JOSEPH T. RYERSON COLLECTION OF CHICAGO STOREFRONT & RESIDENCE PHOTOGRAPHS,

1880-1885

 

Storage:  Box Lot (3 8 x 10 in. boxes)

Accession number:  G1986.0470

 

Description of the Collection

 

Summary: Mounted photographs of Chicago storefronts and residences 

with people--presumably business owners, residents, staff and/or 

patrons--informally posed in front of buildings. Businesses include 

bars and liquor stores, butcher shops, clothing stores and tailors, 

grocery stores, hardware and paint stores, shoe stores, pharmacies 

and tobacco shops. Also includes a few photographs of coal dealers, 

boarding houses, stationers, a barbershop, a billiard hall, a cart 

manufacturer, a club and a restaurant. Most are identified by name 

and address. Residences are generally one- or two-story frame 

structures with family groups posed on stairs, porches, or in 

windows. A few larger homes and multi-family dwellings are 

represented. Most families and addresses are unidentified.

 

 

Container List

 

Box 1     Storefronts

 

     1  Barbershops

          Unidentified (1)

 

     2  Bars & liquor stores, A-H

          Best, Frank--513 S. Halsted

          Blecha, Vincenc--489 S. Canal

          Chmelik,     --147 19th

          Cordano, J. & Brother--46 W. Randolph

          Feldmann, Joe--608 N. Canal

          Frank, A.--1062 W. Madison St.

          Friend, Moritz--963 N. Milwaukee Ave.

          Gensche, Christian--58 W. Randolph

          Ginsberg, Chas.--103 Jefferson

          Harth, John--541 ? [86 Blue Island in 1880]

 

     3  Bars & liquor stores, I-Z

          Jesse, James--3801 S. Halsted

          Kappes, George--613 Blue Island?

          Kersham,     --145 12th St.

          Kohler, Joseph--73 Swift Place (West Division)

          Lyon, George--684 W. Randolph

          Maasen, J.--3831 S. Halsted

          McAuley, M.--3109 S. Halsted

          Musilek,     --408 18th St.

          Petrtyl,     --125 W. 19th St.

          Regan, G.A. (George A.)--3459 S. Halsted

          Rote, G.--276 Hurlburt St.

          Sonnenschein, C.--18th & Morgan

 

     4  Bars & liquor stores

          Unidentified (4)

 

     5  Billiard halls

          Stack's Billiard Hall

 

     6  Butcher shops

          O'Connor, Dennis--12 W. Jackson

          Schneider, August--171 W. Indiana?

          Sheehy, M.J.--222 W. Indiana

          Unidentified (2)

 

     7  Carts & wagons

          Press, Jacob--62 Halsted 

 

     8  Clothing stores & tailors, A-Z

          Frahm, Chas. M.--449 W. Chicago Ave.

          Gerard & Rabe--377 W. Chicago Ave. (3)

          Junna, A.--S.W. cor. Canal & Randolph

          Kothe, Henry--187 W. 20

          Larsen, A.--617 W. Indiana (2)

          Losby,      --209 Indiana St.

          Lurie, Adolphe--364 W. 18th St.

          Rezanka Bros.--451 S. Canal (2)

          Stalder, Charles & James Johnston--42 W. Randolph

          Strandes, H.--596 Canal St.

          Zavadil (Zawadil), Lud.--184 12th St.

 

     9  Clothing stores & tailors

          Unidentified (4)

 

    10  Clubs

          Rovnost, Svornost, Bratrstvi--1126 W. 18th St.

 

Box 2     Storefronts

 

     1  Coal dealers

          Fernald, J.W.--12th & Halsted

          Leonhardt & Co.--Church St. nr. R.R.

         

     2  Grocery stores

          Auer, Jacob--180 W. 12th St. (2)

          Deecken, Chas. W.--188 W. Randolph

          Hecht, Henry--537 Milwaukee Ave.

          Helmke, Jacob & Charles Petersen--613 Milwaukee Ave. (2)

          Horstmann, E.--1125 Milwaukee Ave.

          Hottinger, A.--534 N. Lincoln

          Matt, Jacob & Charles--704 S. May

          Thurn, John L.--2822 Archer Ave.

          Unidentified (1)

 

     3  Hardware & paint stores

          Anderson Bros.--245 W. Indiana St.

          Davis, C.L.--54 Randolph

          Lattan?, Theo.--146 W. Randolph

          Spierling, Fred E.--979 Milwaukee Ave.

          Tehle Bros.--205 W. 12th St.

          Unidentified--256 W. Lake St.

          Unidentified (1)

 

     4  Lodging houses

          Chambers, W.--4109 [...] (2)

          Hausen, A.--2907 [...]

 

     5  Pharmacies

          Baker, Geo. R.--4357 N. Hermitage (2)

          Emrick, G.M.--307 N. Michigan (2)

          Heylmann, Charles--298 W. Lake St.

          Jacobson,     --182 N. Halsted

          Laux & Woltmann--869 N. Clark

 

     6  Restaurants

          Kirchoff, Carl--50 W. Randolph

 

     7  Shoe stores & shoemakers

          Day, E.B.--765 W. Madison (2)

          Deckert, A.--2716 Archer Ave.

          Koch, Philip--3011 Archer Ave. (2)

          Lapham, C.W.--737 W. Madison

          Staesel,     --615 Milwaukee Ave.

          Union Shoe Company--199 Randolph

          Winnebeck, M.--3009 Archer Ave.

          Unidentified (1)

 

     8  Stationery & variety stores

          Derudder, J.--290 W. 12th St.

          West End Variety Store--989 W. Madison (2)

          Unidentified (1)d

 

     9  Tobacco shops

          Larsen, Otto C.--503 S. Jefferson

          Palda, Alois

          Zinngrabe, John--3835 S. Halsted

          Unidentified group portrait of cigarmakers (1)

 

Box 3     Residences

    

     1  Identified

          Becker

          Brewster

          Brown--Chicago Ave. (South Evanston)

          Halberg, Chas.

          Hayer, 24 Grove St.

          MacArthur, Robert D.--202 Dearborn Ave.

          McCutcheon, Abraham--408 W. Chicago Ave.

          Meyer,     --254 W. Chicago Ave.

          Richmond, F.C.--Englewood, Ill.

          Shutley--82 Julian St.

          Sipple, C.

          Young--319 Hinman Ave.

 

   2-4  Unidentified

 

dmr

November 14, 1986