November 18, 2019

My Collection : Vintage Lake View part II

From Postcards to Photos 
to Everything Else - Part Two
updated 11/2023
1) Vintage Matchbooks
2) Vintage Tokens
3) Lake View High Yearbooks & Quarteries
4) Vintage Lincoln Park, the park postcards
Vintage Matchbooks:
reverse side
inside flap
This is a collection of matchbooks of businesses and sport fiqures
that was once part of old Lake View along with a 
an online article from CBC Radio called
Unlike pushy calls-to-action, the matchbook imposes a subtle influence on the match user.  The cover is attractively printed with a restaurant name.  But not just any restaurant.  It is the restaurant where they shared an intimate meal with a loved one.  Or maybe there was a gathering at the pub, friends and food and craft brew.  The matchbook went home in their pocket, and now they reflect on the special time when the see the book resting on the table top. 
How Old is the Matchbook?
The three offices lying just outside the city limits had no numerical designation and were known simply as the Stock Yards, Oakland and Ravenswood.  In 1889, Stock Yards was changed to Yards while Ravenswood to Lake View remained the same.  In that same year, the telephone growth brought about the first use of 5-digit numbers, the Oakland series running from 9800 to 10,999 and the Lake View series from 12,001 to 12,499. - read the full article from link above
My Collection:

I begin with...
Rutter Coal Company
and
Lake View Recreation
reverse side

Reed's Candy Company
and
Isbell's Magic Bar & Restaurant
reverse side

Midget Bar
and
Carl's Swanson's Tavern

reverse side

Vanity Fair
(formerly Bismarck Gardens)
and
Louie's Service
reverse side

Irving-Southport Garage
and
Merry Gardens Ballroom
reverse side

Lake View Tavern
and
J.B.'s Bleachers Tavern
 (now Murphy's Bleachers)

reverse side

Old Hickory Inn
and
Bryson's Lunch

reverse side

Biastett's Cocktail Lounge
and
Aquarium Cafe
reverse side

Marigold Arcade
 reverse side
 inside cut-out
 another look at it
Frank Helsing's [Restaurant]

Marigold Car Service
and
Victorian House Restaurant
turned ...
reverse side

Cornelia Lounge & Restaurant
and
Clubland at the Vic Theater


reverse side

Bert Weinman Ford

Tut's Chicago
 a music venue


Marigold Gardens
former Bismarck Gardens
promoting a German-American Chorus
Buckingham Theatre

Vanity Fair/Grill
once known as Bismarck Gardens
and Marigold Gardens
Lake View Trust & Savings



Surf Laundry

Melrose Beauty Shop

Cubs Grill
currently The Cubbie Bear

The Rienza Hotel
an apartment hotel
Aldine Barber Shop

Jack's on Halsted

Illinois Masonic Hospital



Christopher Street

The Loading Dock 

Ash Manor Restaurant
& Lounge

  Sidetrack
the Video Bar
Ann Sather
their second location
Ricky's
Belmont Club
Cornelia Tavern
Leona's Restaurant
and their first location ....
but a business card 

Georges' Aquarium
Melrose Restaurant/Grill & Bakery 
two locations
Character Club
and
Screw Ball Club
reverse side
A. Nielsen Gift Quarters
and 
Cranes Pharmarcy
reverse side
Alfo Photo Studio
and
"L" Corner Tavern
reverse side
Old English Pub
and 
Isbell's Restaurant
reverse side
Marr's Drug
Lincoln Lumber Company
The Elk's Restaurant
reverse side
inside flap
Rudey's Tavern
Idle Hour Restaurant & Tap Room
Belmont Lounge
reverse side
Pops for Champagne
Wieboldt's
Hollywood Barbq
and 
Victoria Restaurant & Ice Cream Shoppe
Famous Door
and
The Lincoln Knitting Mills
reverse side
Little Ted's 
Famous Door
 reverse

