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

Matchbook Advertising

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?

Evolution of Chicago Telephone Numbers

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

A Brief Look

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 

via the website 

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

LVHS 1916-1918

1916

 1917

1918

LVHS 1921

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

Carol's Donation

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'

 What is a stereograph like the one above?

zoomed from above

A Stereoscope Viewer

'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 

Doughboy Memorial

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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