These Kodachrome photographs were taken by Harold Mayer, a pioneer of urban geography and specialist in urban and transport geography of North America, especially New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and British Columbia. A professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, during his academic career, Professor Mayor gathered a large photographic collection to teach his students.
Professor Mayor visited Chicago several times during the fifties and sixties. Take a look back at the city through 17 beautiful vintage photographs below:
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Randolph Street E from Dearborn Street |
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Maxwell Street market |
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Lake Shore Drive Bridge |
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Boat at Chicago Tribune wharf on Chicago River |
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Chicago Light and Outer Harbor |
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Wacker Drive from 333 N. Michigan Ave. |
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Business center, E on Lake Street from Marion, Oak Park
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Illinois Central Railroad and Michigan Boulevard Façade |
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Oakbrook shopping center, Oakbrook |
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Old Orchard shopping center, Skokie |
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Water tower and business district, Riverside |
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CTA station and parking lot, Ridgeland Ave., Lake Street line, Oak Park |
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Business district, Lincoln Ave., South from Oakton Street, Skokie |
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Back of the Yards, Hamilton Ave. N from 46th Street |
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Housing, 4700 block Hamlin Ave S. |
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Del Lago shopping center, no man’s land, Wilmette |
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Chicago, suburban Elgin, Chicago Street in central business district |
(via
American Geographical Society)
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