Norshore Medical Service
reverse side
The Kaverne Bar
reverse side
New Capri
Belmont Hotel
Tango (Restaurant)
at the Hotel Belmont
Barry Beauty Salon
an oversized appointment 
reverse
inside flap
Weiblinger's Tavern
reverse
Barry Tavern
reverse
Green Parrot 
Cocktail Lounge
reverse
inside flap
Math Igler's 
Casino
reverse
inside flap
Ivanhoe Restaurant
reverse side
Gallaghers Tavern
reverse
The Two Step Inn
and
C and G Luncheonette
reverse
inside flap
The Circus
and 
3810 Club
reverse
inside flap
Bauers' Wine & Liquors
and
Show Club/Barry Tavern
reverse
Block and Clark
(oversized)
reversed
inside
Bowling/Billards
3239 N Clark Street
Belmont Bank
Texaco Station
The Park-Lane
reverse
inside flap
Belair (SRO) Hotel
La Scala
Restaurant 
reverse side
inside flap
Diversey Arms Hotel
reverse
A Salesman's Sample
This matchbook was cut from a sheet of matchbooks 
to used for a potential client purchase
How Old is my Matchbook?
In order to have some idea of the age of a matchbook one 
needs to understand the Chicago telephone numbering evolution 

Diamond Company Matchbooks
of Sports Figures 1930's:
Chicago Bears 
Luke Johnsos 1929-36;
George Grosvenor only 1935 for the Bears and
1936-37 for the Chicago Cardinals
reverse
Edgar Manske 1933-40
and
George Corbett 1932-38
reverse
Milton Trost 1935-39
Jonhn Manders 1933-40
reverse
Raymond Nolting 1936-43
Carl Brumbaugh 1930-36
reverse side
Chicago Cardinals:
Wrigley Field was home from 1931 thru 1939
Dave Cook 1934-1936
and
Al Nichelini 1935-36
reverse
Chicago Cubs:
Charles Klein 1934-36
Gabby Harntet 1922-38
and manager 1938-40
reverse
Stanley C. Hack 1932-47
and manager 1954-56
August Galan 1934-41
reverse
Riggs Stephenson 1926-34
Lou Warneke 1930-36
reverse
William Herman 1931-41
James K. O'Dea 1935-38
reverse
Charles Grimm 1922-40
as manager and player
reverse
Charles Grimm
as manager & VP
reverse
Vintage Business Tokens:
Bismarck Gardens
1894? - 1915
became Marigold Gardens 1915-1923
reverse side
Chicago Rapid Transit
1913? -1947
reverse side
Chicago Transit Authority
1954-1999
reverse side
Illinois Masonic Hospital
reverse side
St. Joseph Hospital
reverse side
Ivanhoe Restaurant/Theater
reverse side
The High Schools 
of the Area:
Lake View Institute 1917
once a all girl's high school
located at 442 W Wellington & established by 1891
The school's apparent initial location was 1844 Briar Place in 1902 with a post 1909 address of 516 Briar Place
selected pages 



The Lake View High School 
Yearbooks:
I am in the process of photo-coping selective pages 
of each yearbook to my Facebook page as an album and linking the each FB album to date of that yearbook on here
I begin with ...
1907
1916
 1917
1918
both semeters
1921
January Semester
1921
June Semester
1925
1926
1927
 1928 
January Semester
1928 
June Semester
(soft cover)
1930
annual
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
 1936
1937
1938
1940 
1941
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1949
 75th Anniversary Book
1951
1952
1953
1955-58
1955
 1956
1957
 1958
1961
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1972
1974 
100th Anniversary Book
1980
Lake View High School
Student Handbooks
1925
1933



1943



The Red & White's 
Monthly:
literary works from students
1902 November
1902 December
1903 January

1903 February

1903 March
1903 May
1903 June
1903 October
1903 Christmas Issue 


1917 April





1918 March






1933 March
total of 32 pages




LVHS Programs
1917
1918
1919
Lake View High 
School Pins
1932 Girl's Physical Effiency Test and
1934  Physical Effiency Test 
 Lincoln Park, the park
Vintage Views:
Most the postcards date between the 1890's to 1910's during a time when the property taxpayers & bondholders of Lake View Township/City & North Chicago Township had influence in the administration of the park and paid for it from 1870 until the
turn of the 20th century. Use the link above to explore the link  between old Lake View and this famous park along the lake.
a 11x17 page from Harper's Weekly in 1887
zoomed sections below


Stereograph Cards
 the lagoons were apparently once referred to as the 'canal'
zoomed from above

