A History Through Picture Postcards

WTTW News | February 21, 2013, 9:35 am

How 20th century postcards helped Chicago define itself to the world. We sit down with two authors of a new book, Picturing Illinois, on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm. View a photo gallery of 20th century postcard art.

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Image Gallery
Dearborn Street at Randolph Street, ca. 1905; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
State Street subway, ca. 1945; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
A view north along Michigan Avenue at Grant Park, ca. 1920; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
A view of North Michigan Avenue north from the Chicago River, ca. 1935; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, ca. 1915; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Soldier Field, ca. 1930; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Chicago's lumber district along the South Branch of the Chicago River, ca. 1915; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Haymarket Square, West Randolph Street, ca. 1905; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Produce market, South Water Street, ca. 1905; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Teamsters, South Water Street, ca. 1905; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
The Beef Dressing Department, Swift and Company, ca 1915; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Peddlers and merchants on Maxwell Street, ca. 1910; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Lincoln commemorative postcard, ca. 1916; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Memorial Stadium, University of Illinois, Champaign, ca. 1930; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
Novelty postcard, ca. 1920; image courtesy of University of Illinois Press
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