From Postcards to Photos
to Everything Else - Part Two
This post has 5 sub-posts:
1) Vintage Matchbooks
2) Lake View High Yearbooks & Monthly's
(with a link my Facebook albums)
This post has 5 sub-posts:
1) Vintage Matchbooks
2) Lake View High Yearbooks & Monthly's
(with a link my Facebook albums)
3) Lake View Institute
4) Lincoln Park, the park
4) Lincoln Park, the park
5) North-Side Harbors Postcards
6) Postcards of Vintage Lake Shore Drive
7) Vintage Dish Plates
8) Pickard Studio Chinaware
8) Pickard Studio Chinaware
(with a link my Facebook album)
This is the second of five posts on my private collection. The first post is in Part I of postcard to photos to everything else.
The third and fourth posts are called Vintage Wrigley Field
Part I & Part II. The images in this particular blog post are of Lincoln Park, the park, the Lake View High School yearbooks from 1916 to 1974 that includes two student handbooks of 1933 and 1943. The pages of each yearbook were selective due to time and space.
The next post is called Warner Printing Collection which is assortment of Lake View businesses from 1929 to 1935 - Warner Printing's clients, mostly office & promotional supplies.
Vintage Matchbooks:
This is a collection of matchbooks of businesses and sport fiqures
that was once part of old Lake View along with a
that was once part of old Lake View along with a
an online article from CBC Radio called
Striking Images: Matchbook Advertising
‘There was a time when the humble matchbook was the top advertising medium in North America. They were handy, colorful, cheap and even a moderate smoker would be exposed to the advertising over 20 times a day. Matchbook advertising pre-dated radio, and was embraced by almost every industry; from big beer and tobacco companies, to the war effort, to Hollywood, to the smallest Mom & Pop businesses, and [sports], matchbook advertising was effective and affordable for everyone. [It is estimated that] up to eight additional people were exposed to a single matchbook. They get borrowed and shared. Every time a matchbook got pulled out of a pocket, the owner was reminded of the bounty.'
Rutter Coal Company
and
Lake View Recreation
reverse sideLake View Recreation

Reed's Candy Company
and
Isbell's Magic Bar & Restaurant
reverse side
Midget Bar
and
Carl's Swanson's Tavern

reverse side



Lake View Tavern
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
Bryson's Lunch

reverse side


inside cut-out
another look at it


Cornelia Lounge & Restaurant
Clubland at the Vic Theater

reverse side

Bert Weinman Ford





Cubs Grill
currently The Cubbie Bear

The Rienza Hotel
Bryson's Lunch


Biastett's Cocktail Lounge
and
Aquarium Cafe
reverse side
Marigold Arcade
reverse sideinside cut-out
another look at it
Frank Helsing's [Restaurant]

Marigold Car Service
Victorian House Restaurant
turned ...
reverse side
Cornelia Lounge & Restaurant
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
once known as Bismarck Gardens
and Marigold Gardens
Surf Laundry

Melrose Beauty Shop

Cubs Grill
currently The Cubbie Bear

The Rienza Hotel
an apartment hotel
Ann Sather
their second location
Belmont Club
Melrose Restaurant/Grill & Bakery
two locations
and
and
Old English Pub
and
Isbell's Restaurant
Marr's Drug
Lincoln Lumber Company
reverse side
Wieboldt's
A Salesman's Sample
This matchbook was cut from a sheet of matchbooks much like Rudy's Tavern above to used for a client
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
reverseMilton Trost 1935-39
Jonhn Manders 1933-40
reverseRaymond Nolting 1936-43
Carl Brumbaugh 1930-36
Wrigley Field was home from 1931 thru 1939
Dave Cook 1934-1936
and
Al Nichelini 1935-36
and manager 1954-56
James K. O'Dea 1935-38
reverse
reverse
Charles Grimm 1922-40
as manager & VP
reverseLake View Business Tokens:
Bismarck Gardens
1894? - 1915
became Marigold Gardens until 1923
1954-1999
reverse side
Illinois Masonic Hospital
reverse side
reverse side
reverse side
Illinois Masonic Hospital
reverse side
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 in 1891
The school 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
once a all girl's high school
located at 442 W Wellington established in 1891
The school 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



1916-1918
I begin with ...
1907



1916-1918
(Facebook Album - selected pages)
1916
Ravenswood Satellite
1916
Due to the rapid expansion of the student population some elementary schools were used to compensate
Greeley SatelliteRavenswood Satellite
1956
1925

1933



1943





Stereograph Cards













1933



1943



The Red & White Monthly's:
(selected pages)
(selected pages)
1902 November
Lake View High School Pins
1932 Girl's Physical Effiency Test and
1934 Physical Effiency Test
Lincoln Park, the park
Vintage Postcards:
The Lake View Connection
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 Stereograph Viewer
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
Regular Size Postcards

A Stereograph Viewer
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
Regular Size Postcards


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
the second building that was once called the Palm House
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


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 Abraham Lincoln Monument
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument
The Alarm
another view of it
Signal of Peace
Dolphin Fountain

Shakespeare Monument
The Eugene Field Monument
Ulysses S. Grant Monument
at another angle
The monuments would be surrounded by a path
for walkers and horse & carriage
Benjamin Franklin Monument
Beethoven
A List of lost/removed monuments
according to 'Giants at the Park'
image - Asian Pacific American Advocates/OCA-California


part of my personal collection
and this unidentified monument ...
image - 'Lincoln Park 1899'
nicknamed The Suicide Bridge
according to 'Giants at the Park'


part of my personal collection
and this unidentified monument ...
image - 'Lincoln Park 1899'
Before the Harbors: pier fishing
The Park's 'High Bridge'nicknamed The Suicide Bridge
1894 -1919
This bridge was once located a few blocks south of Fullerton Avenue. By the 1910's the High Bridge earned a new infamous name of 'Suicide Bridge' Due to the high volume of lives lost per week the bridge was demolished in 1909
A Lake Excursion from the Park
Once located between of North Avenue & Fullerton
Its probable location ...
(see pier to the right)

The Postcards of
Street-End Beaches & Harbors:
(see pier to the right)
The Postcards of
Street-End Beaches & Harbors:
Fullerton Avenue Bathing Beach
only for children and their mothers
This was a members only beach, hence private. A wall separated this beach from the Clarendon Municipal
The Daily News Sanitarium
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
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
Community of Ravenswood, District of Lake View
Small Display Logo
Set of Four
Soup Bowl & Plate
Vase - midium size
Cream & Sugar Set
The Great Owl Plate
with phamplet about the artist
Small Tea Pot
1912-18
Ash Tray
1898-1903
Small Plates
'Century of Progress' Souvenir Plates
A Catalog & Collector's Book
Please continue to
Post Note:
I hope my collection will entice the viewer to explore my
extensive blog and learn more of the history of our community that I once called home. Donations (not
a non-profit) are wonderful to receive and will be posted in the blog with full
credit to the donor.
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