'A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.'
refurbished 
The metal section is probably original and the wooden section had to have been refinished

 the triangular piece is the handle laid in place
the Ebay seller photo of the handle extended
and the manufacturer was called Sun Sculpture
The Research 
of the Stereo-view Card
by the seller on Ebay
this card is part of my collection
"Edward Lovejoy and Henry Foster were only in business as a united front until around 1878. with first noted record of registration together showing up in 1866 (although they very well may have been together before this). By 1880 Lovejoy was registering on his own; although some stereos dated during the first few years of the 1880's have the Lovejoy & Foster label. However, it is thought the photos were actually taken a few years earlier and were only being sold this way due to licensing. Foster may not have even ever taken a photo himself actually. This is on yellow card, which usually dates from 1861-1870 and has rounded corners which usually dates from 1868-1890; although these are not hard and fast, just the traditional dates that the vast majority out there fall into. Some rounded corners are earlier and later and yellow does show up later, normally old new stock, and in some respects earlier. The same goes true for the normal dates and colors for flat mount and curved mount and some flat mounts have curved with age and some originally had a slight curve, but do not fall into curved. Also, the print type also helps to narrow down dates; but in this case these types were done at varying points for the duration of stereoview manufacturing. Anyways, after researching it this way I began to look at photos of the park from this time period and got conflicting dates, so I finally contacted an couple of historical societies in the area and got a date from them as the last half of the 1860's and late 1860's to early 1870's; so I reverted back to the traditional dates of the stereo construction to narrow down the dates to the 1860's, second half. Sometimes with photos I have to narrow it down in a few ways and rely on others, who have info about the area or the subject. 
If this decade is incorrect, I would love to know."
Cheers,
Lee & Lynn
Regular Size 
Postcards
at the turn of the 19th century












Winter Scenes








Lincoln Park 
Conservatory
all part of my personal collection
a stereograph image - front and back

scene of garden from the Palm House-Conservatory
The original name of the Conservatory was the Palm House
men in the the Palm House
this photo looking south of the Palm House which was the original name of the current conservatory building 
the second building that was once called the Palm House




Lincoln Park 
Zoo
from 1890's to about 1910ish
'The zoo was founded in 1868, when the Lincoln Park Commissioners were given a gift of a pair of swans by Central Park's Board of Commissioners in New York City. Other animals were soon donated to the park, including, a puma, two elk, three wolves, four eagles, & eight peacocks. In 1874, a bear cub from the Philadelphia Zoo was the first animal purchased by the zoo. The bear became quite adept at escaping from its home and could frequently be found roaming Lincoln Park at night. In 1884, reportedly the first American bison born in captivity was born at the Lincoln Park Zoo. At this time, the species had almost been hunted to extinction in the wild so in 1896, the United States government bought one bull and seven cows from the Zoo's bison herd to send to Yellowstone National Park to assist in the species' revival.' - Wikipedia
















above is actually a Axis Deer (also known as Chital) from India according to Peter Boul, a member of the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association. He states that the author Robert May, the author of the book 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer', observed them at Lincoln Park zoo and was inspired to write the song we know today.







The Monuments 
of Lincoln Park:
11x17 size page is from Chicago Inter Ocean magazine
 The Abraham Lincoln Monument
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument 
The Alarm
originally called The Indian Monument
another view of it
Signal of Peace
 Dolphin Fountain

Shakespeare Monument
The Eugene Field Monument
 Ulysses S. Grant Monument


Hans Christian Andersen Monument 
 
 Robert Cavelier de LaSalle Monument
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Monument
Robert Cavelier de LaSalle Monument

at another angle
The monuments would be surrounded by a path
 for walkers and horse & carriage
Benjamin Franklin Monument
 Kwa Kwa Rolas
(Addison Street Totem Pole)

The Missing Monuments 
of Lincoln Park:
Carl von Linné Monument
relocated to Midway Plaisance in 1976 
Fountian of Lincoln Park
The Santiago Cuba Cannon
Beethoven
A List of lost/removed monuments
according to 'Giants at the Park'
image - Asian Pacific American Advocates/OCA-California 

Formerly standing near the northwestern end of Diversey Golf Course, east of intersection of West Briar Place and North Lake Shore Drive. The statue no longer exists.

