights a week, photographer Michael Abramson traveled from his northern Chicago suburb to the South Side, rambling from nighttime hotspots like Perv’s House and the Five Fingers Social Club to the High Chaparral and the New Jazz Showcase Lounge. Shooting upwards of half a dozen rolls of film aContinue reading “23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Chicago Night Clubs’ Scene From the Mid-1970s”
35 Amazing Photos Show Chicago in the 1950s
Mayor Richard J. Daley, a Democrat, was elected in 1955, in the era of machine politics. In 1956, Chicago conducted its last major expansion when it annexed the land under O’Hare airport, including a small portion of DuPage County. Between 1950 and 1960 Chicago’s population shrank for the first time in its history, as factoryContinue reading “35 Amazing Photos Show Chicago in the 1950s”
Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Chicago in the 1970s
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populousContinue reading “Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Chicago in the 1970s”
37 Fascinating Photos Showing Life in Chicago in the Early 1940s
John Vachon was a Minnesotan, a graduate of St. Thomas College in St. Paul who moved to D.C. during the end of the Great Depression with dreams of becoming a writer. What he became was a file clerk; actually, it started a bit worse than that:“Well, in 1936 I was looking for a job inContinue reading “37 Fascinating Photos Showing Life in Chicago in the Early 1940s”
