Wednesday 25 September 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MADISON STREET - E FROM 5TH AVE (NOTE: FROM 1879 TO 1912, WELLS STREET WAS CALLED 5TH AVE, A NAME YOU WILL SEE ON OTHER POSTCARDS - THE STREET HAD GAINED A BAD REPUTATION AND WELLS WAS NAMED FOR A CAPTAIN KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF FORT DEARBORN SO THE RENAMING PROTECTED HIS REPUTATION AND REVEALED SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY'S SENSIBILITIES FOR SURE) - SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW - CABLE CARS - WAGONS - VOGELSANG RESTAURANT - CROWDS - TINTED - c1905