A SAD TALE OF VANDALISM

The final insult: In 1945, the sculpture was further vandalized, with the face smashed in and the right arm torn off. And as if any more damage could be inflicted on what remained of the rifle, it was bashed in on the end and twisted down, bending the wrist. A newspaper article of the time blamed "pacifists" for the damage. As a result, the statue was removed by the Kiwanis Club in 1946 and possibly placed in storage somewhere. Any information as to what happened to it after it was removed would be welcome.

photos from link above
My Source:
and  part of my personal collection
and this one
image - from 'Lincoln Park 1899'
Before the Harbors: 
pier fishing
Waters of 
Lake Michigan
The Park's 'High Bridge'
nicknamed Suicide Bridge
1894 -1919
Once located several blocks from Fulertona Avenue. 
This is a north view from the North Lagoon. Ferris Wheel Park is in the distance - left of postcard with  Lincoln Park Sanitarium 
in the forefront. 
view north towards the sanitarium & Fullerton Avenue
the bridge to the beach side
This bridge was once located a few blocks south of Fullerton Avenue. By the 1910's the High Bridge earned the infamous name of 'Suicide Bridge'. Due to the high volume of lives lost per week the bridge was demolished in 1919
View of Lake Shore Drive 
from the High Bridge
In the 19th century this road along the existing lakefront was
called 'Breakwater and Carriage Drive', a precusor to LSD
Just Passing 
Though
A Lake Excursion: 
with Lakefront Point of Entry 
to the Park
just south of the High Bridge
 Once located between of North Avenue & Fullerton
The Postcards of
Street-End Beaches 
& Harbors:
 Fullerton Avenue Bathing Beach
only for children and their mothers
Diversey Avenue Bathing Beach
the entrance to Diversey Harbor
Clarendon Municipal Bathing Beach

Wilson Avenue Bathing Beach 
This was a members only beach, hence private. A wall separated this beach from the Clarendon Municipal 
Montrose-Wilson Bathing Beach
Edgewater Beach & Hotel 
The Harbors 
to the South & North:
Diversey Harbor
Montrose Harbor
a view of Montrose Harbor from Irving Park Road
The Diversey Avenue 
Golf Course
Postcards of 
Vintage Lake Shore Drive
Their was a gravel Lake Shore Drive within the park 
and a concrete one along the lake from Oak Street 
to the south end of Lincoln Park 

Driving on LSD
View of the Boardwalk 
that highlights a Horse & Carriage

Once called Sheridan Road from Belmont to Grace now called (inner) Lake Shore Drive - view south from Grace
A Good Chicago Parks 
Resource
part of my collection
this reprint was original authored 
by Andreas Simon in 1893
Vintage 
Plates:
A Belmont Avenue Store
a turn of late 19th or early 20th century
 the post 1909 address was 1120 W Belmont Avenue

A Ravenswood Grocer
District of Lake View pre -1909

Pickard Studio 
Chinaware
 Community of Ravenswood, District of Lake View
Small Display Logo
1911 advertisement
Dinner Set
1898-1903
with its trademark - one of many types
the blank china plate was from Austria
'blank' plate from Austria with Pickard trademark
Soup Bowl & Plate
1912-1918
Coffee Pitcher
1919-1922
Vase 
 medium size
1912-1918
Gravy Bowl
1898-1903
Cream & Sugar Set
1912-1918
blank china from Austria
Another Cream 
& Sugar Set
1925-1930
Lemonade 
Pitch
1912-1918
Salt & Pepper Shakers
1910-1912
Small Tea Pot
1912-18

Small Sauce Bowl
1898-1903
Small Plates:
Small Plate 1
1912-1918
Small Plate 2
1898-1903
blank china rom France
Small Plate 3
1898-1903
Small Plate 4
1912-1918
Small Plate 5
1912-1918
Midium-sized Plate 6
1903-1905
Small Sugar Bowl
1898-1903
Medium size Handle Serving Plate
1912-1918
Small Plate with Handles
1912-1918 
Vellum Motif Plate 1
1912-1918
Vellum Motif Plate 2
1912-1918
'Century of Progress' 
1933-34
Souvenir Plates
Egg Cups
1930-38
The Great Owl Plate
post 1938
with phamplet about the artist
A 1910 Catalog & 
Collector's Book
history section 
Their historical products

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